alloy fittings

[Si Griffiths]

is it true ford alloys fit onto clios? reason being i just bought these lovelies

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i got em from Halfords reduced from £450 to £200 (someone ordered them and didnt pick them up, hence they were reduces). The tyres alone cost £75 each!

i thought if they didnt fit on my clio then i could just sell em on for a hyawge profit

 

[kitty_eamc]

Unfortunately they wont as the PCD distance between the studs is completely different (about 108, instead of the 100 a clio needs). Therefore if u were to try and put them on your car, ud find that they would not fit on properly.

Hope this helps a bit! Unfornately I made a similar mistake, regarding the offset, even after researching - but thats another story!

Lizzy.

 

[Si Griffiths]

nice one - thanks for the info

its not a problem tho i can just sell em for lots of money.

kitty_eamc - how are you finding your 16v? im hoping to get one in a few months but being a wee baby i might not b able to afford the insurance

 

[billabong]

You can use a type of wheel nut that overcomes this problem. I had some alloys fitted onto my mk2 punto (getting alloys for that was a b**ch!!!) and South West Tyres who supplied and fitted them used a wheel nut that had a sliding collar, meaning I could have taken the wheels off the Punto and fitted them to my Clio, I didnt bother tho cause the Clio came with Alloys, altho I wish I would have cause the Puntos were much nicer!