How many different wheel bolt patterns are there?

[maddog]

I stopped by a friends garage today and he asked me if I could find some wheels for his ford that have the larger bolt pattern. He said the same as the 50 Merc. He was not refering to the "wide 5" pattern.

It would be great to know what to call them as I go around and talk to my other hotrod friends.

So what is the deal? 5 on 5 - 5 on 4.75 - etc. What is Chevy and what is Ford etc ?

What is a good way to measure a wheel bolt circle ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[chop509]

This should help you out:

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=92

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=95

https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

Jeff

 

[maddog]

Thats what I'm talking about.
Thanks Chop.

How simple. The 5 bolt method of measuring.

I are an expert now.

 

[Gastrick]

Well, I didn't count them up, but here's a fairly comprehensive list for ya. And by the way, 50 Merc wheels should be 5 on 5.5, as many early Ford wheels were.

#studs/BC STUD SIZE COMMON APPLICATION

5 x 4.5" 1/2" Older Full size Ford & Chrysler Products
5 x 4.75" 7/16" Chevy Camero & Most Older Full Size Chevrolet
5 x 5" 5/8" Grand National & Most Older Full-Size GM Cars
5 x 5.5" 1/2" 1/2 Ton Ford Pickups, Most Jeeps, & International Scouts
6 x 5.5" 7/16" Older Model Chevy & GM Pickups, Some Late Blazer & Datsun
8 x 6.5" 1/2" All 8 Hole 3/4 Ton Trucks
5 x 7.75" 5/8" Old Wide 5 Hole Volkswagen
5 x 10.25" 5/8" Modified 37 Ford, Skeleton or Wide 5 Pattern
6 x 5" 6-Pin Sprint Car 5/8 Drive Pin
6 x 5" 6-Pin Midget 1/2" Drive Pin
4 x 98mm Fiat
4 x 100mm Chevy Chevette, Plymouth K-Car, Isuzu, & Renault
5 x 100mm All GM A, J, & X Body Front Wheel Drive some Mopar
4 x 4" Vega & GM '80 & Older Skyhawk, Starfire, Astro & Sunbird
5 x 4" Plymouth Duster, Scamp, Valiant, Dodge, "A" Body Mopar
4 x 4.25" Pinto, T-Birds, Other Ford Small Cars, Some Porsche
4 x 110mm Some Renault & Mazdas
4 x 4.5" Older Mustangs & Capri 6 Cyl, Some Datsun, MG, Mazda & Toyota
4 x 120mm Some Mazda & Honda
4 x 130mm Volkswagen & Some Porsche
4 x 140mm Subaru
5 x 6.5" Land Rover

5 Bolt Wheels

5 on 100mm (3.937")
Buick - Century, Skylark, Skyhawk FWD '79-'87
- LeSabre, Riviera, Somerset '85-'88
Chevrolet - Beretta, Citation, Cavalier, Celebrity, Corsica
'80-'89
Chrysler - Laser, Lebaron '85-'87
Dodge - Daytona, Aries, Charger, Lancer, Caravan '85-'89
Oldsmobile - Calais, Ciera, FWD '82-'87
- Firenza, Omega FWD '79-'86
Plymouth - Sundance '87-'89
Pontiac - 6000, Grand Am, J2000, Sunbird, etc. FWD '82-'87
- Fiero '82-'88

5 on 4 (101.6 mm)
'64-'69 Mopar "A" 13"
'65-'76 Mopar "A" 14"
Dodge - Aspen, Dart, Demon, Swinger (w/o discs) '63-'72Plymouth - Barracuda, Duster, Valiant (w/o discs) '61-'74

5 on 4-1/4 (108 mm)
Volvo 140, 164 15"
Volvo - all to '89
Ford - T-Bird '89

5 on 112mm (4.409")
Audi - 5000 Turbo, Quattro '86-'87
Mazda - RX7 GSL '86-'87
Mercedes - all '77-'89
VW - Transporter, Vanagon '71-'89

