coby-ss

any bad experience with those?

i wanna change my mag but most of the wheels are not fiting 5x110 bolt pattern of the ss/tc
so im buying a wheels adapters to 5x114.3 for 200$ shipped....

comments?

WhiteSSBalt

I believe most wheel adapters require you to run longer wheel studs.....have you looked into this?

BlackJackSS

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Clicky... I'm interested in knowing about these. I've got some 5x114s in my garage.

HellbillySS

Ditto. Just saw a thread about a guy doing this. Im kinda intersted. Id guess it would put more stress on things...but if its a huge issue idk. Never messed with them.

coby-ss

why longer wheels studs? look at the picture





www.ezaccessory.com

Shez

I'm considering these if they don't **** anything up. I'm guessing they would act like spacers too, right? They're an inch thick. I don't want my wheels stick out like crazy.

slowswap

Most bolt on wheel adapters are so thick, you can throw any good wheel design out the window because of the offset you'll need to run.

fakameanrepresent

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run ccw wheels. about $2800 with tires.

coby-ss

wich offset would i need to look for with those adapters?

WhiteSSBalt

Well yeah, thicker spacers/adapters have integrated studs. But this is also going to space you wheel out a good bit, and I'm not sure if you would want that or not. Its going to give you a much lower offset.....you may just want to consider customs wheels as an option too. CCW, HRE, I-Forged and DPE are a few options to consider, but they don't come cheap.

That's a big problem with Cobalts......the wheel choices are so sparse. Once my Cobalt sells, I'm planning on doing a hellaflush style build on a 2010 RX-8. I'll be running 18"x9.5" Work Emotion XC8's with a +12mm offset.....and of course I'll be doing a stretched tire, rolling and pulling the fenders, as well as running a great deal of camber to get everything to fit. But I wouldn't neccesarily suggest doing something like this to a Cobalt....hence why mine is for sale.

Also, a lot of car newbies think the higher the offset the more flush a wheel will be, but its the opposite. A low offset, 0 offset and then the extreme, negative offsets, will stick the wheel(s) out much more. Most cars come factory with a very conservative offset.....usually between 40mm-70mm.

slowswap

Exactly. On a 9" wide wheel with a Cobalt. Now this is an extreme example but hear me out. Normally you'd get a 18x9 +35. Very nice offset on the Cobalt for that width.

Now throw a 20mm bolt on adapter. You'll now need to find an 18x9 +55.

And most any high end company will custom drill the wheel pattern anyways. But everyone here just tries to find the cheapest way out on wheels.

ls1fbody

Nobody wants to custom drill wheels. Trust me, i have e-mails from every company worth e-mailing

elite_Cyborg

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I Just want to run them on the front.

slowswap

For the right price they will. HRE will. Work says they will.

Volk will NOT custom drill.

Hockeyman

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I have wheel adapters, motorsport technology makes good ones. Smallest they make is 19mm, so subtract that from the offset of the wheel for your offset with the adapter. With my wheels, i'm running a 29mm offset on a 17x7 wheel and it's pretty much flush. I didn't have to modify my lug bolts or anything, but I can see how some rims would require a shorter stock lug bolt.

ls1fbody

HRE makes the whole thing custom, whole different category Does Work forge them with the holes, or drill after?

i seriously doubt you're running a 29mm offset. You would be poking like a ************.

slowswap

I THINK Work drills afterwards......

And 29mm with a 19mm spacer is a 10mm offset. I don't think so.

ls1fbody

he may have 45, with a 7" wheel i could see that working. I just don't know how 29 is possible...

Hockeyman

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I said with the adapters I am at 29mm offset on a 17x7. The rims are 48mm, but with 19mm adapters it equals et29.

ls1fbody

semi important detail

Hockeyman

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haha my bad...thought I was clear but I guess not

EcoTecDriver

they will put extra stress on your hubs fyi.....

slowswap

Also true.

DSmastery

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David(slowswap) or Will im thinking of running 235's with this rims im getting as they are 18x8 but im not sure of the offset so im test fitting the rims when i get them to see how they sit on the hub

based on your guys knowledge would i have rubbing just driving straight? haha someone said it will rub on a locked turn(u turn) whatever haha
lowered too

ls1fbody

depends on your offset Joey, but i'm sure you will be fine.