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Rims

Posted: June 3rd, 2007, 4:05 am
by golhap27
I want to buy some rims and since i have the stock SE 16" rims could i buy some 16" rims with a 7" width and they would fit?

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 2:59 pm
by tehbrookzorz
The SE came with 16" rims?

Cool. Didn't know that.

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 3:00 pm
by hharb
i thought they came with 15s...

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 4:13 pm
by golhap27
nope they're 16" enkei rims

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 4:27 pm
by PATDIESEL
Post a pic- I've never seen any 16" Mx-3 rims. They were all 14 or 15 in N America.
Oh, and to answer your question. A 7" wide rim will fit, but comes close to rubbing the strut housing. You need to make sure the wheel is close to the stock offset so that it doesn't get any closer than it is now. Since I have not heard of a stock 16" wheel I do not know what your stock offset would be.

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 4:49 pm
by Custommx3
I agree. I 'd like to see these 'OEM 16" wheels"

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 9:48 pm
by golhap27

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 9:49 pm
by golhap27
Image

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 10:29 pm
by PATDIESEL
Come on, you can do better than that... I cannot see anything in that tiny pic. It is not that I doubt you, but that it is cool to learn something about a car that I thought I knew alot about already. Post a close-up and some close-ups of the markings.

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 11:18 pm
by golhap27
sorry that was a pic i got off autotrader.

Posted: June 4th, 2007, 11:22 pm
by golhap27
if you go to the mx-3 home page and go down to 1993 mazda mx3 special edition it has a close up pic of the rims but for some reason it says they are 15's

Posted: June 5th, 2007, 10:03 am
by Mooneggs
maybe because they are?

just take a pic of the sidewall of your tire where it has 205/55/15 :roll:

Posted: June 5th, 2007, 12:08 pm
by golhap27
I measured the rims they were 16's

Posted: June 5th, 2007, 2:26 pm
by Custommx3
Dont measure your rims, read your tires. I can have a lip that extends up 2" but wouldnt mean a 15" wheel is a 17".

Posted: June 5th, 2007, 6:55 pm
by Vanished
If you had a 2 inch lip on a 15 your rim would actually be 19 inches in diameter....


hahah...sorry i just had to say that. Trust us all, MX-3's only came stock with 14 or 15's. I have an SE, and mine are 15's.