I am the proud owner of two 850's now with the addition of the second over the Christmas period (Merry X-Mas to me!). The 1994 GLE wagon I was lucky enough to purchase with the 17" Volan style wheels, unfortunately the new one 1993 850 GLT came with the standard 15" Cestus??. If its one thing I am picky about its the wheels, so I want to get into a set of 17" or 18" as soon as possible. I live in Japan, and there are a great deal of near new secondhands available to me. Having said that I am faced with two interesting issues I would like to throw out there for the forums comment....

1) The PCD of the 850 being 108 5H, has anyone bought/seen any PCD adaptors to cycle the bolt size up to the Japanese standard PCD of 114.3? If so how do they attach, can the studs be removed from the hub of the 850? Do shorter studs attach them?

2) What is the standard and MAX offset for the 850? I can't seem to find any data on the web re this....I have the Volvo factory mags on the wagon and even they seem to hit on a full turn.

Any help/ideas would be appreciated.

Oz

I believe the 93 850 uses a 4 bolt pattern wheel.
You'll probably have to go with an aftermarket wheel if you wish to put on a 17"
I dont know of any adapter that you mentioned and usually refrain from using adapters than for actual fit.

If the wheels rub on full lock, then I guess there are three options
1) accept the rub on full lock (how often do you use it?)
2) use a different profile tyre
3) fit wheel spacers to the front (but try finding a longer bolt to do it!).

As for a pcd converter...with all the bolts that would take up a lot of room on the hub and really alter your front track width. Personally I would try to find some secondhand Volvo alloys rather than aftermarket ones, as an 850 is a heavy car that doesn't take too kindly to cheap alloys.