The 15" alloys have a greater offset than the 14". The 85 SW swivels are
not designed for the extra offset, but the wheels will fit on ok.
Brian
At 08:58 PM 9/10/97 -0500, Tamara Saarinen wrote:
>o.k., all you wise and savvy peugeot wizards....
>
>we are playing musical tires........
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>we have
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>in sets of 4....
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>all from 505's of course...
>all 4 lug..
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>APPARENTLY same size lug nuts on the wheels(therein lies the rub...perhaps)
>
>'82 sti steel wheels
>'83 silver edition metric magnesium wheels(which we might use for winter
>tires..if we can find tires for less than $100.00 U.S.)
>'85 estate steel wheels(we have 10 of these...)
>'85 estate star pattern magnesium wheels
>'86 turbo magnesium wheels
>
>the questions-
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>1. do all of these use the same thread pattern/size on their lug nuts?
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>we thought so, but some nuts don't seem to go on quite as easily as
>anticipated.. and we are concerned that we may have different (english vs
>metric maybe?) thread sizes on the wheel lugs...
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>2. we'd like to use the metric wheels(perhaps, if we can find tires..) do
>these require a different wheel lug post?
>
>3. I'd like to put the "86 mags on the '85 estates(I think that this is
>what Jim Lill did...his estate appears to have the same wheels as my '86
>turbo...
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>same size lug posts????
>
>
>don't want to "bung" any threads up.. awaiting advice..
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>tamara
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Brian Holm, Peugeotholm
Supplying parts for Peugeots only, since 1969
Plainfield, VT 802.454.7132 Fax 454.1310