My solution to buying overpriced wheels.

dwarfracing · 10-02-2003, 10:24 PM

As many of you probabally know the our Saturns use the bolt pattern 114.3 across the bored. My car came stock with 14"(sad) wheels and I've priced out new wheels at Belle(belletire.com) and at Discount Tire(discounttire.com) and have found that you can really push out a lot of cash on replacing your rims. My solution was finding another car that uses the same pattern but has bigger stock tires. One I have found that I am personally going to pursue is the 1999 Nissan Maxima SE which comes stock with 16" rims that arent all that bad looking. Its an inexpensive way to purchase new wheels, but you still have to replace the tires. If anyone here still doesnt know what im talking about, call your local junkyards and discount auto wreck dealers. They normally have a wide variety of parts and I don't see this one being any more difficult than the next. If anyone else is pursuing this methodology I have provided a list of the 114.3 bolt pattern vehicles below. Happy bargain hunting.

4 1/2 in./114.3mm.

1989-85 CHEVROLET - Sprint

1996-92 EAGLE - Summit Wagon

1993-84 Summit

1994-89 FORD - Festiva

1996-89 GEO - Metro, Sprint

2000-92 HONDA - Prelude (15")

2000-90 Accord

1999-91 HYUNDAI - Elantra, Lantra

1999-90 Accent, Excel, Pony

1999-89 Sonata

1995-90 Scoupe

1989-81 MAZDA - 323, GLC

1987-85 626, MX-6

1998-92 MITSUBISHI - Expo, Expo LRV, Vista Wagon

1999-84 Galant

1993-84 Mirage

1991-80 Tredia

1999-93 NISSAN - Altima

1995-82 Stanza

1991-84 Maxima

1990-78 B310, Pulsar

1986-82 Sentra, Sunny

1999-84 PLYMOUTH - Colt Vista

1993-84 Colt

1985-79 Arrow, Champ

1999-89 SUZUKI - Swift

1991-83 SAAB - 900

1991-80 TOYOTA - Cressida

1985-80 Celica (14")

1982-79 Tercel(4WD)

DWR

PS.
Because I stand corrected on the bolt patterns....
Here is a link to determine YOUR bolt pattern...
And yes my bolt pattern for my 97 sl1 is 114.3.

http://wheeltool.com/info/4bolt.html

SC2_GT · 10-03-2003, 12:19 AM

114.3?? I have always know it to be 4x100 not the 4x114.3

Shadestalker · 10-03-2003, 02:42 AM

Not exactly across the board.

http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse...._Reference.cfm

SL2Kid · 10-03-2003, 04:27 AM

im a big fan of my lowered SL2 on my stock alloys. Looks pretty tight to me.

mrsaturn · 10-03-2003, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SL2Kid

im a big fan of my lowered SL2 on my stock alloys. Looks pretty tight to me.

Same here. My '93 SL had the 14" steel wheels, but I bought a set of used 15" SL2 alloys for it last year. I think it looks much better than the 14's.....especially with the lowered springs.

ke6960 · 10-03-2003, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadestalker

Not exactly across the board.

http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse...._Reference.cfm

holy **** look a the car at the top of that page... damn thats a little overkill isnt it??

also my car has 15s on it didnt some sl2's come with 15s??

miamisl2 · 10-03-2003, 01:44 PM

15" alloys... 14" black wheels with covers. mine came with 14" and i swapped them for 15" alloys as well.

monkeyracing · 10-07-2003, 05:21 PM

4 x 100mm is the internationally accepted standard for referring to the bolt circle on our wheels. (others vehicles might use something like 5 x 4.5" or 8 x 6" or whatever) If someone's come up with another system they think works better, I will personally slap the sh*t out of them. I'm still trying to deal with the metric system, and I've had that all my life.

Jim

picksl1 · 10-08-2003, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeyracing

I'm still trying to deal with the metric system, and I've had that all my life.

Jim

imagine how the US feels tryin to stick us wit standard and metric....BTW do canadien cars have sockets that are 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch, etc...i know saturns themselves are measured in MM, but what about other models?!?!?!

monkeyracing · 10-08-2003, 06:57 PM

Yeah, I hear ya. We've got the same blend of the two systems here as well, and it does lead to some confusion. As far as measuring things for something like.....carpentry, 99% of people here still use standard measurement units. Pretty much the only time we'll use metric is when we're trying to find the right socket, or for speed or distance. EG: I know that I weigh around 200lbs, and that I'm 6 feet tall. I have absolutely no idea what I weigh in kilograms, or how tall I am in centimeters.

I really can't stand fuel usage measurements in metric. Miles per gallon makes a lot more sense to me than liters per 100kms. Then again, standard gallons are bigger than American gallons.....anyway...

Most cars made anywhere in the past 10 years at least have been mostly metric. Stuff that's actually been produced in Canada for around 30 years now has had more metric content than their American counterparts.

As far as I can tell, Saturns are almost entirely metric. The thing is that you can usually interchange a metric or an imperial/standard socket for one that's really close anyway.

Jim