You just might have too after looking at that picture. 4 inch bolt circle. Not even close my friend. Unless you want to buy a car to fit them 
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let me guess, craigslist find? it frustrates me when people just throw rims up and don't list what the patterns are.... just usually list "came off a chevy"... chevy and GM have about 4 different 5x lug patterns and backspaces, so not all fit. even the wheels off a camaro/corvette are the right lug pattern, but everything after 3rd gen/c3's, the backspacing is different, and you'll need spacers...
adapters around this area run between $100-200 for all 4.... it's either take the loss, or shell out the amount equal to what you could've bought them for new.....
I apologize if I come across sounding like an A-hole, it's not the intention. I actually have a set of early c4 wheels I thought I could make work cheaply, but don't want to run 3" spacers on the car....
sorry to keep the threadjacking going, mr sony....
adapters around this area run between $100-200 for all 4.... it's either take the loss, or shell out the amount equal to what you could've bought them for new.....
I apologize if I come across sounding like an A-hole, it's not the intention. I actually have a set of early c4 wheels I thought I could make work cheaply, but don't want to run 3" spacers on the car....
sorry to keep the threadjacking going, mr sony....
I always bring a tape measure and a piece of aluminum I cut down so I can also measure backspace when purchasing used rims.
Many people have no idea on the specs of the rims they are selling, I had one guy that wasn't even sure if he had 14" or 15" rims luckily there were tires on the rims which stated they were 14".
Also sorry for the continued thread hijack.
Many people have no idea on the specs of the rims they are selling, I had one guy that wasn't even sure if he had 14" or 15" rims luckily there were tires on the rims which stated they were 14".
Also sorry for the continued thread hijack.
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I have some aluminum brake drums that will look great on the Ford where these belong. I believed the guy, too.
The problem with the adapters needed to change a bolt circle is most are going to be 1.25" thick at the minimum so if your current rims have 4" of backspace this means with an adapter it will have 2.75" of backspace which is basically going to push the wheel out of the wheelwell.
I would sell the Cragars and look for rims that will fit without adapters or spacers just measure everything before you purchase if they are used.
I would sell the Cragars and look for rims that will fit without adapters or spacers just measure everything before you purchase if they are used.
what 565 means, is that if the rim has 4" of backspace, and the adapter block is 1.25", you'll end up @ 5.25" of backspace, and the rims will be sticking out of the wheelwell... not ideal for lowered cars...
Sorry to correct you but the adapter pushes the rim farther out by subtracting from the 4" of backspace bringing to down to 2.75" the only way to get a 5.25" backspace rim on a Gbody is with a frame notch and coincidentally that is the backspace I have on my Monte with a notch.
Think of the adapter being mounted to the inside of the rim and now your backspace measurement comes from the backside of the adapter where it mounts to the axle making it less.
Here is mine with a 295/55 on a 9.5 rim with 5.25 backspace.
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