TaDa! 15"x6" Sentra Steelies, Nexxan 195/45R15 tires, 5/16" spacers, stock springs

[FestYboy]

still waiting for pix!!! rear strut area please.

[thirdman]

Looks Great!!! if you dont mind me asking how much does the steelie and tire together weigh?

Like a dummy, I forgot to weigh them. I'll check when I install my chrome front lugs.

still waiting for pix!!! rear strut area please.

I haven't forgotten... I will do so asap!

I will tell you that it is close enough that the little new-tire-hairy-rubber-sticky-out-thingies on the tires brush the bottom of the strut as they go by...

[Slyder]

[QUOTE=thirdman;214022]Like a dummy, I forgot to weigh them. I'll check when I install my chrome front lugs.

ok, id really apprecate that. anyways, looking good.

[thirdman]

I have additional 1/8" spacers for the rear on the way. More photos and reports when they get installed.

[hawkdoc60]

Just out of curiosity, where do you get the chrome lugs? I haven't seen them anywhere.

[boostmaster]

Stupid question? What year Sentra are these rims off of.

Now before I get flamed, I have used the search feature for the list of the interchangeable rims and cannot for the life of me find it anywhere...

Maybe I'm blind.

[Jimmy812]

Not sure what year those particular wheels are off of, but 2000-2006 Sentra have 4x4.5" bolt pattern and the base models from those years have 15" steelies. Earlier Sentras have 4x100mm wheels.

I think you'd find those steelies under these wheel covers.



I believe that Sentra GXE's from those years also have 15" 5 spoke alloys that would probably be the same offset.

Early Altimas also have 4x4.5" bolt pattern and the steel wheels look exactly like the Sentra steel wheels so they'd probably work too.

[thirdman]

7/16" spacers for the win

Updates:
My old stock steelies with 155R12s weighed 22lbs, my new shoes weigh 38lbs each. That's a total of 64lbs total extra.

The chrome lugs are from ezaccessories.com (the direct link is in the first post).

The wheels are from '03-'06 Sentras and/or '93-'04 Altimas.

I now have a total of 7/16" in spacers on each side, only on the rear.

Here are some photos of the clearance between the tire and strut:





Yeah, it's close, but it works. Before I added another 1/8" spacer, I could get the right tire to rub in a HARD left corner. You can see a rub mark on the tire from my experimenting. The photos are of the final configuration with a total 7/16" of spacers.

[boostmaster]

Just curious. You said you bought these Sentra wheels for $60? Is that per wheel or total? I was inspired by the sheer size difference and I think it should make a huge difference in the festy's handling. I swapped from 12" to 13" and it's just too small for my taste.

I went to ebay and found the sentra rims new but they want $160 for the set and another $80 to ship! It's a bit pricey for me. I was trying to keep this Festiva project within a tight budget. I check the loacl craigslist (I'm in KY) -nothing there... (at least I didn't see anything)

Any tips on finding these same rims you got?

TIA

[hawkdoc60]

Sorry, I did not realize the links in the first post were for the lugs, just the wheels and spacers. My bad.

[thirdman]

Sorry, I did not realize the links in the first post were for the lugs, just the wheels and spacers. My bad.

No worries... just bein' snarky!

[thirdman]

Just curious. You said you bought these Sentra wheels for $60? Is that per wheel or total?

Any tips on finding these same rims you got?

TIA

I got 'em for $60 TOTAL for all 4 off of ebay... it was a total steal (no pun intended). I was the only one that bid on them. They were pretty rusty (just surface rust), so I had to scrub and paint them.

The only advice I have is to watch ebay and be patient. And lucky. Shipping is normally going to be a killer, so you might have better luck at your local pick-n-pull.

[Levitan]

OMG ! Redford will be pulled into the garage immeadiately. The bolt will be removed, sanded, primed and given two coat of high quality enamel. After the paint has cured in seven to ten day Ill put the car on the road again. Sorry for the embarrassment to the corporation. Not an image we like to protray.

Classic!! LOL!!!

[thirdman]

Two weeks in and I am still thrilled. Traction is unbelievably good compared to my crappy old tires. It boggles my mind to think what some seriously sticky name-brand tires would be like! Wet traction is excellent, too.

And no rubbing!

[Silv3rBull3t]

Wow no wonder you can't get the tires to chirp, thats ALOT of added rotational mass!!! That thing must have lost .3 in the quarter just from adding rims and your gas mileage must have gone down too! -Kyle