2015 Honda Fit LX Wheel Question
#1
2015 Honda Fit LX Wheel Question
I recently pulled the trigger on a 2015 Honda Civic LX. I don't have it yet because the dealer has to acquire the one I want from another dealership.
The very first thing I'm going to do is swap out the wheels for some alloy rims of some sort. Thanks to this forum, I understand the steelies that come with the 2015 Honda Fit are 15x6 with a 50 offset and 4-100 bolt pattern. I don't really want to mess with getting new tires so I'm looking to just swap out the steelies for some alloy wheels of some sort that are that size and I'm having a hard time finding 15x6 4-100 bolt pattern rims.
I'd likely be purchasing from Discount Tire, and was able to find 2 rims that I like:
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...rw=6&rc=OHCINT
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...rw=6&rc=OHCINT
My question is with the bolt pattern. The links above say that these rims are 4-100 bolt pattern but you can tell from the picture that they're not 4 bolt patterns. They're clearly 5. Is the picture/information incorrect or something like that or am I missing something very basic here?
The very first thing I'm going to do is swap out the wheels for some alloy rims of some sort. Thanks to this forum, I understand the steelies that come with the 2015 Honda Fit are 15x6 with a 50 offset and 4-100 bolt pattern. I don't really want to mess with getting new tires so I'm looking to just swap out the steelies for some alloy wheels of some sort that are that size and I'm having a hard time finding 15x6 4-100 bolt pattern rims.
I'd likely be purchasing from Discount Tire, and was able to find 2 rims that I like:
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...rw=6&rc=OHCINT
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...rw=6&rc=OHCINT
My question is with the bolt pattern. The links above say that these rims are 4-100 bolt pattern but you can tell from the picture that they're not 4 bolt patterns. They're clearly 5. Is the picture/information incorrect or something like that or am I missing something very basic here?
#3
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, you're right. I found the rims on MB Wheels' site and it has all of the listed sizes and bolt patterns:
Interline - MB Wheels
Vector - MB Wheels
Since the stock steel rims on the LX are 6" wide, do I need to stick with replacement rims that are 6" wide? Apparently 15" x 6" is a somewhat uncommon rim size (lots of 15" x 6.5" though). I assume the answer is yes unless I get new tires to match the thickness of the rims, but just want to be sure. I'm in uncharted territory as I've never actually shopped for rims before so my apologies for the newb questions.
Interline - MB Wheels
Vector - MB Wheels
Since the stock steel rims on the LX are 6" wide, do I need to stick with replacement rims that are 6" wide? Apparently 15" x 6" is a somewhat uncommon rim size (lots of 15" x 6.5" though). I assume the answer is yes unless I get new tires to match the thickness of the rims, but just want to be sure. I'm in uncharted territory as I've never actually shopped for rims before so my apologies for the newb questions.
Last edited by sh1ft3d; 03-21-2015 at 08:27 PM.
#4
So I think I've answered my own question with a bit of research into tire stretching. From what I'm able to tell, a 185mm wide tire (stock on Fit LX) can safely fit rims from from 15x5 to 15x6.5 according to the calculator within this link in the AN IDEAL RIM-WIDTH CALCULATOR section:
Car Bibles : The Wheel and Tyre Bible
Car Bibles : The Wheel and Tyre Bible
#5
I ended up going with MB Wheels Vector. I like the way it turned out. Much nicer than the stock wheelies w/caps. About $500 OTD. The gunmetal colored accent almost perfectly matches the car color.
http://imgur.com/a/nElxK
http://imgur.com/a/nElxK
Last edited by sh1ft3d; 03-26-2015 at 02:59 PM. Reason: edited out license plate
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