I know someone said 80's 626 rims will work but they are kind of ugly. Are there any other cars with this bolt pattern? I do not want to buy aftermarket rims as they are too expensive.

Do they make a wheel adapter for this pattern?


Thanks

 

I would NEVER trust a wheel adaptor as all I have seen have been at best, mediocre, and at most, down right dangerous.

There are VERY few cars that came with the 4x110 bolt pattern and I think the seven and the 626 are the only ones with 14 inchers. check out the 1st gen FAQ for more info.

link:http://www.solarwinds.com/jdbooker/rx-7faq/

Hope this helps

 

Personally, '86-87 14" 626 LX mags and the '86-87 15" 626 GT "pizza" mags look pretty good on a 1st gen. The 14" '83-85 won't look that good.

I always thought the F*rd Fairmont cars had 110mm. Or is that 100? If so you can get anything from a 13" to a 16" from anything from a '77 Fairmont to a '93 Mustang GT.

What about Escort-based fords like escorts and tempos?

 

Late model Ford 4 lug is 4X4.25" (~108mm) They won't fit. The old ancient Falcons and Mustang 6 bangers were 4X4.5, they will fit the SE's only.

Kerry

 

I know for sure Fiat's were 4 x 110 and I'll bet Alfa Romeo also are 4 x 110. Not sure if their offset is the same as for our 7's though.

 

Old *** Toyota Corollas had 12 inch 4x110 wheels. Not that that helps.

Go pimp those nasty steel eyesores. :p

They are only useful if you find a good 7 in the scrapper and someone has already taken the wheels.

 

the web site one of you guys mentioned said pre- 82 626 rims will fit.

Six Two Sleeper you said you have seen rx7's with 86-87 626 rims? Is this correct?

 

Hi guys,
The rims from the same year 626 ie '84 626 are the same as the rx-7 except theydon't have the polished finish. This is a great way to get a set of snow tires mounted. ( best car that I have ever driven in snow..........I damn near said that with a straight face)


Vic

 

Well, older toyotas have a 4x108(4.25) bolt pattern and ive seen their wheels on rx7s.

 

Yeah, I've seen MK2 Supra wheels on a couple non-SE FB's.

 

I just looked on a MK2 supra website and they had a bolt circle of 4x114.3. How would these fit?

 

hmm, good question. Maybe the generation supras are mixed up. I know the very first model supras, i think up to 82 or 83, came with the wheels in question. heres what the wheels look likebaby supras

 

There's 4 generation of Supras... late 70's, early 80's, late 80's and early 90's. I've seen the early 80's (Mk2) Supra rims on FB's.

 

tirerack.com has some nice rims, they arent too cheap though, i think it was around$800 with tires

 

Have you tried this? I have a Ford 4-lug too so I'll have to try swapping some time when it's warmer.

 

Well, I have not. Someone said that '79-82 626 rims will fit, they do. He also said the 2nd gen 626 FWD rim will fit. As such, the '86-87 is a similar car to the '83-85 and the wheels interchange between both. So, if a '84 626 wheel will fit an RX-7 and a '84 626 wheel will fit a '87, then a '87 should fit an RX-7.

I had '84 626 rims that used to fit on my '87 (until I swapped the 626 to five-lug Probe GT brakes)

1979-82 626's share many suspension parts, and brakes with the RX-7 of the same era, I think. They had the same wheels in many instances. I saw a 1981 626 4-door with steel 13" '86-89 323/Tracer wheels. These had mazda mini-hubcaps so they were most likely from a 323, but tracer is same. The Capri FWD had the same chassis and wheels as tracer, so they will fit too. I think '84 626 rims will fit a protege, so protege/escort/tracer/323 rims should work. the 14" mag on the '86 626 fits the 323 so there is another.

I may be wrong, but doubt it now.

APT, go to your F*rd with a mesuring tape and measure the distance from the top lug to the bottom lug if the wheel lugs are like this:
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and if they are like this:
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measure diagaonally. If your tape is in inches, use a calculator to multiply the distance by 2.54 and you have cm, multiply by 25.4 for mm.

 

I don''t have to measure it.

Contours wheels:
Bolt Pattern: 4 x 108mm
Offset: +40-42

GSL-SE wheels:
Bolt Pattern 4x110
Offset?

I think it won't even throw the speedo off too much, ~3%. I may have some time on Sunday. If I do, I'll snap pictures.

Aaron