Mag Wheels (Death of an Icon??)

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

[paddyfc58]

Hi, Has anyone had these fitted to their car ? what size, and are they a  bolt on item(no mods needed).
I have hr disc front and hr drum rear end.

thanks paddy

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

You should be able to get the 6.5 on the front and 8s on the rear, the biggest problem is getting the 13" tyres wide and tall enough to fit them.
With no backspacing listed it might be a bit of a gamble buying them without checking first.

[paddyfc58]

Thanks Stinky, have emailed company will await their reply.

thanks paddy

[DN2168]

Paddy, I had these on my old FC with no rubbing although it still had the standard front & rear ends.



Hope this helps. Dean.

[paddyfc58]

Hi Dean,

         They certainly look great. Can you remember the sizes? did you have the same front and back?

         This thread probably be in the modification section by now :-X

    thanks paddy

[DN2168]

Paddy to be honest I can't remember exactly but, I have a feeling they were 5.5 on the front & 7 on the back. The main problem with the wider 13" wheels now is you find it difficult to find tyres biiger than 205-60-13.

Hope this has helped you,
                                  Dean.

[mcl1959]

The trend then was to run a higher stance. This type of wheel offset will be OK as long as you are happy to run the car at this height. If you lowered the car 3 inches all round, the tyres would rub front and rear.

Ken

[wrighty]

Gday Paddy,My wagon had 6.5's all round when when first got it but it sat pretty high then.It has Hr discs and diff ,although i did notice while doing a pad change that someone had ground a little off the calipers.I don't know if this was to clear those wheels or not as i took them off the car not long after i got it and didn't notice any issues.

[wrighty]

Found a old picture with the mags on it.

Wrighty

[paddyfc58]

Might have to consider something else as stinky stated tyres for these are hard to get and will only get harder we'll see. Was trying to avoid mods to the wheel arches, but realisticly might be sensible way to go.