Has anyone tried putting protege rims on there second gen?

I got some 2002 16's from a friend but the wobble like no tomorrow. Wondering if there is a fix for this.

 

Bolt pattern's the same, just find out the offset and that'll answer your question.

 

..uh...is "the" one rim or all of them?...and it it is a steal rim then you can mend the bend but not an an alloy rim....there could be stress cracks that you might not see..stay away it THEY are bend

 

i thought they were like 6" rims... why would u want rims so narrow?

 

why would you want fwd rims on a rwd? Probably wont drive worth a damn even if they do fit.

 

say what?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? you need to go to a rim shop and tell'em that with a straight face....
fwd rims...hahaha

 

Isnt the back spacing totally opposite of a rwd.A buddy of mine tried to put sho wheels on his Vic and they wouldnt work due to the spacing of the rim.

 

Can you explain why on sites some rims specify "fwd only"

 

^^ dude it's just the "offset", if the offset is right dont matter its fwd or rwd or awd

 

sorry man..did not mean to come across as a dick..was just funny...thats all...if a rim fits it fits! as long as the rim can handle the LOAD (just like tires have a load max) and they fit-off set and so on-then there is no FWD or RWD rim out there..please show me a site so I can see what they mean...you must have gotten that from somewhere plus I am willing to say SORRY if I was wrong

 

it is funny - b00 is correct - its all offset.

 

i sold him the wheels as rollers , i use them on my rx7's here at the shop( just to move them around) the offset is way wrong and the sit way in, the wheels came off my 02 protege5 with 10,000 miles on them and they worked great, i think your problem lies elswhere

 

ive used FWD rims on awd and rwd and vice versa many times on differnt cars.

 

http://www.carxpressions.com/wheels/enkei.htm

 

Think the tires arent balanced gonna check it out this weekend, I put the stocks back on and its fine

 

wow ..that is some crazy ****..
BUT if you look at the site again
then you will notice that ALL FWD
rims are for CARS and all RWD rims
are for trucks...I think this site
used FWD and RWD as some
stupid way to differentiate
between car and truck rims..
.i could see how you could confuse
that with some rims BEING ONLY for
FWD or RWD...

look here... http://www.carxpressions.com/wheels/spin_weel.htm

there is a Benz with spinners and
right above it there is a explanation
and it ALSO says for Front Wheel Drive
vehicles...but the mercedes in the pic has
spinners and is NOT a FWD car....
i will call my rim shop and ask them what
this could mean....love a good mystery!!!
and thanks for looking that up!

 

guys guys guys

we are eating a bunch of band width arguing stupid stuff.

its all offset, period!

if all of this non-sense is true what do you do with AWD and 4WD wheels??? Do you change the front wheels when you engage the 4wd? NO! the wheel size and offset must be correct for the vehicle to work OR you eat wheel bearings. thats it.

 

no one is arguing anymore....just trying to figure out why someone would post that on a web site..and if you are worring about bandwith then dont reply..

 

^ dude that website dont know ****
if you go to http://www.rayswheels.co.jp/ , there list have a "offset" listed there
and plz keep the spinning wheels off the rx-7

 

Oh I forgot if you read it on the internet its true. That web site is missleading - find another source for info

 

^dude..if you read my post then you would not need to tell me that(and I am tending to agree regarding the site) ...and spinners are cool on a FC..there was a thread about that a while(3rd gen forum I think) ago and EVERYONE just loved them...lol...why I ask WHY woudl anyone even think that....ugh!..i have a set of old skateboard wheels I would rather put on...

 

not for me to find the info..I was the first person to say there is no such thing as FWD or RWD rims

 

The rims on the benz are photoshopped, fyi

So they may not actually fit that mercedes, it's just a nice picture to have. Most all the time on sites and adds for wheels any big rim on any suv, truck, luxury car, what have you, they will be photoshopped. That's why in adds SUV's can run 24's on zero sidewall tires while being slammed to all hell, etc.

 

^..pretty much what I thought..now all I need is to find someone that will photoshop my skateboard wheels on my 7

 

Ph34r my mad PC Paint skillz.