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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 12:53 AM
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Forcing fitment

Hey all,
A buddy of mine has some AZA Z01 rims that he took off his '06 Goat, and thought it'd be cool if I put them on my 92 bird. The offset works and the bolt pattern is the same, however, the giant wheel hub on these cars makes it so that the fronts don't fit. Would a spacer fix that? Or would I need to invest in some machine work?
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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 02:03 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

You will need a bolt on adapter to properly fit the wheel, the offset will be 1.25 to 2" more than what these cars need. That will fix the problem

If you are positive the only issue is the center bore, the wheel could be machined to 70.3mm and fit properly and be hubcentric. Just make sure the center hub design will support the loss of material
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 07:32 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

GTO's use 5x120 from what I understand. So a different bolt pattern.
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 08:28 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

They fit on the rears without a problem, its the front hub
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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 08:52 AM
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Re: Forcing fitment

Originally Posted by InfernalVortex
GTO's use 5x120 from what I understand. So a different bolt pattern.
Ours is 120.65 MM, so close enough if using wobble nuts. Some even manage without them.
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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 04:01 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

Originally Posted by cosmick
Ours is 120.65 MM, so close enough if using wobble nuts. Some even manage without them.
Close enough to snug them up, but is it close enough to be safe? That's a personal decision.
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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 05:28 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

If wobblers weren't safe they'd be illegal by now. They sure aren't cheap.
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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 09:12 PM
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Re: Forcing fitment

Originally Posted by cosmick
If wobblers weren't safe they'd be illegal by now. They sure aren't cheap.
I dont trust any regulatory agency to allow or disallow anything based on anything but politics and nonsense.

But I was more specifically referring to just using regular nuts.

Are there correct, usable wobble nuts available for our application these days?
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