Will 91 nsx rear wheels fit on my type R they are 16x8?

 

any idea what offset they are?

 

yeah thats the only part i dont know about.

Anyone know where to find this info?

 

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http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/faq.htm

You are referring to the rear wheels of the '91-93 NSX. The offset is 60 mm, which is going to be a problem.

 

Major problem!!! 50mm is about the max up front and 40mm is about the max in the rear.

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http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/faq.htm

You are referring to the rear wheels of the '91-93 NSX. The offset is 60 mm, which is going to be a problem.
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I know the front NSX wheels will work.

 

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Not really. The front NSX wheels have a different size center bore (the diameter of the hole in the middle, which is 70 mm, vs 64 mm for the ITR and the NSX rear). You then need to get hubcentric rings, which are impossible to get for NSX unless you do metal fabrication work, or you will be having all of the weight of the car supported by the lugs without the wheel fitting precisely onto the hub, which often results in vibrations due to the wheels being slightly off-center. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones who doesn't have any problems... but maybe you won't. Furthermore, even the front NSX wheels (which are 15x6.5 for the '91-93, 16x7 for the '94-01) have 55 mm offset, which will still be a problem in the rear, where they will rub on the suspension.

That's why the front NSX wheels aren't necessarily a good idea, either...

 

ok guess that idea is out the window

 

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This isn't a unanimous opinion, though probably the official line given by wheel and car manufacturers.

First, the lugs don't hold up the weight of the car. The static friction between the rotor hat and the wheel does.

But yes, they do support the wheel until you tighten the lugnuts. Many people don't really care about hubcentric rings and don't have issues. My feeling is that the taper in the lugs keeps the wheel centered enough. I make sure not to put any weight on the wheel until the lugnuts are either torqued properly, or "almost" torqued properly.

-Chris

 

I've been riding with NSX front wheels on my car since the early part of 1999 (without hub centric rings!) and I've NEVER had any issues...

F.Y.I. the hub centric rings that I find at wheel shops in my neck of the woods are all made of plastic... and commonly available for my application.

 

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It's also the UNofficial line that you'll hear from a lot of performance wheel and tire shops that have to deal with people who come to them with vibration problems, and find that this is often the cause of those problems.

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And many other people DO. As Clint Eastwood said in Dirty Harry: "you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"

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When I was thinking about putting NSX wheels on my ITR, I looked all over for hub centric rings at MANY shops, including the Tire Rack (yes, I went there and spoke to their experts), and was told that you just can't find them for the NSX wheels, end of story. And I have heard too many horror stories about plastic hubcentric rings (melting and otherwise not holding up to pressure or temperature) to ever want to use them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When I was thinking about putting NSX wheels on my ITR, I looked all over for hub centric rings at MANY shops, including the Tire Rack (yes, I went there and spoke to their experts), and was told that you just can't find them for the NSX wheels, end of story. And I have heard too many horror stories about plastic hubcentric rings (melting and otherwise not holding up to pressure or temperature) to ever want to use them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not trying to sound like a smart a$$ but I went beyond thinking about it and actually did it without issue. A close friend of mine also has been running the same setup for years without problems... I guess we're just two lucky punks!