Are Buick Rims The Same As Mazda???

[skallen]

I am looking at these black steely rims with Michelin X-Ice snowies on them. This lady says they were mounted on a 1995 Buick LeSabre. I did some research and found that these rims bolt pattern are 5x115!!! Now I know Mazdas are 5x114.3. Is this even going to fit on my car...I know it's only 0.7 of a millimeter, but I just need to know. Will these snow tires and rims fit on my 09 Mazda 3??? Please help

 

[Zoomzoom17]

I don't know for sure but I really doubt it'll fit.

 

[sunrun176]

Yeah, no. (yupnope) No, they won't fit. That 0.7mm is pretty important, actually. Even if they fit over the lug studs without rubbing the inside of the holes against the studs' threads (which is unlikely), when you go to tighten the lug nuts they'll only be contacting the inside edge of the seat cone (the hole), which you can imagine won't provide enough contact surface to in turn provide enough friction to hold the lug nuts on. (nailbyt)

Beyond that, the diameter, width and offset of the rims and the size of the tires on them are also important fit factors. And while some of those can be fairly forgiving, the hole pattern is decidedly UNforgiving.

Here's a link to the sticky thread regarding factory tire and wheel measurements for the Mazda3, in case you weren't aware of it:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91794

 

[Zoomzoom17]

Very well stated.