Hi guys, I've recently come across some nice wheels at a good price the problem is that I don't know if they'll fit because of the bolt pattern. Though I've never measured it, I've read that mavericks have a 5x4 1/2 pattern which are 5x114.3mm in metric. The thing is that this wheels come in a 5x115mm patern which are 4.527559055in, do you think they'll fit? The ad says they fit mustangs (no year posted though). Thanks in advance!
Already did, they said it'll fit, but I think they'll tell you anything will just to make the sell, you know? :16suspect
I believe some late 80's - early 90's Mustangs were metric patterns. Even though the measurements are close, I wouldn't take a chance that they " might " fit! The lugs would not be centered in the holes.
i googled it. seems the 115mm was an odd dodge pattern. it will certainly not fit the 114.3 pattern. when the ad says mustang, they must mean the 114.3 wheels - maybe they measured wrong?
I've had this "argument" on just about every board I've ever been on. Your talking about 0.027" or the width of 3 or 4 human hairs. Do you really think this matters in wheel fitment? We had standard 4.5" BC (114.3 mm) wheels on our 2004 CTS from new until traded in 2009. The spec was 115 mm. The wheels fit fine, ran true, zero vibration, etc. Been there, done that, survived all the internet nay-sayer's crapola...
by the time the lug nut cone centers the lug stud holes in the rim, it will be less than a gnats azz...
Yeah, I did the google search yesterday and found two sides of the story: those who say there's no problem and those who say it's a mayor safety issue. From the engineer's point of view I understand the "114.3 is not 115 and that's it" argument, but I tend to agree with some arguments that say that it's so small the difference that the wheels probably have those tolerances anyway because of the fabricating and quality control deficiency. What say you?
I worked at a tire shop America's Tire or Discount Tire. We had a guy come in with a dual lug pattern on his wheels. They were 5-114.3 and 5-115. His car was a 5-114.3 but a guy put the 5-115 bolt pattern on when installing. Customer came back in a few days with bad vibration. A few of his lugs where loose from it being on the wrong lug pattern. You could feel something was wrong when taking the lugs off. Now this was a modern car so its hard to say how "exact" the lug pattern is with these older ones but that was just my experience with the two sizes.
Close. They are hub rings. It actually had it but you could still tell it was "pulling" in the studs. Now this is my only encounter with this but I'm sure if you over tightened the lugs they would have stayed on. Which I wouldn't recommend doing unless you like broken studs.
