QUICK Response Needed on 14" Wheels

[goaliefergy53]

Well, just bought them. Guess I'll just have to find out myself! Ha!

[goaliefergy53]

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[Bert]

Well, just bought them. Guess I'll just have to find out myself! Ha!

If you make a conditional offer to buy, and then visit the vendor armed with a jack and wheel wrenches, it becomes quite apparent whether these rims fit or not! On top of that spying inside the rear wheel well to see if the spring perch is going to interfere with a mounted tire is also much easier to speculate on.

[nitrofarm]

Just went out in the pouring rain and in the mud & rock of my driveway to pull a wheel off. No sizing or offset on the steelie. They have 155/80/13 rubber on them but I do know the bolt pattern is 4x114.3 and 99% sure the offset is high like the Festiva (35 to 45?)

My backspacing is 4 1/2" and the backspacing of the wheels I'm looking at are 3 3/8".

Wheel auction ends in 40 minutes. ha!

Can you contact the manufacture of the trike for specs?

[goaliefergy53]

My trike is based off the Festiva 1.3l and 3-speed auto transaxle and associated front suspension components, so no need to contact the company. Wheels should arrive next Monday. They're the exact same model of 70's Western Wheel Turbines that I also have on my LLV (yeah...I own a mail truck and a parking enforcement trike. Ha!), so I figured it'd be worth the gamble to see if both my rides could have the same style wheels. Worst comes to worst, I could always tub to make them fit. lol.

For those of you with aftermarket wheels on your Festivas: What do you do in regards to wheel bolts/lug nuts? I currently have the standard Festvia wheels bolts, but for the wheels I have coming, they are designed for a washer and lug nut.

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[nitrofarm]

I use whatever the manufacturer of that wheel calls for on that particular wheel. IE BMW wheels I use BMW spec lug nuts.Most of the local parts stores stock them.But YOU have to tell them what size or DORMAN pn you desire.

[TominMO]

For those of you with aftermarket wheels on your Festivas: What do you do in regards to wheel bolts/lug nuts? I currently have the standard Festvia wheels bolts, but for the wheels I have coming, they are designed for a washer and lug nut.

I recommend these http://www.jbugs.com/product/9533.ht...els-studs-nuts

or these http://www.jbugs.com/product/9516.ht...els-studs-nuts

For either one, you will need four sets and will have four studs left over, since they are five to a set. If you buy the second set then you have more options for the nuts, like maybe a set with locks from a McParts store; and maybe in nice colors too.

[goaliefergy53]

For those of you with aftermarket wheels on your Festivas: What do you do in regards to wheel bolts/lug nuts? I currently have the standard Festvia wheels bolts, but for the wheels I have coming, they are designed for a washer and lug nut.

I recommend these http://www.jbugs.com/product/9533.ht...els-studs-nuts

or these http://www.jbugs.com/product/9516.ht...els-studs-nuts

For either one, you will need four sets and will have four studs left over, since they are five to a set. If you buy the second set then you have more options for the nuts, like maybe a set with locks from a McParts store; and maybe in nice colors too.

Thanks for that! Not long after I posted that I saw the thread in regards to installing studs, which will definitely be the way I need to go. Luckily for me, I only need two sets as I can only convert the two rear wheels (the one front wheels is in a fork suspension setup and can't use a larger wheel.)