Finding Wheels From Other Makes for your Two

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Finding Wheels From Other Makes for your Two

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Awesome find :lol:
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Nice find! :thumleft:
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might be worth a stcky/knowledgebase or whatever...
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i just tried a set of wheels of the skyline, PMSL #-o the off set was way out lol. so now i know alloys that are to fit the skyline will not fit the MR2
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JDM-MAT wrote:i just tried a set of wheels of the skyline, PMSL #-o the off set was way out lol. so now i know alloys that are to fit the skyline will not fit the MR2


You sure? Sure I've seen plenty of MR2 MK2's running black/anthracite skyline wheels from an R32 :-k

from that guide:

Skyline R32/R33/R34 PCD 114.3x5 ET40 CB 66.1
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yeah i have a set of stock R32 alloys in the garage. (i have works on the car.) the off set was way off the tyre was rubbing the shocks.
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JDM-MAT wrote:yeah i have a set of stock R32 alloys in the garage. (i have works on the car.) the off set was way off the tyre was rubbing the shocks.


Not due to incorrect tyre sizes fitted to the wheels to suit the MR2?
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RedMR² wrote:
JDM-MAT wrote:yeah i have a set of stock R32 alloys in the garage. (i have works on the car.) the off set was way off the tyre was rubbing the shocks.


Not due to incorrect tyre sizes fitted to the wheels to suit the MR2?


](*,) not really thought about that, lol i do have a good size tyre wall on them. maybe fit a low pro tyre of something?
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from another source on the spec of skyline R32 wheels:

Standard sizes

Front 8x16
Rear 8x16

225/60/16 front & rear

No wonder they rub lol if that's whats fitted :mrgreen:

If you fitted the fronts with 205/40/16, with them being 8" wide, you may require spacers due to offset :thumleft:
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RedMR² wrote:from another source on the spec of skyline R32 wheels:

Standard sizes

Front 8x16
Rear 8x16

225/60/16 front & rear

No wonder they rub lol if that's whats fitted :mrgreen:

If you fitted the fronts with 205/40/16, with them being 8" wide, you may require spacers due to offset :thumleft:


:whistle:



hehe yeah lol so a nice low pro tyre and they should fit then :thumleft:
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nice website for calculating mr2 wheels/tyre sizes :thumleft:

http://mr2.gordaen.com/wt_calc.php
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RedMR² wrote:nice website for calculating mr2 wheels/tyre sizes :thumleft:

http://mr2.gordaen.com/wt_calc.php

wow awesome find :thumleft:
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no bother fella :thumleft:
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RedMR² wrote:no bother fella :thumleft:


:thumleft: looks like im going to be doing up my old skyline wheels now, getting some nice low pro tyres and fitting to my little 2 \:D/
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Good man, tasty wheels! They look nice on the MR2 8)
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they been sat in the garage for ages but then it came to me in a dream..................why not put them on the mr2 \:D/
im not a big fan of the wheels iv got on my car at the moment. 17" wolf race 7 spoke things

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and i shall swap for

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Re: Finding Wheels From Other Makes for your Two

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pic of R32 Skyline wheels fitted:

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Looks fantastic! 8)
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Re: Finding Wheels From Other Makes for your Two

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wow thats fantastic i must get this done.
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Re: Finding Wheels From Other Makes for your Two

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I'm running R32 wheels on my MR2, 8" wide R32 GTR wheels on the back and 6.5" wide R32 GTS wheels on the front.

Offsets are just about perfect - only thing I had to do was get some custom spigot rings fitted to ensure they were centred on the hubs properly. Tyres are 225/45R16 rear and 205/45R16 front.

The GTR wheels are forged so very light, lighter than the cast fronts ironically...! Annoyingly the GTS wheels are a lighter shade of grey and than the GTR ones so I got them refurbed to make them match.

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