Miata Mailing List: October 1992, Message #18
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   From: (none)
Subject: Steel Wheels
   Date: (none)

Sorry if some of you have seen this twice, but I was unable to
determine for certain whether it went out the first time...

- Steve Bruun

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>From sebruun Thu Oct 22 15:17:56 1992
To: King Cynic , miata@pravda.enet.dec.com
Subject: Re: source for steel wheels (winter tires)
Status: R

Bill Jackson asks about where to find steel wheels for his Miata.
Fact is, the Miata uses an extremely common wheel configuration:
14x5.5, 110mm (?) bolt circle, 40-45mm offset.  Any wheel made to
fit Toyota MR2's, VW Rabbits/Golfs/Jettas, Honda Accords, perhaps
even Acura Integras, and probably a bunch of other cars will work
just fine, especially shod with snow tires for winter driving. In
fact, I have used the spare 13" wheel from my Rabbit pickup as an
emergency spare on my car, and it fit like a glove.  I'll bet you
can find a whole sh*tload of rusting Accords and Rabbits at your
local boneyard, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a nice
matched set.  You may want to clean them up and shoot them with a
couple of coats of Rustoleum, but after that it's clear sailing.

- Steve Bruun