Need Help with rims and wheels

[dianegauss]

I'm trying to buy rims for my celica and my friend keeps asking me what the offset and bolt pattern of my wheels are.. can anyone help with this? I have a 2000 gts. Thanks

[fiveSFE]

omg dude, bolt pattern is however many lugs your car has, if you see some little bolt looking screws on your car, count them and there is your bolt pattern. congratulations you can count!, offset doesnt really matter, if it works on another celica it probably works, if it has the same lug amount it probably works, just put them on and see whether it is a tight squeeze from the back of the fender or from the top, if there isnt much room dont use those rims.

[dianegauss]

wow.. thanks for the attitude. i dont know that much about cars.. just needed a little help. don't worry i wont ask anymore questions.

[nialusa]

Let me try and be a little more helpfull. First off, there`s the amount of bolts holding you wheel onto the car as mentiond, there can be as little as 3 and up to 6 for normal sized cars, (Celicas have 5). Now, the circumferance of the circle that these bolts make is one measurement or you can use the diameter of the circle that these bolts make. that gives you your stud patern, not just the amount of bolts. Next is the offset, this is how far the wheel is pushed away from the car, if that makes sence. used to give enough room for brake calipers and suspension etc. that is you second mesurement. Next and most obviously is the size of the wheel you want, (Celicas come with 15" whels as standard as far as i can remember) most people opt for 17" wheels but I personally think 18" wheels look better with 225/35/18 tyres, the final measurement is the width of the wheel but thats usually tied to the size I think 17" wheels are roughly 7.5" wide but some companies offer a choice of widths. Although I dont think you need to mesure anything, when you order a set of wheels the company you order from will know what is best, just tell them the size you want ie 15"/16"/17"/18" etc but beware, the bigger the wheel the harsher the ride will be and the more tendancy the wheel will have to "Track" ie follow gooves/dips in the road. have fun deciding as there are litteraly hundreds of wheels to choose from. Good luck and post a pic so we can see how it looks.

[dianegauss]

Thank you very much.. That was much more helpful.