FD Wheels on P5
January-25th-2008, 05:28 PM
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FD Wheels on P5
Title explains it all, my enkei's got ripped off out of my garage a week ago. 
I am looking for a decent set of wheels on a budget. I know the 3rd gen Rx-7 wheels fit my 87 rx-7 and through further research my P5 and FC both have 5 x 114 lug pattern so is there any reason why I can't run FD wheels on a Protege 5? Not sure of the offsets for each, but i thought a nice set of used fd wheels powder coated might look pretty sweet on my white P5.
I am looking for a decent set of wheels on a budget. I know the 3rd gen Rx-7 wheels fit my 87 rx-7 and through further research my P5 and FC both have 5 x 114 lug pattern so is there any reason why I can't run FD wheels on a Protege 5? Not sure of the offsets for each, but i thought a nice set of used fd wheels powder coated might look pretty sweet on my white P5.
January-26th-2008, 04:03 AM
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NO 16x8 that I've seen will fit on a Protege5. I've personally tried to put my FD wheels on my P5 just for laughs, and it wasn't even close. With an FD wheel, the offset was way off, since one car is FWD and one RWD.
17.5 is as wide as you can go, and even that will take like a +48 offset. I have 18x7.5s on my P5 and they barely fit, even with coilovers.
Good luck.
EDIT: Stock P5 wheels are 16x6 +50.
17.5 is as wide as you can go, and even that will take like a +48 offset. I have 18x7.5s on my P5 and they barely fit, even with coilovers.
Good luck.
EDIT: Stock P5 wheels are 16x6 +50.
Last edited by eggynatey; January-26th-2008 at 04:06 AM.
January-27th-2008, 02:22 PM
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NO 16x8 that I've seen will fit on a Protege5. I've personally tried to put my FD wheels on my P5 just for laughs, and it wasn't even close. With an FD wheel, the offset was way off, since one car is FWD and one RWD.
17.5 is as wide as you can go, and even that will take like a +48 offset. I have 18x7.5s on my P5 and they barely fit, even with coilovers.
Good luck.
EDIT: Stock P5 wheels are 16x6 +50.
17.5 is as wide as you can go, and even that will take like a +48 offset. I have 18x7.5s on my P5 and they barely fit, even with coilovers.
Good luck.
EDIT: Stock P5 wheels are 16x6 +50.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showt...&highlight=225
I hope I am not crossing any lines by posting a link to a different forum....just trying to help.
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