Any good advice for determining the bolt pattern on a set of wheels?
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04-06-2011
Any good advice for determining the bolt pattern on a set of wheels?
04-06-2011
measure the distance between two of the holes center to center that are farthest away from one another. it is going to be hard getting a good measurement without a digital calipers.
which wheels? normally there are specs online for just about everything. our bolt pattern is 5x115, but we can run 5x114.3 wheels too.
04-06-2011
The pair of wheels that I am running on my car currently (in the pic; Jesse James ".44s") have two bolt patterns. Got the 5x115, but looking to determine the other size, since I am selling them. With the different patterns being so close to one another (tenths of a millimeter), even with digital calipers how do you get a good measurement (e.g. finding center of the hole)?
Would a typical local wheel shop be able to ascertain dimensions, if I brought a wheel in?
04-06-2011
research the wheel online. you'll probably find specs for it way faster than measuring it and it wont be a guess.
04-06-2011
gave that a shot, but came up empty handed. I can find the overall specs on the wheel: width, offest, spacing... but not the different bolt patterns that would be drilled in them
04-06-2011
Originally Posted by Bio248
what are you waiting for
04-09-2011
My guess is the other bolt pattern is 5x100
try this
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04-10-2011
Is it common to have a 5x100 along with a 5x115?... I'll give that a shot, thanks!
04-10-2011
yea or usually 5x100,5x114.3
04-10-2011
98% of the time it is 5x100 and 5x114.3 because that covers A LOT of cars.
04-10-2011
This is not correct for 5 lug wheels; you measure from the outer edge to the center, not center to center.
04-10-2011
im not sure how that would make any sense for any lug pattern, let alone 5 bolt. anything to back this up?
04-10-2011
Google "measure bolt pattern".
MRW - How to measure bolt pattern
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
How To Measure A Wheel Bolt Pattern
I just went through this in selling my Super Coupe wheels; buddy thought he knew what he was doing, and couldn't get 5x108 in his measuring. Instead of listening to me try and tell him how to measure them properly, he insisted that Ford had made some strange bolt pattern. I even showed him a picture of the wheel on my SC, and brought him an SC wheel to compare.
04-10-2011
good infoGoogle "measure bolt pattern".
MRW - How to measure bolt pattern
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
How To Measure A Wheel Bolt Pattern
I just went through this in selling my Super Coupe wheels; buddy thought he knew what he was doing, and couldn't get 5x108 in his measuring. Instead of listening to me try and tell him how to measure them properly, he insisted that Ford had made some strange bolt pattern. I even showed him a picture of the wheel on my SC, and brought him an SC wheel to compare.
Thing is 5x108 is a werid bolt pattern.. haha
A buddy of mine was trying to sell some rims with a 5x108 bolt and asked me what other cars they would fit.. I said 5x108?? Good question... lol
04-11-2011
thanks bronco. however, i would never manually measure a set of wheels when there is an absolute plethora of information on the web. good to know, though.
04-18-2011
Found out yesterday that the other pattern is a 5x108 (according to the measuring instrument used at Tire Barn). So it seems I have 5x115 and 5x108, assuming that Tire Barn is correct.
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