navi wheel ques?

i bought a set of new navi wheels and i was wanting to know what you have to do lug holes because they are a metric bolt pattern.

you can either get the wheels re-drilled or get your hubs and axles re-drilled. easier to get wheels re-drilled, but you just run the risk of the wheel breaking easier since you're removing some metal out of it. but then again, you're putting them on a truck 1/2the weight they were designed for. your call

the thing is the wheels fit its just that the studs sit on the outside of each hole

yes, you need to get the rims re-drilled to the correct bolt pattern

Originally posted by HoNdA93CiViC



the thing is the wheels fit its just that the studs sit on the outside of each hole

thats not the definition of fit.

Navigators have a bolt pattern almost 2/10th of an inch off the mazda pattern, the only reason the wheels wven sit on the studs is because the stud holes are so big on navi wheels.

What you are trying to do is almost the same as trying to fit S10 wheels on a Toyota, wont fit no matter what.

You either have to get the Navi wheels drilled to the mazda pattern, or have the mazda axles drilled to the navi pattern. Mark my words, if you try to put them on with acorn nuts, you will break one stud, then two, then three and your wheel will fall ooorrrffff.

Originally posted by Russ-D



Originally posted by HoNdA93CiViC



the thing is the wheels fit its just that the studs sit on the outside of each hole

thats not the definition of fit.

Navigators have a bolt pattern almost 2/10th of an inch off the mazda pattern, the only reason the wheels wven sit on the studs is because the stud holes are so big on navi wheels.

What you are trying to do is almost the same as trying to fit S10 wheels on a Toyota, wont fit no matter what.

You either have to get the Navi wheels drilled to the mazda pattern, or have the mazda axles drilled to the navi pattern. Mark my words, if you try to put them on with acorn nuts, you will break one stud, then two, then three and your wheel will fall ooorrrffff.

Acorn nuts.... huhuh.... acorn nuts

Whatever, get some 12x1.50 lugnuts and put them on, i have had 2 sets of navi wheels on my truck for the last 3 years. no probs.

Originally posted by tuckntiremaz



Whatever, get some 12x1.50 lugnuts and put them on, i have had 2 sets of navi wheels on my truck for the last 3 years. no probs.

I can use a glad tall kitchen garbage bag for a condom and have "no probs", doesnt mean it is the right thing to do.

You are bending your studs, they will not like it forever.

You wont wonder when the masses continue to look down on minitruckers. I am not picking on you in particular, but I am really getting sick and tired of the "it worked for me" defense every minitrucker uses lately.

as long as busch, bud, miller, and oe continue producing beer the masses will look down on minitruckers, cause 95% of us are freakn drunks, not cause i put navi wheels on my mazda "the wrong way"

yeah they're like 2/10ths or maybe 1/5th off. tighten the lugs and they're likely to bend and break.