Volvo V70 Alloy Wheels

I have a 98 V70 with 15x6.5 alloy wheels that have 43mm offset, 5x108
bolt pattern. I have purchased the same size Volvo wheels with the
same offset and bolt pattern that came off a 2003 S60. The listing
for the wheel at the dealer says they are for 2001 - 2003 Volvo's. I
fit one on the my 98 V70 and it seems to be a perfect fit. The only
issues were: 1) I had to remove the locating pin the also holds the
brake rotor in place, the S60 wheels have exposed lugbolts so no hole
for the locating pin, I will replace the pin with a bolt to hold the
rotor on. 2) The S60 mounting flange is a hair thicker than the other
wheels, I can thread the lugbolt into the hub 7 full turns on the S60
wheel and almost 8 turns on the other wheels that are a bit thinner.

My questions are: Does anyone have any technical reason why I
shouldn't use the S60 wheels on my 98 V70? Is 7 full turns on the
lugbolts sufficient or should I get longer lugbolts (I may have to
anyway since the lugbolts are exposed and the ones I have are not
chromed)?

Thanks for your help, Ben

 

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Will the V70 wheels fit on a 240??

thanks

y

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Douglas Stimac, M.A.
Clinical Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, 33612
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No, they have 18mm too much positive offset, so they'll position the
wheel too far in so they'll hit the inner fenders and struts.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

I suppose he could use an 18mm spacer ring - but I'm not sure that would be
a good idea. At least is *is* possible this way round - whereas, if you
tried to fit 240 wheels on a V70 they would be too far out and there would
be nothing you could do about it.

Cheers,
SS

 

Sure you could do something about having the wheels stick out, install a wide body kit or
fender flares, lower it, put on 17" wheels and racing tires and head to the track!


ala 1994 BTCC Volvo 850 Estate!!! (the fenders weren't allowed to be flared in 1994, but
later years allowed this mod)