Any one try this. I just wanna know now before I go waste the time flipping wheels around. My IX just broke a rocker arm and we just 10in of snow so I have to resort to my civic which happens to have a flat currently and 2 bald front tires. The IX has some pretty awesome snow tires on it so I was hoping to put the wheels from the bimmer on the civic. Let me know if it possible. Thanks!

 

yes, it's possible and has been done. also, since the IX has +40 offset then the wheels will fit even better than conventional +28 offset bimmer bottlecaps and mesh

 

iv had few bottlecaps on my 98 civic they rock!!!!!

 

Yeah. They BARELY fit cause my car is also slammed right now. its all good!

 

i have a set of 15inch basketweaves and im having a hard time tryn to fit them on my 2000 si

theres a small space when i place the rim on...im being told that need ''hub centric ring'' and spacers BUT WAT SIZE DO I GET???

someone please help me im having a real hard time tryn to figure this out...thanks

 

The 2000 Civic has a center bore of 56 mm, and I looked it up and the BMW wheels have a center bore of 57 mm. You can't get (and don't need) hubcentric rings when the difference in diameter is 1 mm.

 

ok...soo wat are u sayin put them on and just leave it with the space? is tha safe? im confused soo whats the deal with the spacers why would people tell me to get them?

maybe somewhere along the line there is a miscommunication...ok picture this u have the car jacked up and ur sittin on the ground trying to slide the rim on...the lug pattern is perfect and they slide right on but when i put the lug nuts on i notice there is a small space between the rim and rotor (this is where im having the problem) i dont kno correct me if im wrong but this doesnt seem safe

 

bump ttt

 

Is the back (mounting part) of the rim flat or is there something protruding from it?

It should be flush against the rotor obviously, the hub size doesn't make a difference there. Just find out what's stopping it from being that way.. it's kind of hard for us to tell without seeing it.

 

yup ur rite...thats why im goin to put some warm **** on go outside to my garage and place the rim up on the car

and take some nice pix for you guys cuz i really wanna figure this out

 

no its flat...i just went outside and mounted the rim since they have no tires on them now to get a better look and im good they are flush...thanks

 

First of all, there is a difference between spacers (which push the wheels out away from the car) and hubcentric rings (which fill the space between a smaller diameter hub and a larger diameter wheel center bore - that's the big hole in the middle - but don't push the wheels out). When there is a gap because the diameters are different, the wheels are susceptible to vibrations, which is why some people use hubcentric rings to fill that space and avoid vibrations. However, they can only be used for a larger difference in diameter, typically 6 mm or larger. They can't be used (and don't exist) for a 1 mm difference.

If you want to avoid susceptibility to vibrations, get wheels that were designed to be used on Honda/Acura cars, and have the correct center bore (56 mm).