<VV>Budget wheels

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

IMMEDIATELY, the question will pop up, where did you have it done? Or is  
this something your average machine shop can carry out with little trouble? What  
were the details in making this slight bolt circle correction? Where did you  
have the steel lug seats made, or where can they be purchased? 
 
Perspiring minds want to know...
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 12/9/2005 12:17:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

Although  some people have bolted the BMW wheels (120mm pattern) onto the   
Chevy/GM studs. (120.65mm - 4.75in). Nobody in the engineering world  
recommends  
it. The bending of the studs that this causes, could  result in failure -  
especially important if he is going to race the  car. Would it work? 
Probably,  
Would I recommend it? No. With  Aluminum wheels, the bolt pattern can be 
slightly  
altered to  duplicate the Chevy pattern. I just had 12 BMW  aftermarket 
wheels  
re-done ($12.50 each, including new tapered seal  inserts)  for  use on my 
Corsa track car. It would be hard to do this  alteration  with Steel wheels, 
but 
there are hardly any 5-bolt Steel wheels for   the BMWs anyway, the 5-series 
is 
a more premium line, and always  has  aluminum wheels. The German TUV 
required 
tapered seats, as I  recall.  There are so many  14" GM wheels around, 
usually 
at lower   prices than the BMW wheels, there is no need to look at the BMWs. 
Check  out  Camaros as well. If you are at 15" or 16", then many more BMW 
wheels  
are around.  I found mine really cheap. - Seth  Emerson