Volvo Wheel Fitment Guide

volstretch · 2014-05-14T13:10:55+00:00

This gives the Volvo wheels and what they will fit. It doesn’t cover all but is a good cross section and is from a Volvo accessory brochure Regards Heino...

volstretch

Total agreement. My point was based around balance or imbalance issues only. For the uninitiated there are Hub Centric and Lug or Stud Centric wheel / rims.

Early Volvo's are lug / stud centric, that is by putting the correct rim on the axle and tightening the wheels nuts in the correct sequence and to the correct torque, the wheel / rim will be centred. Simple no problem.

Later Volvo's 850 onwards are Hub Centric, that is the hub is of a specific size and tolerance to centre the wheel / rim onto the hub. If the wheel is not centred on the hub even tightening and torqueing the wheel / rim in the correct manner will not centre the rim. Problem is imbalance resulting in significant vibration and drivability issues.

This is from a US racing site: "Hubcentric centers the rim on the register of the hub and the lugcentric rim is centered by the lug nuts. If you have the choice, run the hubcentric, less stress on the studs and lug nuts".

Using the list provided you can see if you may have problems or not but a word of warning to the uninitiated;
even if you have the correct stud pattern, off set and centre bore, not all Volvo rims are compatible across the models.
Case in point is the 740HP Gemini rim. This rim has thick spokes and does not fit early 240's (probably 140's and 164's either) without the use of a 5mm spacer. The wider (thicker) earlier brake callipers foul on the inside of the Gemini rim. The sudden nice shiny look of your callipers is an indication of a problem.
I also note that later 960 / S90 models will not accept all Volvo rims with the slight difference in offset enough to cause fouling when turning the front wheels.

The whole idea was to provide a guide of what may or may not work across the Volvo range and maybe save you some dollars.

SPT940

So which wheels will the 960/V90 accept? ie offset diameter & width?

Rob

As far as I am aware anything that will fit an 850 will fit a S90. The s90 and late 960 are fwd offset I think.

i am happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

volstretch

Close 960 from model year 95 onwards adopted the 850 FWD offset, but I wish it was that easy. The best advice I can give is anything 17 inch and larger will, however they are quite a few 16 and 15 inch 850 rims that wont.

SPT940

On that, will Sculptor 17" fit given that a hub ring adapter may be needed? Offset at 52.9mm is the most critical I think?!?!? Apparently anything with 49mm will fit.

SPT940

Arrakis, Anteaus or Sculptor. All 17" x 7". Arrakis & Anteau 49mm offset, Sculptor 52.9mm offset. All around the same price. Which ones should I get?

Vee_Que

Titans or the bbs type ones

SPT940

/i know, but where and how much? I'd be happy with the Sculptor, if I knew they fitted. The 52.9 offset is the killer I think. Who has Titans they'd sell for less than $400?

Jimmy

Can I use my 16" or 17" rims from my 2004 XC70 on an 2007 V50, which has a different offset?
And... will the change in tire sizes allow the narrower tires for the V50 to fit the rims off the XC70?

rado

Interesting about the plastic / nylon hb rings . I ran RH Cups on an old VW years ago with rings and had no problems .

I see you can get alloy hb rings now as well . Any good ?

I ask because i'm wanting later on to go to a 18x8 rim , off set is 38 but can use spacers but the only cb i can find at the moment is a 73.1 so hence rings will be needed to get to a cb of 65.1.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/142476668057?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Ex850R

Plastic is fine and lighter.

All they do is fill up the gap and the centre bore lip is only for locating the wheel so you can fit the bolts , the bolts do all the work , actually its the surface tension of the wheel held against the hub really as thats what bolts do. An in depth look at that stuff is in google......

rado

Ex850R
Plastic is fine and lighter.
All they do is fill up the gap and the centre bore lip is only for locating the wheel so you can fit the bolts , the bolts do all the work , actually its the surface tension of the wheel held against the hub really as thats what bolts do. An in depth look at that stuff is in google......

Yep read enough over the years Snoop and also ran with them as well . I never had any trouble with them in the past , just wondering why some have trouble with em ?

Rory

To add some info to this thread, the p80 center bore protrusion / bore height on the front axle is 12mm, measured on my 2000 c70

Major Ledfoot

10 YEARS LATER (lol)

jamesinc 144, 164, 240, 244, 245, 262, 2645x108 / 5x4.2510-20mm65.1mm

The 140/164 up to YM 1974 (& B20 versions of the 1800 with 4-wheels discs) actually have a -40mm offset; the wheels were either 5 inches wide, or 5.5 inch width on the 164s and 1800s.

The YM 1975 164s (rarely seen in OZ) used the 240 offset, as they also used the 240 diff assembly with the smaller track.

jamesinc

@Rory / @Major Ledfoot I've updated the post with the new data, please let me know if there are errors!

Johnno_

Hey James. I'll add the S/V40 rims. A lot of JDM rims from the period fit.

S40/V40 (1996-2004) 4x114.3 / 4x4.5 42-46mm 67.1mm ?

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