5 on 4-1/2 (114.3 mm)
AMC Gremlin, Hornet, Pacer, Javelin, Matator, AMX
AMC - most models (exc. Jeep) '40-'89
Chrysler/DeSoto - all full size RWD cars (exc. Imperial) '37-'89
Datsun/Nissan - 1600-2000 '65-'73
- 300ZX, 200SX V6 (some) to '89
Dodge van
Dodge 1/2 ton P.U.
Dodge - all full size cars & P.U.'s '37-'89
- Dart, Demon, Swinger '73-'80
Ford 1/2 ton van
Ford Granada, Monarch
Ford - All full size cars '49-'72; '79-'85
- Fairlane '62-'79
- T-Bird '55-'71; '77-'79
- Mustang 5-bolt '65-'73
- Maverick 5-bolt all
- Mustang SVO '85-'86
- Ranchero '68-'84
- Aerostar, Probe, Bronco II/Ranger to '89
Hudson - all '48-'56
Lincoln - all '70-'72; '80-'89
Mazda - RX7 Turbo, 626, 929, MX6 '86-'89
Mercury - all full size cars '52-'54; '61-'72; '79-'85
- Cougar '67-'79
Mopar '73-up "A" body
Plymouth - all full size cars '37-'89
- Barracuda '70-'74
- Duster, Valiant, Volare '73-'80
Pontiac - Tempest, LeMans '61-'63
Studebaker - all '51-'66
Toyota Crown, Hilux P.U.Toyota - 2WD P.U. '69-'89
- Supra Turbo '86-'89
Volvo 122, 1800

5 on 115mm (4.527")
Buick - Century, Electra, LeSabre, Regal, Riviera (some) '83-'89
Cadillac - Allante, most others '84-'89
Chevrolet - Celebrity '85-'89
Oldsmobile - Regency, Ciera, Cutlass, Delta 88 '84-'89
Pontiac - 6000 '83-'89
- Bonneville, Grand Am '86-'89

5 on 120mm (4.72")
BMW 2500, 2800, 3.0, 520, 530, 630, 730
BMW - all 5 bolt to '89

5 on 4-3/4 (120.6 mm)
Buick - Regal, Century, Special (most mid-size) '64-'80's
Chevy van
Chevrolet - all (exc. as noted elsewhere) '49-'89
Corvette all
Corvair '65-'69 5-bolt
GM compact and midsize
Oldsmobile - 442, Cutlass, F-85, Toronado
(most mid-size) '60's-'80's
Pontiac - GTO, LeMans, Firebird, Grand Prix
(mid size) '64-'80's

5 on 5 (127 mm)
Austin-Healy 3000
Buick LeSabre, Centurion, Riviera, Electra
Buick - Electra, LeSabre, Riviera, (most full-size) '35-'87
Cadillac - DeVille, Fleetwood '38-'89
- SeVille '77-'79
Chevrolet 3/4 ton vans
Chevrolet - Bel Air, Biscayne, Impala, Caprice, Kingswood '71-'76
- above w/HD package wagons '77-'89
- Blazer 2WD '71-'83
Chrysler - Imperial '67-'71
Ford, LTD '73-'75
Ford - T-Bird '72-'76
- Galaxie, LTD, Custom '73-'78
Lincoln - all (exc Versailles) '60-'67; '73-'79
Mercury - all '55-'60
- Cougar, XR7 '73-'77Oldsmobile - all full size RWD '40-'87
Packard - all '51-'55
Pontiac - all full size RWD '40-'86
Rover

5 on 130mm (5.118")
Porsche - 911, 912, 944 to '89

5 on 5-1/2 (139.7 mm)
AMC - Jeep (5 bolt) '42-'89
Chrysler - 8 cyl. & wagon '46-'55
- Imperial '54-'66
Ford 2 ton van
Ford Bronco, F100
Ford - all '28-'48
- full size P.U., van, Bronco '49-'89
International Scout, Travelall
Lincoln - all '52-'60
Mercury - all '39-'51
Suzuki - Samurai '86-'89


