The Jim
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I know these kind of questions get asked on here all the time so apologies in advance for sounding like a broken record, but I've been searching high and low for a suitable set of wheels for my car, and just when I think I've found one, another problem comes along.
I wanted to fit a set of Kei Racing Force 8 17" alloy wheels to my Mk2 Punto, dimensions 205/40/17, they have the universal style bolt fitting on the wheel and at first most places I went said they couldn't find a wobbly bolt with a head small enough to fit the wheel. When I finally found somewhere who could supply the bolts, they told me to bring it along for attempted fitting.
Well I took the car along and they tried, but there's a bolt sticking out from my shock on the rear wheel and they reckon once I get tires fitted, the bolt would rip them to shreds. Now they've mentioed spacers etc in the past but I dont think they tried fitting the spacer, just a plain wheel without tyre and made their judgement, and I'm reading on http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/Fitment.asp?psearch=Fiat and it says basically, the size should be ok for my car, and even the offset (they said it was either 42 or 43) should be OK.
Now I've been to another place who cant get ahold of the bolts, but they reckon they've fitted a similar sized wheel to a Punto, and it was OK but he wasn't happy about it.
Cut a long story short, has anyone fitted a similar sized wheel to a punto, how did you get around the pitfalls of the bolt on the shock/do you have a similar problem?
Even better, can anyone confirm if this wheel, or a wheel with universal style bolt fitting can be put on a punto?
Can anyone point me to a supplier of the smaller wobbly bolts that'll fit into the universal style (8 bolt holes) wheel fitting, as if I try and take the car back to another garage, they reckon they cant get them. Know this is a bit of an odd question as I dont know any sizes involved!?
I wanted to fit a set of Kei Racing Force 8 17" alloy wheels to my Mk2 Punto, dimensions 205/40/17, they have the universal style bolt fitting on the wheel and at first most places I went said they couldn't find a wobbly bolt with a head small enough to fit the wheel. When I finally found somewhere who could supply the bolts, they told me to bring it along for attempted fitting.
Well I took the car along and they tried, but there's a bolt sticking out from my shock on the rear wheel and they reckon once I get tires fitted, the bolt would rip them to shreds. Now they've mentioed spacers etc in the past but I dont think they tried fitting the spacer, just a plain wheel without tyre and made their judgement, and I'm reading on http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/Fitment.asp?psearch=Fiat and it says basically, the size should be ok for my car, and even the offset (they said it was either 42 or 43) should be OK.
Now I've been to another place who cant get ahold of the bolts, but they reckon they've fitted a similar sized wheel to a Punto, and it was OK but he wasn't happy about it.
Cut a long story short, has anyone fitted a similar sized wheel to a punto, how did you get around the pitfalls of the bolt on the shock/do you have a similar problem?
Even better, can anyone confirm if this wheel, or a wheel with universal style bolt fitting can be put on a punto?
Can anyone point me to a supplier of the smaller wobbly bolts that'll fit into the universal style (8 bolt holes) wheel fitting, as if I try and take the car back to another garage, they reckon they cant get them. Know this is a bit of an odd question as I dont know any sizes involved!?
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