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EL GT-P 18" Wheels on XE

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I have been offered a set of 18 " El GT-P Wheel's and tyres (5000 km old)

Will they go on a XE with super lows king springs?

Will the offset be ok ?

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Offset is right, centre bore not sure, width might be a drama, especially if running a bit of castor (scrubs at the front of the guard lip).

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The tyres are 235 x 40 x 18

So compared to the 215 x /14 with a overall O.D of =635 mm

And the 18's being = 653 mm O.D

18 MM bigger

That's gunna upset the speedo ?

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2 hours ago, xhadyboy said:

The tyres are 235 x 40 x 18

So compared to the 215 x /14 with a overall O.D of =635 mm

And the 18's being = 653 mm O.D

18 MM bigger

That's gunna upset the speedo ?

bugger all difference

 

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So are Ba and Nl the same stud pattern ?
I thought XA to EL had the same stud pattern?

They all have the same stud pattern right up to fgx.
The difference is in the size of the centre hub and au onwards switched the offset from rwd to fwd

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Falcon wheels are generally referred to as being pre-au fitment and post-au fitment.

pre au is 0- +6, so the mounting face of the wheel is basically in the centre of the rims width. Post-au is +36, so the mounting face is 36mm closer to the outside edge of the rim. 

All five stud Falcons are 5x114.3 pcd.

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As stated already they are BA gtp wheels, but being they came off an EL they are most likely aftermarket copies in the correct offset for pre AU vehicles. If not they are the original ford wheels in the wrong offset for falcons befor AU's an the EL was running spacers in which case if you grab the spacers and use them on the xe you will have no issues.

Stud pattern is the same on all falcons (excepts for the xp's back i think?) just the offset changed with the au.

Basically if they fit on an el they'll fit the xe. I've had dark argent typoon copies in pre au offset on my xf and ed.

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And here's my brothers ed running 35mm spacers and ba offset wheels.

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Edit:

I just noticed in this pic it doesn't look like he's got the spacers on the rear, so they sit in and look kinda tubbed but still work, but you get the idea.

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23 hours ago, xhadyboy said:

The tyres are 235 x 40 x 18

So compared to the 215 x /14 with a overall O.D of =635 mm

And the 18's being = 653 mm O.D

18 MM bigger

That's gunna upset the speedo ?

 

Didn't make any noticeable difference on either car for me.

 

10 minutes ago, xhadyboy said:

Are the spacers no good ?
Or just more shit to deal with?

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Spacers are fine in my opinion (some hate them for various reasons, each to their own), however they may possibly void your insurance if you have an accident, and yes just more shit to deal with  and another cost to add, unless you got them free with the wheels.

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Insurance companies they are like snakes .
F**kin wriggle out from anything.
I reckon they will say the spacers are a non factory fitment .
So i will ask hkm the question.

But as Slo said O.E.M came in 19 inch.


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Falcon wheels are generally referred to as being pre-au fitment and post-au fitment.
pre au is 0- +6, so the mounting face of the wheel is basically in the centre of the rims width. Post-au is +36, so the mounting face is 36mm closer to the outside edge of the rim. 
All five stud Falcons are 5x114.3 pcd.

And early falcon (xk-xp) are 4x114.3

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