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Other marque's wheel fit? 200 1985

posted by  schwied on  Fri Jul 11 10:29 CST 2003
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Supposedly, the only direct, other-make replacement wheels are big four lug Fords like the later-model Thunderbirds. Their 4 1/4 bolt circle is said to match well. This is a pretty limited selection though.
However if you are interested in using FWD wheels, many manufactureres can make adapters that have a non-Volvo stud pattern. You would have to have an idea of what kind of wheels you wanted though.

Unsolicited rant: Different bolt circles by different mfrs is one of those highly annoying things. "Diversity" here achieves nothing in terms of innovation or different benefits and costs (unlike say, differences in motor design, etc) but it's nevertheless a huge PITA. No benefit, all cost.

Well, there may be one silver lining: as they say, this helps to avoid the "heartbreak of excess compatibility" :(





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