SE: Which offset and PCD again?

[M Blur]

Happy New Year chaps,

The good news is that I'm keeping the esprit for a while to track, hill climb etc.

I'm going to buy a second set of wheels for Esprit so I can run road tyres/wets.

Problem is Team Dynamics lost specs from original order.

Wheels are 17 inch 8j fronts and 18 inch x 9j rears.

Fair to say workshop modded the inner arches a lot to fit, as car sits lower on the coil overs.

Can anyone remember the PCD and the best offsets, seem to recall +35 ET for the rears?

Thanks

Jon

[Vulcan Grey]

Year

Model

Wheel Type

Wheel Size (f)

Inset (f)

Wheel Size ®

Inset ®

Tire Size (f)

Tire Size ®

88 to 89 Esprit Lotus Design

OZ Ruote 7-spoke 7J x 15

+23.3

8J x 15

-20.3*

195/60 235/60

89-1/2 to 93 SE Lotus Design

OZ Ruote 7-spoke 7J x 15

+23.3

8.5J x 16 x 8.5

+30.0

215/50 245/50

92 Sport300 OZ Racing Futura Modular 5-spoke w/out center cap 8.5J x 16

+20.0

10.5J x 17

+6.0

245/45 315/35

93-1/2 SE OZ Revolution 5-spoke 7J x 15

+23.3

8.5J x 16 x 8.5

+30.0

215/50 245/50

94 to 95-1/2 S4, and USA S4s Lotus Design

OZ Racing 5-spoke 7J X 17

+23.3

8.5J x 17

+30.0

215/40 245/45

95 to 95-1/2 USA S4s (optional) OZ Racing Futura Modular 5-spoke 7J X 17

+23.3

8.5J x 17

+30.0

215/40 245/45

95 to 96 non-USA S4s OZ Racing Futura Modular 5-spoke 8.5J x 17

+19.0

10J x 18

+17.0

235/40 285/35

96 to 98 V8 Lotus Design

AWI 6-spoke 8.5J x 17

+19.0

10J x 18

+17.0

235/40 285/35

96 to 98 V8 (optional) OZ Racing Futura Modular 5-spoke 8.5J x 17

+19.0

10J x 18

+17.0

235/40 285/35

99 to 01 V8 OZ Racing Saturn Plus 6-spoke 8.5J x 17

+19.0

10J x 18

+17.0

235/40 285/35

99 Sport350 Lotus Design

OZ Racing Crono Magnesio 5-spoke 8.5J x 17

N/A

10J x 18

N/A

235/40 295/35

02 to 04 V8 OZ Racing Nova 16-spoke 8.5J x 17 +19.0 10J x 18 +17.0 235/40 285/35

art of the reason why it's difficult to fit aftermarket wheels to the Esprit is because of the bolt pattern it uses. Most aftermarket wheels are made for Japanese cars which have a bolt pattern of 5x114.3. This means they have 5 lug bolts arranged in a circle whose diameter is 114.3mm. Other cars like BMW have bolt circles of 5x120. The modern Esprit has a bolt circle of 5x108. This extremely limits the aftermarket wheels that will fit the car

http://www.espritfactfile.com/Parts.html#Road%20Wheels

Edited January 14, 2011 by Vulcan Grey