Lou, I think they will "fit", but you are going to
have trouble with the thru the wheel lugs, as the Z
wheels are 12mm and your studs are 7/16. replacing
the nuts is easy, but there will be slop in the wheel.
The correct fix is to replace your studs, but is a
PITA. I do not necessarily recommend my fix to
anyone.....but, I center the wheels with 3 regular
tapered lug nuts, then one by one, torque the thru the
wheel 7/16 nuts (85 - 90 ft-lb). I have not had any
problems. Worst case is if something slips, you'll
have a trip to the dentist when your teeth chatter. I
do not think there is any chance of anything comming
off. Just one man's opinion. BTW, Mike Faggert put
me on to this method, and I promise not to sue him if
anything ever goes wrong, goes wrong, goes wrong...
Also see prior post about clearance on the '66. If
you use them, I would suggest 185/65X14. Odd size, I
know, if you use a 60 which would be OK, your
speedometer will be way off however.
Mike Harper
'66 1600
Charleston SC
--- lou daly <lou_daly@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know if 280z wheels (i think about
> 1980)
> work on a '66 - i got 5 (unmounted w/out lugnuts
> with
> the car)
> Lou
>
> --- "Dziuba, Larry" <LarryD@pengrowth.com> wrote:
> > That's a good question. I have read all the
> recent
> > dialogue too but it
> > always seems to veer off towards modifications of
> > all sorts. And I don't
> > always understand the lingo. I would like to know
> > this so I can add some
> > nice Panasports for a basic 14 inch wheel. My
> > roadster is a '68 based on
> > the serial # and has the widest flares on the
> front
> > fenders. Thanks in
> > advance (I hope)! Larry.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Sedlack [mailto:msedlack@neo.rr.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:12 AM
> > To: Datsun Roadster Mailing List (E-mail)
> > Subject: Wheels & tires
> >
> >
> > I know this has probably been asked before ( ad
> > nausem ), but listquest.com
> > appears to be down, so I can't check the archives,
> > and I couldn't find this
> > info on any of the notable roadster web sites.
> > Does anyone have a list or chart of wheel / tire
> > combinations ( wheel size &
> > offset or backspacing ) that will fit a Roadster
> > without significant mods
> > like flares, etc.)?
> > TIA,
> > Mark
> > 66 1600
> > 77 280Z
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