Somebody left a rim at my mom's workplace. We have no idea what car it fits. Does anybody know a place I could take it to check?

5/29/2007 5:47:06 PM

why?

5/29/2007 5:49:07 PM

take a pic of it.

measure the bolt pattern.

5/29/2007 7:16:32 PM

Now that the snickering has died down......

you got a few options here. luckily, none of them involve taking the wheel anywhere:

1.easiest for the true "hands off" approach:
take a pic, post it here. At least one Tdubber will probably know.

2.I dunno what your mom's workplace is, but presuming she doesn't work at a tire/wheel shop or a place that gets a lot of traffic, you could ask your mom what cars her co workers drive and then make an intelligent guess from that. If it's a 6" or narrower wheel with a 15" or smaller diameter with 4 lugs, it's probably a small thing like a compact sedan and not any trucks or sports cars.... then you could look up pics of the cars that you didn't rule out and see if they're wearing the wheel you've got....

3.look for designation numbers on the back of the wheel face/rim, is there a number on it like:


in the above graphic: 15= wheel diam in inches, 7= wheel width in inches, and 24 is the distance from the inside of the bolt plane mounting surface from the centerline of the wheel (by the width/2), in millimeters, called "offset"

Once you know the dimensions and offset, you can look around the internet to see what matches, but most likely, if it can fit a civic, it could also fit a 4-cylinder accord or a mazda protege or camry or 626, so you won't really know what car it came from, you'll just be able to see what it might fit.


4.you could actually measure the bolt pattern:
a-how many bolts does it have? probably 4 or 5 for passenger car. If it's 6 or 8, that's a truck or a viper. but I hope you'd know if it's a viper....
b-what is the diameter of the "bolt circle"?
use this graphic to measure accurately with a ruler. you want the diameter in mm.


here's a pretty good index for bolt patterns... just a google away:
http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse.com/Vehicle_Bolt_Pattern_Reference.cfm

But then again... you may only be able to determine what it fits and not what it came from....

5/29/2007 7:21:14 PM

[Edited on May 29, 2007 at 9:48 PM. Reason : or not...]

5/29/2007 9:47:56 PM

colortyme

5/29/2007 11:20:55 PM

nvm, i found the owner of the rim. Thanks anyway.

5/29/2007 11:24:16 PM

so he remebered he left it at the Foxy Lady?

5/30/2007 10:16:08 AM