The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[JVC]

I **** to say it, but if the wheel has been repair like that, the crack will always come back, it's just matter of when and how big the crack is going to be.

That's my worry, I'm going to have a few places look at it and get their opinion as well and if it needs any more work to prevent that happening in the future.

[Chigga]

I **** to say it, but if the wheel has been repair like that, the crack will always come back, it's just matter of when and how big the crack is going to be.

[JVC]

With a buyer for the MAE's lined up, I looked at the last wheel and determined it had been welded...



after a bit of cleaning up


not sure how I didn't notice that before, but I had started refinishing all the other wheels, and this one was tucked away on the side of my garage so I hadn't looked at it in weeks.

I asked a friend who does wheel repair what he thinks, and he said as long as it seals and doesnt leak, and balances out it will be fine. Might get a second opinion since clearly someone who welded it had some of a clue of what to do, but not sure how qualified they look. (welds look good from my non expert opinion)

had this written on the inside of the wheel as well that I saw once I had the tires taken off today.





Then because I had the tires off, I decided to do a quick test fit using my 5x108 studded adapters on these 5x112 wheels (barely fit, but for testing purposes sitting still it was fine)













Only issue I have now, is selling them with the weld or just keeping them for myself and just dealing with the fact that one has been welded.

Specs are
18x8.5
ET32
5x112

sooo... I need adapters for the car, the rear fitment is with 15mm spacers/adapters and it sits perfect, the issue I have is that those pictures of the front are with no spacers and that if I add a 15mm adapter that it will poke too much and the front track will appear wider than the rear (since these cars look better with a 10-15mm stagger in offset from front to back since the rear track is narrower)

Options would be
-Sell the wheels and not have to deal with it and run the BBS RK I have.
-find a place to re-drill and have to pay for shipping cost there and back as well as re-drill cost
-re-drill just the fronts and order adapter spacers for the back from 5x108-5x112 (cheaper but kinda ghetto)
-order adapters and then run a smaller tire in the front with more camber (i have camber plates) and pull the fronts more to make them fit

Not sure what to do, my initial thought was to use the BBS RK and send just the faces out to get re-drilled (5x110 to 5x108) instead of using wobble bolts since they aren't made in 12x1.75 thread pitch, but after test fitting these I am thinking otherwise...

[JVC]

Just wanted to pop in and say...

[JVC]

I am in LOVE. I really wanted to buy a red T5M back in high school but I ended up with an E30 for some reason... Wanna trade for an E30?

If you weren't on the West Coast I would be pretty tempted to trade, also E30's are getting played out and I like the slight exclusivity of the S70 within the stance world. Mine's also an Auto...

[norcal505]

I am in LOVE. I really wanted to buy a red T5M back in high school but I ended up with an E30 for some reason... Wanna trade for an E30?

[JVC]

Re measured with your method, 5x110...

[JVC]

I measured VIA this method...

http://www.mrt-wheels.com/boltpattern.html

Wouldn't surprise me if they're 5x110 either since these were factory options on Saab's...

[DutchStance]

^^
That's why i said 5x110. Make your own wobble bolts, just use sum sturdy washers, use an old steel wheel, and thighten a bolt and washer with a air wrench. It will look like this \_/, and voila, wobble bolt build.

[Semu]

Man, you have to measure PCD like this
Imagine line through all the holes and measure the diameter

[JVC]

So they are 5x110? Won't wobble bolts work?

5x112, I don't believe wobble bolts are safe over 2mm of PCD variation. Also, wobble bolts aren't made in 12x1.75 thread pitch which is what Volvo uses.

At this point in time I'll probably sell them, or clean them up then sell them and save for something that is worth spending time and money on.

[DutchStance]

So they are 5x110? Won't wobble bolts work?

[JVC]

Bad news... I had a feeling all along that these may not have been 5x108, the guy said they were and that they came off of a Volvo, but the idiot before my must have just had them crammed on there, not properly fitted.

[244Brick]

DAT.Stache!

[JVC]

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I can only assume that's something good... Thanks!