Fiat Adventure - Alloy Upgrade? Friends,
I need some advice on alloy wheel upgrade for my Fiat Adventure. Due to bad camber, the tires have taken some hit on the shoulder. Moreover I have been on running on differnt profile in the front and rear. I have decided to take my car to a camber adjustment expert and get things sorted out. Not that I haven't been to experts in the past  . However, I am sure that once all settings are done and if still there is a drag, people will blame it on tires. So I have decided to upgrade all 5 tires and the alloys.
Stock Tire Profile: 175/80-R14
Stock Rim: 5.5 J, ET 40
I would like to upgrade the alloys to 15". And that's where the whole issue is. There are couple of 98 PCD designs in 14" alloys but the market has virtually no options in 98 PCD for 15" alloys. So how do I upgrade the alloys?
I came across Hub/PCD adapters on PerformanceAlloys.com. They have a adapter (from H&R Germany) for this purpose. I have following questions
1. This adpater will also act as a spacer (20 mm on each wheel). How will this affect the offset? If yes, what should the ET value for my new rims? Should it be ET 20? Will I ever get rims with such a ET value?
2. If I decide to buy them, are they really worth the money? With air frieght and customs, they may cost me almost as much as the alloy themselves.
3. If this is not enough, most of the new 15" alloys have width of 6.5". I believe this will further impact the offset. So if I buy PCD adapter and upgrade to an alloy with a width of 6.5", what should be the offset value?
4. How about PCD variation bolts? Someone from the sales team of PerformanceAlloy.com told me that OZ recommends using PCD variation bolts for fitting 100 PCD alloys on 98 PCD hubs. They are not sold seperately like PCD adapters. Are they available in India?
If changing alloy is going to be too much I am also open to retaining my current alloys and put 195/70-R14 tires on them. However I couldn't find any exciting tires with this specification. The only ones that I could find in market were Michelin XM and Bridgestone Potenza RE88. Both of these are boring tires. I will be happy to the below goodyear tire if it is available
1. Goodyear Assurance - TripleTred
if anyone is aware of additional options in this size, please share them on this thread.
All suggestions would help.
Thanks
Anant
Last edited by akbaree : 6th July 2008 at 18:27.
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