Road wheel fitment

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Hi All; Tim here from Canada. I am about to buy a nice Mk.3 P5. I've seen some information on here about wheel pcd but now I can't find it, so I apologise profusely for my ignorance.

Anyway, I would like to put wider tyres on the car, mostly for safety reasons but partly to make it look nicer. I'm not to worried about the style of the wheel, if the existing hubcaps/ring things will fit, although a set of P5B wheels would be nice.

On this forum, I am sure I have seen dialogue on PCD (can't find it now) and it was stated the PCD is 5X5, same as Chevys, among others. Well, Chevys are all 5X4.75". GM wheels would be very convenient to fit, because they are plentiful here. Other Brit/Euro wheels aren't. Can anyone confirm the PCD being 5X5 (i.e., not the same as Chevy) or 5X4.75 (i.e. same as Chevy)? Thanks! Tim

[corbin]

Hi Tim, the correct PCD is 5 inch (that is 5 on 5) not 4.75 inch. There are many wheel manufacturers on your side of the pond www.wheelsforless.com/contact.aspx .
Alloy wheels from a Jensen interceptor will fit , these have a slightly wider section, but probably rare items to find. Not sure you could fit your hub caps to these replacement wheels though
I have seen 235 width tyres fitted on standard rims, these fill out the arches and give that slightly wider tyre look.
Good luck

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Brilliant! Thanks very much for the great advice. I think it's clear we need to make sure that the GM wheels do not fit, then, as is commonly held. Are they the same as Jag wheels of the same era, do you happen to know?

[Warwick]

Hi Tim,

I think the easiest one for you to find is the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
I can't remember where I got the following but it should help.


Rover SD1 wheels will fit the following:

Rover P5
Rover P6 (Four cylinder and V8)
Jeep Grand Cherokee (1999 to 2000)
Jensen Interceptor & CV8

They also have the same stud pattern as the following, but not necessarily the correct offset:

Jeep Cherokee
Austin 1800
Austin-Healy 3000
Buick LeSabre, Centurion, Riviera, & Electra (1935 to 1987)
Cadillac DeVille & Fleetwood (1939 to 1989)
Cadillac Seville (1977 to 1979)
Chevrolet ¾ ton vans
Chevrolet Bel Air, Biscayne, Impala, Caprice, & Kingswood (1971 to 1976)
(as above with HD package wagons 1977 to 1989)
Chevrolet Blazer 2WD (1971 to 1983)
Chrysler Imperial (1967 to 1971)
Dodge Journey, aka Fiat Freemont, (from 2009)
Ford LTD (1973 to 1975)
Ford Thunderbird (1972 to 1976)
Ford Galaxie, LTD, Custom 1973 to 1978
Lincoln, all except Versailles, 1960 to 1967 and 1973 to 1979
Ford Mercury – (1955 to 1960)
Ford Cougar & XR7 (1973 to 1977)
Oldsmobile (all full-size RWD 1940 to 1997)
Packard (all 1951 to 1955)
Pontiac (all full-size RWD 1940 to 1986)

[colnerov]

Hi, Kingscreektrees, as you have probably worked out from Warwicks post both Ford and GM use their own PCDs on their 'ordinary' cars and 5 x 5 PCD on their full size models. Which if you don't can be confusing, I know I certainly was!. Warwicks post is a good one for specifics and I thank him for that.

Colin

[corbin]

Mar 8, 2012 5:02:07 GMT @kingscreektrees said:

Brilliant! Thanks very much for the great advice. I think it's clear we need to make sure that the GM wheels do not fit, then, as is commonly held. Are they the same as Jag wheels of the same era, do you happen to know?

Tim, not the same as the jag PCD

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Thanks Warwick, Colin and Corbin. I have seen threads about using 99-on Grand Cherokee, and I've seen some photos of them fitted to P5's. I don't dislike them, but they are not the look that I'm going for. I really would like to either get some P5B wheels (shipping expense to Canada, though) or just wider steel wheels. I'll try some "wrong offset" GM ones, probably. Thanks again for the great info.

[Warwick]

Tim,

I know what you mean about the Jeep wheels.