By now most of you know I picked up some 16" Enkei wheels for cheap-cheap. These were to mount the 205/55/16 tires I bought earlier this year for some other wheels that never materialized (long story). Anyhow, after mounting the tires, I eagerly jacked up the 242 to put them on.
A couple of things were quickly evident. The first was that these were dual pattern wheels and, as such, have no voids between the lug holes. This would normally not be a problem except they are 38mm offset and I need to run 20mm spacers to make them work on the front of the 242. The problem with 20mm spacers is they aren't deep enough to fully countersink a stock wheel lug and nut when attached to the hub. So...problem one is I can't mount them on 20mm spacers unless I go to a simple sandwich spacer and run longer lugs. Been done before; just not my first choice.
Problem number two is the lug holes are designed for tuner-style lugs that have low profiles. A Virgo lug nut will fit in the bore but there is no room for a socket to torque them on. Not a huge problem as tuner lugs are readily available and pretty cheap. (I just picked up two full sets for $35 on eBay).
So...strike two. What to do? Well, the 122 was set up to accept Et42 wheels and have a spacer built into the front brake rotor hat so no spacer needed. I thought the rears has 25mm spacers so shouldn't be an issue there either. It turns out the rears had only 20mm spacers so I decided to fit them without spacers as I always thought the rear wheels were too far outboard anyways. Here is the result...
And...now what to do with those 17" wheels that were on the 122?
Well...
Those are ET42 with 20mm front and 25mm rear spacers. I like the white wheels on the 242. I'm not so crazy about the silver wheels on the 122. What do y'all think?