4x100 bolt pattern wheel tips

[Wimperdink]

For those who want more than the standard trailer wheel and have hubs with the 4x100 lug pattern here are a few cars that use that size of pattern if you want to buy cheap stock car wheels from ebay or otherwise. There are some nice aluminum stock wheels out there.

Gearheads please correct me if i'm wrong but I believe all these car rims will fit our 4x100 axles. (that being said, you will probably have width issues using a car rim)

Mazda Miata
BMW 2002 & 3-Series E30
Mini Cooper
Mitsubishi Mirage
Nissan Sentra
Ford Escort
Saturn S Series
Scion XA & XB
Honda Civic
Toyota Prius & MR2

[angib]

Two more things you need to check if you want to use a car wheel on a trailer are:

- What is the offset? Most trailer axles/hubs use zero offset, but most of the small front-wheel drive cars use heavy negative offset (inset). Spacers and extended wheel bolts may be required to get the wheel to sit on the centreline of the hub.

- Trailer wheels have a fairly large centre bore hole for the hub to stick through - most car wheels do not have such a large centre hole and so won't fit on a trailer hub. Where this problem exists, it may be overcome if a spacer is needed to get the right offset.

Andrew

[Wimperdink]

- Trailer wheels have a fairly large centre bore hole for the hub to stick through - most car wheels do not have such a large centre hole and so won't fit on a trailer hub. Where this problem exists, it may be overcome if a spacer is needed to get the right offset.

Andrew

Good call. That wasn't even a part of my thought process.

[Alphacarina]

Most all of the cars you have listed are FWD vehicles (with the exception of the Miata and the BMW) and they use high offset wheels which would require you to run spacers if you use those wheels

The Miata is RWD, but it still uses high offset wheels - I own a Miata and I'm using some of the BBS wheels . . . . with a 2 inch spacer

Don

[brian_bp]

I second the notes from Andrew and Don, plus...

There are a lot more 4x100 auto hubs, but this pattern is getting less common with time as smaller and smaller cars go to 5-bolt patterns instead. Since wheels have also grown in diameter (15" is now really common on quite small cars), the 4x100 pattern may still be a good source, if the desired wheels are 13" or 14".

The first-generation Toyota MR2 used Corolla hardware... but the list is missing the 1984-up Tercel and Corolla, which are 4x100 and much more common than the MR2. The second-generation MR2 was Celica-based, and thus likely does not use a 4x100 hub. Newer small Toyotas likely continue with the 4x100 as well (thus the Scions).

Watch out for special versions of any model from any manufacturer, which may use a different bolt pattern than typical for the model.

[Muggnz]

I think I got this list from somewhere on www.miata.net a while ago.

It's for cars that may be able to take miata/mx5 NA model wheels.

They may also fit these cars
BMW E30, E31 & E12,
Ford Escort ( modern versions ),
Honda Accord 82-89, Civic 80+, CRX, Del Sol, Prelude 82-91,
Kia Sephia,
Mazda MX3, Protege 90+, 323 90+,
Mitsubishi Mirage,
Nissan NX 87-90, Sentra, Pulsar 87-90, 200SX,
Subaru Justy,
Suzuki Esteem,
Toyota Celica 86-91, Corolla, FX16, MR2 86-90, Paseo, Tercel & Echo

from what i can recall of the later MR2 & MRs models they are NOT 4x100

david

[brian_bp]

Toyota Celica 86-91, Corolla, FX16, MR2 86-90, Paseo, Tercel & Echo

That's a better list for Toyota, but I believe that earlier versions of the Corolla (1970's), and the first-generation Tercel (pre-1983), will not be 4x100.

According to Discounted Wheel Warehouse, the second generation MR-2 (1990-up) is 5x4.5" (5x114.3mm)

From that same source, addition 4x100 choices (with offset High/Med/Low) would include
Acura Integra '86-'01 (H)
Audi 4000 and Couple (H)
Chevrolet Chevette '75-'86 (H)
Volkswagen Golf/Jetta/Passat/Rabbit - various years (H)
Dodge Neon (H)
Kia Rio (H)

and probably a bunch more. It's a really common pattern... but almost everything is in the wrong offset, and are intended to be used hub-centred (unlike the trailer hub).