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Old May 9, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Nighthwk12
bonnevilles have 7" width rims
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Old May 10, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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what are the width of those rims ?

IIRC they might be a tad narrow or wider than your current rims...might be worth jacking the car up pulling one of the front tires and mounting just the rim..to see how it clears the caliper

before you go through all the mounting of the tires and then realize crap..they dont fit
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Old May 10, 2010 | 12:35 AM
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stock bonneville rims are 16x7 those rims you just bought are 16x6.5
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Old May 10, 2010 | 12:40 AM
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thats what i thought but i wasnt sure..they should still fit okay (id think)

what size tire are you running on the car currently ?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 01:03 AM
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Not all Bonneville'* have 7" width rims. My 87 came with 14x6 steel wheels, but I just recently put on 16x7'* from a 94-99 Bonneville. They fit fine in terms of clearance when I turn, although when I had them installed, they had to replace the lug bolts so that the rims would fit.

So if the rims fit on the axle, you're good to go. If not, the bolts shouldn't be that big of a deal to fix, and then you'll be good to go.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 06:07 AM
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Those are called snowflakes in tha GP world..i beleave
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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Nice looking set of rims. Hope the installation goes well and we get some pictures soon!
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Old May 10, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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Im pretty positive they'll fit, Ill post pictures once I get then instaled
snowflakes, thats a cool name haha
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Old May 16, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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sorry for the hold up.
I just got them on today, and I think they look good.
I have yet to put the black plastic cover lugs on
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Old May 16, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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looks good man..that really changes the whole look of the car..i like it
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