WANTED: Cheapo 15" alloys (just for winter tyres)

[Woolybully]

Cant say if the wheels would fit your car, no knowledge of the V70
you would need to ask one of the guys on here, i could tell you sizes,
bolt hole pitch, hub diameter etc if thats any good.

wooly

[karlos_uk]

any pics?

[Woolybully]

No pics

would have to take some but not sure how or if allowed to post them being a new member

wooly

[malosborne]

Wooly.
Are they the 6 spoke alloys. I'm looking at how much a courier would cost.
Ozzy

[yoda960]

Ozzy, RWD offset volvo wheels won't be the correct offset for your FWD V70...

Wooly, you could post pics on somewhere like imageshack.com if you were not sure how to post them here

I really do need some wheels now, so subject to some pics i'll have them, I can't be bothered quibbling over a fiver

[malosborne]

Today whilst picking up 4 x winter tyres for when I manage to get hold of a set of wheels I asked my tyre dealer about 15" wheels off a 740, 850 or a 940 would fit my 2001 V70. He looked on his computer and compared all the relevant info from the various cars and said that wheels from an 850 and a 940 would be fine and also the classic v70 but not a 740. Just to clear things up. Cheers

[yoda960]

Originally Posted by malosborne

Today whilst picking up 4 x winter tyres for when I manage to get hold of a set of wheels I asked my tyre dealer about 15" wheels off a 740, 850 or a 940 would fit my 2001 V70. He looked on his computer and compared all the relevant info from the various cars and said that wheels from an 850 and a 940 would be fine and also the classic v70 but not a 740. Just to clear things up. Cheers

Well his computer is wrong i'm afraid. 740s and 940s are rear wheel drive and so the offset is the old 20-25 rwd offset, the fwd 850s and v70s use the fwd offset which is 43! If you stick 740 or 940 wheels (which are interchangable by the way) on a fwd model, the wheels will stick out further than they are supposed to, and if you fit fwd alloys to the older rwd models then the wheels will sit further under the wheel arches than they are supposed to....

Info on these dodgy computers is wrong quite often. The local motor factor's computer has been responsible for them giving me the wrong parts several times.

Good luck with the search for wheels though

[karlos_uk]

strictly speaking rwd wheels can go on fwd but fwd cant go on rwd

but additional to yodas comments,

with the fwd wheels on an rwd, hitting of caliper by wheels, serious scuffing on corners by the rear wheels and reduced steering lock by way of wheels hitting inner arches occurs.

ask me how i know!

[yoda960]

Originally Posted by karlos_uk

strictly speaking rwd wheels can go on fwd but fwd cant go on rwd

Yes they will physically fit, but the offset will be wrong wont it? And why would 940 wheels fit but not 740 even though they are interchangeable between themselves unless they were the 14" 740 wheels in which case they might have brake clearance issues?

[malosborne]

yoda
so you reckon 850 and the classic v70 will fit. looking at 2 sets of classic v70 wheels on ebay at the moment. Cheers
Ozzy