4 Bolt Wheels

4 on 3-3/4 (95.2 mm)
Austin Marina
Triumph Spitfire, TR7
Lotus

4 on 98mm (3.858")
Alfa Romeo Alfetta
FIAT
Lancia

4 on 100mm (3.93")
Acura - Integra to '89
Audi - most models to '89
Audi Fox
BMW 1600, 2002
BMW - 2002, 300-series to '89
Chevy - Chevette '76-'87
- Spectrum, Nova '80-'89
Dodge - Omni, Rampage, Aries, 024 '79-'85
- Charger, Daytona (FWD) '82-'89
Honda - all (except '76-'80 Accord, Civic) to '89Isuzu - Impulse, I-Mark to '89
Nissan - Pulsar, Sentra '87-'89
Opel Kadett
Plymouth - Horizon, TC3, Reliant, Voyager '78-'89
Renault - all to '89
Toyota - Celica, MR2, Tercel '86-'89
VW - Dasher, Fox, Jetta, Rabbit, Scirocco to '89

4 on 4 (101.6 mm)
Austin-Healey Sprite
Crosley - all '39-'52
MG Midget
Jensen Healey
Opel Manta, Kadette, GT
GM L-body
Buick Skyhawk '75-'81
Chevrolet Vega, Monza '71-'81
Pontiac Sunbird, Astre '76-'81
Oldsmobile Starfire '75-'81

4 on 4-1/4 (108 mm)
Alfa Romeo (exc. Alfetta)
Ford - Fairmont '78-'86
- Mustang 4-bolt patterns '74-'93
- T-Bird '80-'88
- Pinto '71-'80
- Fiesta '78-'85
- Escort all (RWD and FWD)
- Cortina all
- Taurus, Tempo, EXP to '89
- German-built Capri I, II, III '69-'8?
Mercury - Capri '71-'88
- Cougar '79-'88
- Merkur, Topaz, Lynx '80-'89
- Zephyr '78-'86
Plymouth Cricket
Porsche - 924 '77-'84
Sunbeam - Tiger, Alpine '65-'70

4 on 110mm (4.33")
Mazda - RX2, RX3, RX4, GLC, 626, P.U. '71-'82
- RX7 to '85

4 on 4-1/2 (114.3 mm)
Acura - Legend '86-'89Buick - Special '61-'63
Chevrolet
Corvair all 4-bolt
Chevy II all 4-bolt
Sprint '85-'87
Nova ('61-'70)
Datsun/Nissan - most models to '89
Dodge Colt '79-'88
Dodge Colt (early)
Ford
Mustang all '65-'68 4-bolt
Falcon, Maverick, Granada all 4-bolt
Mazda - 626, RX7 '83-'87 ????
MGA, MGB, MGC
Olds - F-85 '61-'63
Plymouth - Arrow, Sapporo '79-'88
SAAB all ???
SAAB - 900 to '87
Toyota - most exc. MR2 and P.U. to '89
Triumph TR 1..6

4 on 110mm (4.724")
Honda

4 on 130mm (5.11")
Porsche - 914 '71-'82
VW Beetle, 411, 412, 1500 Sedan, Transporter/Vanagon

 

[maddog]

Ask and ye shall recieve!

Are you sure you didnt forget one?

Thanks much. Thats about all anyone would ever need to know on the subject.

 

[Bonehead]

Well I think I'll print off that Gastrick list, great info there.

The one pattern you asked about is the 5 on 5 1/2 bolt pattern. Old ford cars, 1/2 ton ford pu's, scout, jeep cj's some dodge trucks too.

 

[440shorty]

Don't forget...

The center register hole varies in size. Old school example: The Ford "small" five-lug pattern is the same as Mopar's, but the Ford center hole is smaller than the Mopar! So, when it comes to stock wheels, Mopar wheels will fit Fords, but Ford wheels won't fit over the center register of a Mopar hub. My bro. tried that with his '69 Charger - the center broke out of the Mustang wheel, leaving him stranded (again).

That's why most aftermarket wheels don't even really use the center register - they make the centers extra large to fit everything, especially unilug ones.

Have fun!

440shorty

P.S. Thanks also - I see that my wheel selection is limited for my '79 Skyhawk

 

[FlatBroke]

440,
You took the words right outta my mouth.

 

[maddog]

I printed a copy and will have it at my shop for refference.

 

[speed racer]

Hope you didn't run out of ink.

 

[24dodge]

here`s another one , I carry this in my wallet " just in case" at swap meets etc.

 

[joehalford01]

this is a good thread