Gareth Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Guys, I found a gorgeous set of BBS mesh-type wheels on German eBay. They're 16x8 for front and 16x8,5 for rear with 5x112 bolt pattern. I'm converting my car to run S14 5x114,3 hubs in the rear and AZC hubs in the front, so with floating wheel bolts I should be able to use them. According to a offset-to-backspacing conversion table from this site https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html#backspace, the backspacing should be betweeen 3,25 and 3,5" (35 offset) for both axles. Will they fit in a lowered car with no fender flares? Will I need spacers? Here are some pictures: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170182082885&fromMakeTrack=true Thanks in advance. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Are they negative or positive offset rims. Negative offset will require fender flares. Positive offset will most likely fit if you run coil overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8INtheZ Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 They look like fairly positive offset wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 +35 offset from what I can gather. I am almost sure they will need a spacer. IMO using 5x112 wheels is not a good idea. Zcar wheels are lug-centric, and rely on the lugnuts to center the wheel. You may have to run an adapter anyway to make them fit, so you should have them made to convert to the correct lug pattern. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 John, I think they are positive offset wheels. Most probably I will run coilovers, so it looks like fitting them won't be an issue. Evan, thanks for mentioning that - a couple of my friends use the floating wheel nuts, which enable them to use wheels with slightly different bolt patterns (as long as the difference is small, it's no problem). For example, you can use 4x98 Audi wheels on 4x100 VW hubs without any problem. Even with a spacer, I should be able to mount them fairly easily - it's only a matter of different length lug nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 What the heck is a floating lug nut? I have been looking on the net and cannot find any references to it!! I am actually very interested in this! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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