BMW wheels on Chevy?

[BlackCuda]

I have heard that because the Chevy is 5x4.75 bolt pattern and the BMW uses 5x120mm bolt pattern, that some people have mounted BMW wheels on Chevy cars. Has anyone done that here?
If so, can you explain which car and offset worked best. I'm currently working on a McBurnie 72 Ferrari Daytona Replica, mounted to a Corvette C3 chassis.

[andrewb70]

Some have done it but others have had stud failure as a result. Do a search and you should be able to find various threads on this topic.

Andrew

[Schwartz Performance]

We've done it and have had customers do it, not BMW specific, but 120mm other styles. You do need to be careful on the studs, use stronger ones not 40 year old half-stripped ones :)

-Dale

[pist0lpete]

You may find this thread interesting: http://www.thirdgen.org/forums/wheels-tires/646545-bmw-wheel-bolt-pattern.html?styleid=40

[Barrrf]

I have BMW pattern wheels mounted on my car.

Technically, the face to face contact is where the majority of the force occurs when corning. The studs should only ever feel up and down force.

[Schwartz Performance]

^^ and the drive wheels will put a lot of load on them..

-Dale

[MonzaRacer]

OK two things to actually do is replace the studs, preferably new grade 8 screw in studs AND use a hub centric ring to align the wheel on the hub. The actual difference is only 0.013 per stud.
I have been working on a drill plate to even out the difference between then so a person can redrill rotors AND hubs.
I figure if the difference is less than the 0.013, say
Like 0.0065 ought to make it less of an issue. I mean I have seen more bent studs in my years as a tech. I really don't see that small of an amount causing any issues as stud only clamp the wheel its wheel and rotor face that actually do the holding part. And with hub centric rings or properly sized openings, I can't see any reason for failure.
I mean how many guys have chucked a drill in their hand drill, drilled out a hub and tapped it for 1/2 - 20 studs and had huge power with slicks and lots of abuse.
I have seen some real jank work and it never break. So some careful planning on the part of us, might make let of an issue on using the other bolt pattern wheels.
Just my personal and profession opinion.

[regal454]

Do your research on this topic, check the various forums. There are documented failures and also documented cases of folks running them without issue. After you research it, decide what level of risk you are comfortable assuming.

If you don't feel safe running them, you could have the seats recut. Find a machine shop with a CNC mill and a talented operator. I had a local machine shop do a set of wheels for $200. This included their set up time and machining time. I looked at the cost as money well spent as I ride my wife and kids in the car.

[pist0lpete]

Not sure if any of you read the link I posted but it outlines a method to change the wheel bolt pattern safely and accurately. No knee mill required.