Styling Alloy Wheels

[jamo007]

just to check these will fit my stilo with wobbly bolts????

https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=25124&cat=17

thanks

jamo

ps could i still lower it with these on?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

They're not 4x98 so won't fit properly, the use of 'wobbly' wheel bolts is always a questionable subject area tbh.

 

[jamo007]

I have been told there is nothing up with wobbly bolts?

 

[AbarthWolf]

Nothing wrong with wobbly bolts. You need too find out the offset and centre bore fitting for these particular alloys. Both can be bought into line using spacers for offset and spigot rings for bore size.

To be fair, if you can find alloys that are 4*98, it makes life so much simpler.

 

[edwin884]

I see 5 holes...

 

[rattystilo]

they will fit fine if they have been on a GP. the pics with the TT are generic to show the wheels. the pic on the Punto shows them with 4 bolt holes. I have a set of 18s that came off of a GP and my Stilo is lowered.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

they will fit fine if they have been on a GP.

No they won't!

The GP is a 4x100 PCD and the Stilo 4x98.

Wobbly wheel bolts by their very nature are a bodge, and as a result not something I and plenty of others advise.

 

[clock34]

they are technically a bodge, however when fitted correctly and to the right torque are perfectly safe...... when fitted correctly and to the right torque

 

[rattystilo]

My personal experience of running 18s with 4x100 pcd and wobble bolts is that you need to take care when putting wheels on and tighten the bolts up gradually to make sure each bolt is centred. Apart from that they have been fine in the 6 months i have had the wheels on the car.

MEP, what is your personal experience of wobble bolts. Have you driven a car with them on?

If they were as unsafe as you are implying i am sure they would be banned and you wouldn't be able to buy them.

 

[jimboy]

Those wheels will not fit the Stilo for the reason already pointed out, they are five stud, the Stilo is four stud. As for wobbly bolts, this is a mixed feeling territory. When done right & good quality bolts used things are ok. There are other issues, but that's the nuts & bolts about it.. sorry for the obvious pun.

 

[Caravadossi]

just to check (whatever) will fit my stilo with wobbly bolts???? ... (etc)

Have you costed out this 18" project?
alloys?+fastenings?+tyres?+ ... Ins?

111227

 

[jimboy]

Those wheels will not fit the Stilo for the reason already pointed out, they are five stud, the Stilo is four stud. As for wobbly bolts, this is a mixed feeling territory. When done right & good quality bolts used things are ok. There are other issues, but that's the nuts & bolts about it.. sorry for the obvious pun.

Sorry I was wrong, they are four stud. Personal choice, but not an ideal set up. Only my personal view.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

If they were as unsafe as you are implying i am sure they would be banned and you wouldn't be able to buy them.

Not so!

I bring to light after market HID kits, as well as things like cigarettes

Both are not safe (ok aftermarket HID have only a few minor exceptions), one even illegal to use, but perfectly legal to sell

You cannot go around in life assume because something is sold its safe or a good idea to use.

No personal experience with them as I want touch them with a barge poll, but like a lot, I went to a college full of young lads with cars and have seen the aftermath these bolts can cause if used incorrectly

Ask yourself why Fiat don't sell them as a genuine part

 

[rattystilo]

Not so!

I bring to light after market HID kits, as well as things like cigarettes

Both are not safe (ok aftermarket HID have only a few minor exceptions), one even illegal to use, but perfectly legal to sell

You cannot go around in life assume because something is sold its safe or a good idea to use.

No personal experience with them as I want touch them with a barge poll, but like a lot, I went to a college full of young lads with cars and have seen the aftermath these bolts can cause if used incorrectly

Ask yourself why Fiat don't sell them as a genuine part

Interesting argument about cigarettes. I am sure if the tobacco industry didn't make the government millions of pounds and the buyers of cigarettes paying millions in taxes they would be banned.

I also note that you have seen the aftermath if the bolts are used incorrectly. Isn't this the same as anything in life. Use a ladder incorrectly you can have an accident........

Not interested in arguing this further but just want to add at the end of the day the use of wobble bolts is down to personal choice and the wheels the op posted will fit with wobble bolts and the correct size spigot rings if used correctly.

I guess it may be that a lot of people don't use spigot rings of use the wrong size ones with wobble bolts.

 

[jimboy]

Wobble bolts have been around for quite some time, fitted correctly there will be no problems. Even over in America they have done extensive tests & deemed safe & we all know about their suing reputation. For me it's all the fannying around when fitting the wheels, & the monkeys that would come in contact at tyre time. In all honesty there are worse things you could do to your car, but that's another story, as they say.

Just for the record, Fiat or any other car manufacturer for that matter don't make wobbly bolts, for the simple reason they don't have to For those that haven't worked it out yet, all their wheels fit As I said for me it's a personal choice, fanny about when changing wheels.