Widebody wheels

scum · Post by **scum** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:57 am

Lunacy wrote:widebody wheels
the 7" or 8s or 9s

say what?

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:21 pm

CussCuss wrote:the fronts are 7" with an 18 offset, jb/jd wheels are 6.5" with an 18 offset, there will be no problems with the fronts. The rears will be questionable, if you roll the guards they will definately fit, they may fit without rolling

No problems at all from a fitting point of view, but in the looks department, they need to be moved out just a tad. Having your wheels really fill out your guards makes such a dramatic impact to the way your car looks.

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:38 pm

As has been said, the Starion widebody 16 x 7" (+18 offset) wheel will fit fine on the front of a narrowbody Starion. There will be plenty of room left in the guard. The rear 16 x 8 (-10 offset) wheel will also fit the narrowbody Starion rear. HOWEVER, you will more than likely have to lip the guards depending upon tyre size and vehicle height.

Also, according to my calculations, I believe that the wider SHP wheels might fit the narrowbodies. Maybe someone from the US can confirm this.

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:40 pm

scum wrote:
Lunacy wrote:widebody wheels
the 7" or 8s or 9s

say what?

Richard,

The late US widey's also had what was called the Sports Handling Package option which included wider wheels: 16 x 8 (+18) fronts and 16 x 9 (0 offset) rears.

If you want some huge aftermarket wheels for the widey, I have a set or two that might interest you ;)

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:59 pm

NXTIME wrote:As has been said, the Starion widebody 16 x 7" (+18 offset) wheel will fit fine on the front of a narrowbody Starion. There will be plenty of room left in the guard. The rear 16 x 8 (-10 offset) wheel will also fit the narrowbody Starion rear. HOWEVER, you will more than likely have to lip the guards depending upon tyre size and vehicle height.

Also, according to my calculations, I believe that the wider SHP wheels might fit the narrowbodies. Maybe someone from the US can confirm this.

There was a member on the starquest boards that had done it with the SHP wheels, 'Zactech', or similar was his nick (awesome name, muhahaha). He had to cut the rear guards a little and get them rolled from memory. Looked absolutley tits tho, hmmmm hm. If i was back in NZ i coule post up a few piccies of narrowbody starions with the widebody wheels... They just look SO good :).

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:14 am

Awesome thanks for all ur input guys. Am going to order the 7s and 8s and will sort out the fitting and tyre size when they get here, just love these wheels too much not to get them :) Any recommendations on tyre size just out of interest?

scum · Post by **scum** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:43 am

[quote="NXTIMEIf you want some huge aftermarket wheels for the widey, I have a set or two that might interest you ;)[/quote]

Picsorphonecalls :x

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:57 am

ProZac wrote:
NXTIME wrote:As has been said, the Starion widebody 16 x 7" (+18 offset) wheel will fit fine on the front of a narrowbody Starion. There will be plenty of room left in the guard. The rear 16 x 8 (-10 offset) wheel will also fit the narrowbody Starion rear. HOWEVER, you will more than likely have to lip the guards depending upon tyre size and vehicle height.

Also, according to my calculations, I believe that the wider SHP wheels might fit the narrowbodies. Maybe someone from the US can confirm this.
There was a member on the starquest boards that had done it with the SHP wheels, 'Zactech', or similar was his nick (awesome name, muhahaha). He had to cut the rear guards a little and get them rolled from memory. Looked absolutley tits tho, hmmmm hm. If i was back in NZ i coule post up a few piccies of narrowbody starions with the widebody wheels... They just look SO good :).

Stock WB front 16x7 +18 offset has a front spacing of 70.9mm and a backspacing of 106.9mm
Stock WB front (SHP) 16x8 + 18 has front spacing of 83.6mm and back spacing of 119.6mm
Stock WB Rear 16x8 -10 offset has a front spacing of 111.6mm and backspacing of 91.6mm
Stock WB Rear (SHP) 16x9 +/-0 offset has front spacing of 114.3mm and backspacing of 114.3

NB: add 8-10mm to these figures as the actual lip extends outward past the measured wheel width.

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:03 am

PM sent scum

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:40 pm

Stock WB front 16x7 +18 offset has a front spacing of 70.9mm and a backspacing of 106.9mm
Stock WB front (SHP) 16x8 + 18 has front spacing of 83.6mm and back spacing of 119.6mm
Stock WB Rear 16x8 -10 offset has a front spacing of 111.6mm and backspacing of 91.6mm
Stock WB Rear (SHP) 16x9 +/-0 offset has front spacing of 114.3mm and backspacing of 114.3

NB: add 8-10mm to these figures as the actual lip extends outward past the measured wheel width.

Sorry im a lil lost here now wats front spacing and back spacing????

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:01 am

Distance from the mounting face of the wheel hub to the outer edges. Outside edge = Frontspacing, Inside edge = Backspacing. Really really good info to have it you'd like to se if the SHP wheels will fit, go measure, go now! go go go.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:24 pm

Ah i see now hmmm if i wasnt at work in chch id be strait out there to do it now but guess itl have to wait til im home on fri. Then got 2 weeks off so lots of time to play with the car :D

BILTEL · Post by **BILTEL** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:39 pm

Do you mean like this boys??

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:59 pm

Are those SHP wheels on that one??? Mine are ordered and paid for now i managed to get 2 x 7" Fronts and 2 x 8" SHP fronts all in great condition so they should all be here by xmas all going well. Think il be asking for tyres 4 xmas now from everybody :D Have to say the SHP 8s were hard to track down, but all 4 wheels only set me back $620NZD shipped so gotta say im pretty happy with that (until customs sting me for tax on the way into nz haha)

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:34 am

I saw those 2x 8" shp rims on ebay. Oscar pipped me at the post for them :x
But that's cool as I would have passed them on to a member on here as they're pretty rare.

Good deal! Make sure you post pics when they're on.

They look incredible when polished up!

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