are jap zx standard wheels the same as standard uk ones are they interchangeable i have seen people selling uk and jap what should i do

The UK car has 8,1/2" on the rear and yes they are interchangeable.

 

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The Jap ones are narrower.

the import wheels are the same size all round, and are the same as the UK fronts.

 

the UK rears are wider.

And for good measure, here are the actual tyre sizes:

 

Japanese:

 

front & rear: 225/50Z16

 

NB.: if your Jap spec Zed still has the original Japanese tyres on the wheels, get rid of the tyres ASAP - they are made of a different compound and are not suitable for UK roads - i.e., your rear end will constantly try to overtake your front end - just ask any of the guys on this forum Recommended tyres: Bridgestone S-O3.

 

UK:

 

front: 225/50Z16

rear: 245/45Z16

 

Cheers

 

Danny

 

[This message has been edited by Danny (edited 02-02-2002).]

Too right ! When I first got mine it had three new Marshalls (yuk!) and one odd jap spec thing on the rear. That was interesting I can tell you. Fortunately it wore out after about a month (!) and I ended up with four Marshalls for about the next 5000 miles. Then I got S-02's and the world was a much happier place ...

Danny - no way are you touching my tyres m8

 

Fronts are 225 on a UK not 255

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Wheel sizes are... Jap 7.5 x 16" all round

UK 7.5 x 16" front 8.5 x 16" rear.

Tyres can be various sizes depending on the previous owner

Oh sh*t - my fault guys - thanks Andy - UK front tyres are indeed 225! I've corrected the mistake. Must have been thinking about something else when I wrote that post

 

Oh, and Banzai, the tyre widths I posted earlier should be the maximum for the stock alloys. Any different size and you face distorting the tyres which inturn affect handling (and usually in a bad way!)

 

Danny

 

[This message has been edited by Danny (edited 02-02-2002).]