Will 115 x 5 work on my car?

[Yanks0114]

I was able to pick up a great deal on snow tires and rims, but they're meant for a Pontiac grand am whose lug pattern is 115 x 5. They are steel rims.

Will they work on my camry or solara? Do I need hub centric rings to get them to fit correctly?

[RichD978]

i always wondered that. see if the holes actually fit through the studs, might be off a little bit. after that take it for a drive around the block to see if its loose or not.

blah snow tires? i'm forgetting how snow looks like lol

[Mole]

i've never heard of that lug pattern...

whats euro 5 lug pattern?

[RichD978]

i've never heard of that lug pattern...

whats euro 5 lug pattern?

i believe 5x100 and 5x112

[Yanks0114]

115.0 is from GM cars.

I would have never ordered them except I got a great deal.

My other alternative is to buy new steel rims from a junk yard. The only problem is the steel rims now are brand new and I'd have no use for them.

[RichD978]

that sucks. i got a package deal from town fair tire for i believe either 550 or 650 for a set of snow tires and steelies last winter

[Yanks0114]

that sucks. i got a package deal from town fair tire for i believe either 550 or 650 for a set of snow tires and steelies last winter

I paid 250 shipped for a brand new set from ebay

(4) Blizzack WS-15
(4) 15" Steel rims

There was no way i was going to pass that deal up. They're going to end up on my camry if i can figure this out.

[Solarafreek]

^^^With a name like Blizzack, how could you go wrong..lol...good deal!

[rollaevo99]

I tried that too....."but barely" the only thing you can do is to change your lug pattern....but ofcourse it will cost you more.

[RichD978]

damn thats a hell of a deal for tires that cost 100+ each. do they have anymore?

[Yanks0114]

I tried that too....."but barely" the only thing you can do is to change your lug pattern....but ofcourse it will cost you more.

I'm not sure thats completely true. I was under the impression that hub centric rings would work, but that was why I posted this

Rich: it was an individual seller, ironically, up in the boston area.

[hari-bhari]

i dont see how hub centric rings would help in this situation if the bolt patterns are different. hub centric rings will close any gap if the hub is smaller than the center bore of the wheels. as for changing the bolt pattern, ive heard of these ring adapters (kind of like spacers) that change your bolt pattern, but i dont know if they have 5x115. as another option, you could have the wheels redrilled to 5x114...

[RichD978]

hey did you already get them? if you don't want them ill take them off your hands

[Yanks0114]

i dont see how hub centric rings would help in this situation if the bolt patterns are different. hub centric rings will close any gap if the hub is smaller than the center bore of the wheels. as for changing the bolt pattern, ive heard of these ring adapters (kind of like spacers) that change your bolt pattern, but i dont know if they have 5x115. as another option, you could have the wheels redrilled to 5x114...

From another forum:

Here is additional information you might find useful.
Okay, factory lug size is 5 x 115mm. You can also use 5 x 114.3mm or 5 x 4.5" (same thing). Though some have mentioned vibration problems with the 114.3mm rims and many others have had no problems what so ever. If you use 114.3mm rims you should also get hubcentric rings to fit them on with and check you lug nut torque a little more often.

What are hubcentric rings???


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Originally posted by "mfuller"

Hub-centric and lug-centric are two completely different things, yet they are both important to proper wheel fit.

Hub-centric means the centerbore (the large hole in the middle of the wheel) is machined to precisely fit on the hub of the vehicle. Now, since it'd be expensive to precisely machine the centerbore of every wheel to fit every car, manufacturers usually provide 1 or 2 centerbore sizes and rely on hub-centric rings to "shim" the certerbore around the hub for a snug fit. Why is this so important? The hub is meant to bear the stress of vehicle mass, not the lugs!

Lugs and lug nuts (or lug bolts on vehicles with threaded hubs) are designed for one thing - to hold the wheel onto the hub. That's it. Lug-centric means the lug holes in the wheel precisely match up to the lugs (or threaded lug holes) on the hub. If they are even the slightest bit off, it becomes difficult to maintain equal tightness on each lug, because when you torque a lug nut (or bolt), the torque center (not sure if that's the correct term, but anyone who has engineering knowledge knows what I'm referring to) is not precisely on the center of the lug - this is why it is so vital to check lug nuts for tightness on wheels without the proper bolt pattern. If you can't get equal clamping force on all the lugs, the possibilty for lug or lug nut failure is much greater.

Having a hub-centric wheel (or a wheel with hub-centric rings) is more important than a lug-centric wheel, but personally I wouldn't take one without the other, especially on the racetrack.