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Robert Emslie February 10, 2012 Hooniverse Asks

 
Some people are sufficiently competent to install one manufacturer’s propulsive device under the hoods of other manufacturer’s propulsive device-requiring machinery – i.e. drop an SBC into Smart Car. For the rest, Island of Dr. Moreau fantasies may only be satisfied with simpler melding of brands – such as the bolting on of wheels. After all, who can’t spin a lug wrench?
 
The Internet – which amazingly you are viewing right this very minute – is rife with instances of  potentially questionable car-wheel combinations, and some of them are pretty hilarious. For those of you recently disentombed  from a time capsule, OEM wheels are designed for specific vehicles with unique diameters, offsets, and bolt spacing/patterns. But that doesn’t mean that some enterprising soul might not find that one happens to fit another well enough that it will keep the car from dragging the pavement.
 
Putting one make’s wheels on a car of another is equatable to the famed farm boy enjoying congress with the livestock – just because the parts sort of fit doesn’t make it right. What I want is for you to go out and find the most wackadoodle example of the wrong OEM wheels on the right car , something akin to that sample above. Up to the challenge? What’s the craziest example you can find?
 
Image: [milkshakes]

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  1. kestrel131 says:

    yes it is at an art gallery, but still:

    <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6851559955_741d79bbcd.jpg&quot; width="500" height="329" alt="h2wagon">

    image from world car fans dot com

  2. buzzboy7 says:

    Dodge and Ford share their 5 bolt spacing. I've read for years about the cardinal sin of putting the wrong wheels on the wrong brand and how bad it looks. From 5 minutes of internetting, I could only find one pic of the swap, and in this case it doesn't matter.
    <img src="http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr307/c12h26/101_0800.jpg&quot; width="500">

    • LTDScott says:

      How in the world do you know those are Ford steelies? They're definitely Dodge dog dishes.

      • buzzboy7 says:

        In the original thread, from the random forum on which I found somebody putting ford wheels on a dodge he says that those are 16×7 fords instead of the stock 16×6 dodge.

        The picture proves no point at all, but I can't find a picture of an old FoMoCo with new Mopar wheels. I've seen a few and it looks "bad".

        • OA5599 says:

          If those are 16's, then the truck in the picture is a D250 instead of a D150. They still interchange with Ford rims, but 8 lugs instead of 5 as you suggest above. I'm presuming from the pictured exhaust pipe that the truck is Cummins-powered, tuned to the point that it needs slicks.

  3. muthalovin says:

    I was hoping to find a Pinto with Ferrari wheels. I guess no one is quite that insane.

  4. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat says:

    I can say there was an 80's Ford wheel which worked on my '66 Rambler 660 wagon, but those were steelies, so it didn't matter.

    If the bolt pattern works, all you have to watch is offset. People forget about offset.

    The Benz on Starion wheels…I need some eye bleach, now.

  5. P161911 says:

    I believe these are Porsche Fuchs wheels on a Datsun pickup truck.
    <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdlkjd0B1r7j7yco1_500.jpg&quot; width="500/">

    Here are the same style wheels on a Nash Metropolitan.
    <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o37hM18IVN8/Tc_KalLAqWI/AAAAAAAADiI/fPN09HGkmvY/s1600/DSCF2697.JPG"width=500&gt;

  6. P161911 says:

    C4 Vette wheels (with ugly green paint added) on a E36 BMW
    <img src="http://juiceboxforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4576390480_a1fa4c72e9_b.jpeg"width=500&gt;

    Goggle image search " _________ wheels on" can find interesting things.

  7. 2cver says:

    Wish I had a picture but when I was out in Denver last fall, I saw an Integra with 65 Mustang hubcaps. That car was rocking the casbah cause it really clashed.

  8. P161911 says:

    Bullit Firebird?
    <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/theaaronmilla/100_0184-1.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="mustang wheels on camaro Pictures, Images and Photos"/>

  9. LTDScott says:

    The Corvette wheels on VWs trend always makes me scratch my head. It has spread to other Euro cars, too.

    <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3495224395_ec4668476d.jpg&quot; width="550/">
    <img src="http://www.srtforums.com/forums/attachments/f136/58582d1311151806-corvette-17×8-5-9-5-wheels-corvet.jpg&quot; width="550/">

    • 1slowvw says:

      The vette wheels trend is pretty popular. What always makes me wonder is where all the guys running bently wheels on their passats are finding them. (Would post example buy I'm stuck on my phone)

    • CJinSD says:

      A neighbor has a MK3 Jetta riding around on its bump stops that had C4 Corvette wheels when I first saw it. Now he has some even less appealing 3 spokes. It is funny how small 16s can look when they have rubber bands for tires and they're under a VW.

  10. $kaycog says:

    Ferrari 360 Modena wheels on a 1987 Mustang. I think both Enzo and Henry might have turned over in their graves.

    <img src="http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f/9151102+w750+st0/m5lp_0603_16z+1987_Ford_Mustang+Front_Passenger_Side.jpg"width="500"/&gt;

  11. Guillaume says:

    How to double the value of your Mustang

  12. SSurfer321 says:

    Forrester with Caravan wheels?! A lot of Subaru guys/gals are using Caravan wheels for winter sets.

    <img src="http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2695/p9010035gq4.jpg"&gt;
    IMG from SubaruForrester.org

  13. Feds_II says:

    Not really egregious, just stuff on my hard drive:

    My B2000 with Isuzu Trooper wheels on it:

    <img src="http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/DrKool/SuperB.jpg&quot; width=500>

    Which also made it onto my Pathfinder

    <img src="http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/DrKool/Pathfinder.jpg&quot; width=500>

    • LTDScott says:

      Seems that all Japanese truck 6-lug wheels are interchangeable.

