Oztrekking
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Hi,
I'm thinking of getting a trekking 1.3 diesel. However, I am wary of the 15" alloy wheels, being concerned they may be prone to cracking on corrugated and potholed roads. I know most newer pandas have 14" wheels, so 1" smaller seems within the 1" bigger or smaller rule of thumb in believe exists.
13" wheels will have an extra inch of travel in them, also desirable off road.
Will the smaller wheels interfere with the brakes or anything?
I believe some:
variation-bolts-aka-wobble-bolts-myth-versus-reality
(URL posting blocked for new user, fair enough)
Would allow 4x100 stud pattern wheels to fit.
I see Mazda 121 had steel 13" wheels with 63.4mm centre bore, the panda has 58.1. So 5.3/2 = 2.65mm needed to fill the gap. I don't think those plastic spigot rings I see do much, can I find steel somewhere?
Your thoughts welcome. Excuse my intrusion, I did search and someone thought the 13" wheels probably wouldn't go, but it wasn't definitive.
175/80 R13 tyres give the same diameter as the original 175/65 R15.
Thanks.
I'm thinking of getting a trekking 1.3 diesel. However, I am wary of the 15" alloy wheels, being concerned they may be prone to cracking on corrugated and potholed roads. I know most newer pandas have 14" wheels, so 1" smaller seems within the 1" bigger or smaller rule of thumb in believe exists.
13" wheels will have an extra inch of travel in them, also desirable off road.
Will the smaller wheels interfere with the brakes or anything?
I believe some:
variation-bolts-aka-wobble-bolts-myth-versus-reality
(URL posting blocked for new user, fair enough)
Would allow 4x100 stud pattern wheels to fit.
I see Mazda 121 had steel 13" wheels with 63.4mm centre bore, the panda has 58.1. So 5.3/2 = 2.65mm needed to fill the gap. I don't think those plastic spigot rings I see do much, can I find steel somewhere?
Your thoughts welcome. Excuse my intrusion, I did search and someone thought the 13" wheels probably wouldn't go, but it wasn't definitive.
175/80 R13 tyres give the same diameter as the original 175/65 R15.
Thanks.