hello, just curious as to what brand used a 3 3/4 lug pattern on their cars...bought a set of Cragars and was told they were 4 1/4 but they are 3 3/4...any info would be helpful thank you in advance
4 lug or 5 lug? if you are measuring a five lug, go from the outside of one lug to the center of the one closest to opposite. this approximates the BCD
Are they five lug? Are you measuring correct? The smallest five lug bolt circle is 4 inch as just mentioned. If its a 4 inch bolt circle and you measure center to center to the farthest two holes apart, it will measure 3 3/4 inches but thats not how you measure a bolt circle. Go from the outside edge of one to the center of the other hole.
ok I measured wrong ,,I went from center to center straight across it would be 4" then...still what does that fit? small chrysler then?
4 inch was early Dart/Valiant with drum or disc up to 72... but drum brake cheapie Darts and Valiants used 4" all the way till 75. 73-up Dart/Valiants with Disc brakes were 4.5 Also earliest Barracuda were 4"..up to 69.
thank you...bought 2-15x8, 2-15x7, 2-15x6 for 50$ off local craig list before they were scrapped...lil crusty but with a sand blast and some powder they will look good...still have 2 like new good year poly glass tires on the 7's and 2 bald as heck Mickey Thompson L60's on the 8's...will make great garage art for awhile
Yeah, 5 lug 4" bolt pattern 15" wheels would be worth some real good coin, although my guess is that again, they're measured wrong. When you measure the diameter of the wheel, you have to measure from bead to bead where the edge of the tire will sit, not overall diameter. A 14" wheel (I.E. a wheel that will take a 14" tire) will measure out to be like 15 1/4" if you measure out it's overall diameter, give or take depending on brand and what they're made of. Those 4" pattern wheels are a real easy sell on eBay since there are few wheels available with that pattern. Try to clean them up with buffing compound before you sandblast them, or post pics, sometimes chrome will clean up much better than you think but once they're blasted and painted they're junk.
ok MY ignorance...they are 4" bolt 14" wheel...inside bead to bead are...2x6", 2x7", and 2x8"...the spokes aren't to bad but the rim itself has peeling chrome and brown rust where the 2 pieces meet..the ceneter caps...yes all 6...are in great to like new shape for some reason...I play around with a home grown powder coating booth i put together and thought I might tape off the spokes and bake the rim with a black chrome powder I have...thanks alot for the info though...I can spot a chev cragar or keystone form a far, but I could'nt have told you what these were from....as far as ebay goes...I'd give a fellow Hamber first crack at them if they NEEDED them...other wise I'm going to clean and play with them to get the look I want and add them to the cave wall art
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