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Will skyline wheels fit on a staz?

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:11 pm
by Defective
as in the r32 non-turbo models....

if they fit then i should be able to pick up a set of 2nd handies pretty easily....


only issue might be offsets, i know nothing about offsets or how they work.

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:58 pm
by decoy
offsets determine how far in or out the wheel sits. i think the more negative the number, the further out the wheel sits.?. Theres a starion here with skyline wheels and no spacers, he said it was a straight swap from an r31. can't confirm it tho :(

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 8:03 pm
by Cookiemonster
I posted this pic in another thread. Here it is again.

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Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 9:13 pm
by Project2501
out of curiosity, whats the stock Starion (JA/JB) rim offset/backspace?

tom.

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:34 pm
by Chris 83JA
Standard is +18 i believe... Someone will have to confirm that

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:11 pm
by Will
I believe R30 skyline wheels are +35mm so at a guess R32 wheels will be similar. They will sit in further.

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:22 pm
by tmz_99
try to put them on backwards, polish them and tell every1 u have REALLY deep dish :D

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:17 pm
by CussCuss
r31 wheels WILL fit, no other skylines that i know of will

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:46 pm
by Defective
tmz_99 wrote:try to put them on backwards, polish them and tell every1 u have REALLY deep dish :D

when i was at school (which was a while ago) some maori did that to his holden camira....


so, if r32 wheels dont fit wot does?

cant really afford to buy new wheels and i just wanna get rid of the standard ugly's.........

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:51 pm
by StarionChef
Hot rodders used to do that in the 50s, I think they called them "flippers", maybe the old boys here might remember them.
I won't mention any names...

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:03 pm
by Chris 83JA
Not many wheels do fit, it's not a very common offset.
RWD celica rims will fit (tho they're uglier), as well as the MkII supra wheels (look like smaller versions of the widebody mags).

There's a few others, but you don't really have many options

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:20 pm
by NXTIME
Best bet would be to find a used set of mag wheels from an Datsun or early Toyota RWD such as 71-85 Celica/Corolla/Corona. I'm pretty sure that the early Skyline wheels have the right PCD, but the offset is wrong. Tthey should still fit but will look weird as they will sit too far in.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:35 pm
by Ice Starion
i have wheels that have +35 offset and 10mm spacers(comes to +25offset) that looks ok but not good they sit too far in

one question for my self would 20mm spacers but too mutch pressure on the wheel bearings in hard driving ,donuts and stuff like that?

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:56 pm
by Alspos
I would worry about the wheel studs as well. You will need longer and stronger ones to cope with the added distance. Also wheels are supported on the centre hub, not the wheel studs. Unless the spacers have the right supports in place, all the weight of the car and it's movements are on the studs. It's only a matter of time before they shear off!!!! It's not very pretty when a wheel comes off, goes under the rear of the car and launches it upwards. Comes back down with a thud.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:08 pm
by NXTIME
I agree. You will need to have longer wheel studs and also need hub-centric spacers fitted so that the wheel spacers are centred and have the load spread onto the hub and not the studs. Otherwise, you could use bolt on hub spacers.

Also, I have seen some bolt on hub spacers that allow a change from 4 stud to 5 stud. This will create a larger chance of finding wheels to fit the(later non-Aus) Starion's 5 x 114.3 pattern as most large Jap cars have this stud pattern.