I am looking to get a set of 15" steel wheels to mount some winter tires on for my 99 Prelude. What is the bolt pattern for the wheels? Someone told me to get 15" Steel wheels from a Toyota Camary, will those work? I intend to get them from the Junk Yard, so if there are any others that will fit let me know.

 

5x114.3 is the 5th gen Lude bolt pattern. i don't know what the offset is though.

 

u can find the offset at www.absoluteprelude.com

 

your stock 99 comes with 16s.... y do u wanna go with 15s???

 

I=mr^2

Inertia=mass x radius (squared)

Inertia is the resistance to an object changing direction (accelerating, angular ie rolling or in translation)

What I'm explaining is 15's are easier for your motor to rotate, due to their smaller radius, the mass is more centrally located.. less work=more horsepower.

I run 15's on my Lude for autox/track events. I run 205/50/15's.. lighter wheels and better acceleration.

205/50's have a shorter overall diameter so it will gear the car shorter..something the 5th gen's need.

As stated earlier 5x114.3 is the correct bolt pattern for '97+

 

very very well put. Even if they are just winter wheels... 15's are better.

another good thing, the tires for 15's are gonna be a lot cheaper.

 

You'll have more torque, right? This applies to both acceleratiing and deaccelerating.

I don't know if this is all that great for winter though, more torque could mean more wheel spinning/slipping on the hills and ice.

All in all this should make faster acceleration, but lower top speeds. Eh?

I'd think it'd take some getting used to with the shifting, how different will it be?

Also, what will the spedometer read? I think they read speeds at the tranny, so you'll be going slower than it reads? Whoa man this is cool to think about!

 

Offset for stock 99 lude is +55mm.