      • Feds_II says:

        You would think so…

        [useless knowledge mode: ACTIVATE]

        While the bolt patterns are generally the same (and the same as GM 6-lug stuff), there can be significant differences in the centre bore. Mitsubishi, for example, has a 108mm centre bore, whereas Toyotas are 106. Early GM stuff is quite a bit smaller (in the 90's, mm wise).

        So, be careful when purchasing, or have a big enough drill press to do your own centre-boring.

        • LTDScott says:

          Yeah, that is often the case. It's the reason why I can't run Honda, Mazda, or Mini 4×100 wheels on my E30.

          I frequently see a Nissan Hardbody with Cadillac Escalade wheels driving around my area.

    • dead_elvis says:

      I like 'em – they give a faint whiff of badassery to the B2000.

  14. Captain_Chaos says:

    I see a lot of Crown Vic/Grand Marquis cabs around the DC area rolling on Toyota wheels. I think this is mostly due to the fact that the wheels are probably dirt cheap, and in DC, it is against the law to drive a cab with missing hubcaps. Cheap alloys = no hubcaps to lose on our pothole ridden roads.

    • LTDScott says:

      I thought I was the only one to notice the hubcap law on DC cabs. I actually mentioned it here on Hooniverse sometime recently.

      I've seen a lot of San Diego Crown Vic cabs with Dodge Charger/Magnum 17" steelies and hubcaps. You can always tell because the offset is a bit off and the wheels protrude a bit more than stock.

  15. bigfatgeek says:

    I really like how the 914 wheels look on this Flyin' Miata-built Miata.

    [IMG Reply

  • SSurfer321 says:

    Ford Ranger/Exploder with Mustang Wheels

    <img src="http://3.8mustang.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=94429&d=1147558933&quot;, width=500>
    IMG from 3.8mustang.com

  • eggsalad says:

    This is my Scion xB with wheels from a MINI Cooper

    (img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14198428@N03/4750047886/in/photostream&quot; width=600)

  • dculberson says:

    I think it's my Quad4 CRX; the GM swap used the hub and axles from the donor so it has the GM bolt pattern in front and Honda bolt pattern in the rear. Not satisfied with just that mish-mash, I used Nissan wheels in back.

    <img src="http://priusfan.com/images/assets/0101/8547/500x_lol09-quad4crx.jpg?1261278119"&gt;

    So that is a Honda with GM wheels in front and Nissan wheels in back.

  • dukeisduke says:

    I don't know about pictures, but lately I've been seeing a third-gen Chrysler minivan:

    <img src="IMAGE%20URL" width="600">
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/96-99_Plymouth_Voyager.jpg/800px-96-99_Plymouth_Voyager.jpg"&gt;

    wearing a set of alloys from a second-gen Ford Explorer. RWD wheels (like the ones below) on an FWD minivan. And yes, they stick out pretty far.

    <img src="IMAGE%20URL" width="600">
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/95-98_Ford_Explorer.jpg/800px-95-98_Ford_Explorer.jpg"&gt;

    • mallthus says:

      That's not, strictly speaking, an example of the wrong maker's wheels on a car. Mostly because the Eagle Kammback is, itself, a crazy assed lovechild.

  • At one time I ran MGB Rostyle wheels on my Datto, and it actually worked visually.

    Then the wife wanted her wheels back and I've since gone with early Silvia/200SX steelies with BFG RT/As for regular use, and vintage 4-spoke Cragars with vintage BFG R T/As (SIZE "B"!!) for the occasional show.

    <img src="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3409442/sn/1240846121/name/n_a"&gt;

  • Jim-Bob says:

    I wish I had a pic available but my 1979 AMC Spirit runs a set of 1988 Dodge Diplomat police car wheels painted GM rally wheel silver with a set of AMC center caps bolted on and a set of mystery trim rings pulled out of a bin full of trim rings and center caps at some hillbilly junkyard I found one day while driving the back roads of Hernando county Florida.

  • Tanshanomi says:

    A woodgrain T&C with pizza wheels — a combination that works much better than I would have imagined.
    <img src="http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/85T_C.jpg&quot; width="512">

  • Vavon says:

    The Peugeot 505 wheels on this Subaru look so bad…
    You would be forgiven to think it was a photoshop!
    <img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/NinjaTech/Subaru/IMG_0410.jpg"&gt;

  • Scandinavian Flick says:

    How 'bout this example I saw last weekend. It's an Integra on NB Miata wheels.

    <img src="http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e155/grummblecakes/IMAG0499.jpg&quot; width="500"/>

  • ptschett says:

    In lieu of OEM wheels on the wrong car, I offer you OEM wheels on the car wrong. The left front is a right-side wheel.
    <img src="http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/574356/fullsize/100_0647.jpg&quot; width="500"/>

  • ptschett says:

    And here's my own intentional wheel mismatch… '95 Mark VIII alloys on a '96 Thunderbird. It worked though.
    <img src="http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab40/ptschett/Thunderbird/100_0933.jpg&quot; width="500"/>
    (Eventually I decided the 16" wheels really weren't doing me any good and went back to my stock 15"-ers like the green 'bird above has.)

  • red delta says:

    I put Roadmaster wheels on my 66, coz I'm cheap.

    <img src="http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7985/springoldsmobile093.jpg"/&gt;

  • smokyburnout says:

    Surprised nobody beat me to this: Golf on Nissan Frontier/XTerra 4-spokes.
    <img src="http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/2010%20Jacco/Random%20Snaps/4691075387_688925f19d_bSH.jpg"&gt;
    IMG from Speedhunters

    • FuzzyPlushroom says:

      I can't tell you how glad I am not to be the guy whose wheel adapters have to deal with differing numbers of studs.

      That said, the pop-out rear side window is absolutely fantastic.

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