Does someone know how well the PT Cruiser 7 spoke 16 inch wheels work on the Fiero? Thanks

I'm running 5 spoke 16" PT Cruiser rims on mine. The fit is almost perfect. Only 10mm offset difference and center the same.
The only issue is I wish they were wider. Mine are only 6"so it limits the width of the tire. I'm running 215/55/16. That is max for 6". And the closest to the stock diameter.

Pics?

Are they very heavy?

I'm sorry that I don't post many pics.
My wife guards her camera like a rotty does his food and she wants to take them. And I don't have or want a cell phone. If you check some my early post look for the distance run post. They are on it.(edited looked they are not. i'll have to find what I posted them under. There is one pic left on my newbe post)
However, the first few years of the PT Cruiser most with aluminum wheels came out with the silver MC 5 spoke. They offered a trade up program from those to the chrome 5 spoke 16" you see on a lot of them. Later they started offering the 17"s and 7 spoke. If you hunt you can find them. Early last year some of the dealers were seeling out their take offs for as little as $38.00 each but I haven't seen them in a while.
If you look at most of the chrome ones now they peel badly.
The ones I have I got from someone that had them sitting in his garage. He said the previous owner traded them off for a small lawn tractor. They were in the chrome Mopar boxes and still had the paper stickers on inside of the rims. He said the person originally traded them up when the Cruiser had 36 miles on it.
The stock 85GT (cyclone style)rims that I had were not bent or pot hole damaged, but had a lot of curb rash. I gave them to the local shopping cart pushing junk guy for Christmas.
Now mind it I didn't put them on a scale, but from what I could tell they were about 3 pounds heavier than the stocks ones. They also appeared a lot stronger. The tires I'm using were around 2 pounds lighter than the tires I would have had to be stuck with on the original rims(less sidewall than the 195/60/14). And to me looked better.
Most who looked at them didn't believe they are PT Cruiser rims until I put the car next to one. Whole different look.

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Someone has 16 inch 7 spoke painted aluminum wheels for sale on craigslist here and I was trying to see if anyone had any pics of them on a Fiero. My 85 GT came with aftermarket 16 inch wheels that look very nice but two of them are wobbly and can't be fixed. Thanks for the info.

is this the post with the pic? https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/090954.html

I wonder what happened to cmechmann, I see that was his last post back in 2012

Yes they work perfectly. The ones on Sebring convertibles (only) work exactly the same.

I'd been posting. Mostly on tech to try to help. Last year me and Roger had a nice discussion with another about spacers. Seems a lot if times I'll try to help and get shot down. I've given a good number of tips out since.
Yep that's the fugly one. And those are the rims. Except for the Bumper covers, all the textured Krylon is off and still fugly.
I also dropped in the Series 1 SC. Not finished with the wiring and other tid bits(still deciding what I am going to edit out of the Bin or have all PCM controlled stuff. Evap.Cruise, etc.). But is in and running. And it runs. Rode my youngest son to work and his reply was "HEY, OH, CHILL". Had to have it out of the shop 1 day.
My mother passed around 8 weeks ago and delayed things. I wanted it in by Memorial day and all gremlins worked out by June 21. But que sura sura(old movie quote) what ever will be, will be.
Roger I know you love that Sebring. Worked on one today. Some of the other shops have had a hard time stopping the suspension rattles. Replaced a spring/strut bed and sway bar links. The strut bed is the aluminum fixure on the top that the upper control arms bolt to. The strut had sawed through the side.Hard to see the damage with the strut bushings in the way. Sway bar links are normal on them. Mitsubishi design.

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Sorry to hear about the loss of your mother.

Sorry to hear about your Mom. Sounds like your making progress on the car. Its really too bad I have to replace my wheels they are very nice looking 5 spokes but two of them have lateral run out and everyone tells me they can't be fixed cheaply.

We have the 5 spoke painted wheels on our 86 GT, like they said they are only 6 " wheels, wish they were 1" wider. Does anyone know what the widest tire I can fit on these would be? Just a bit more on the rear rims would be great.

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Mark Hoagland
86 1/2 GT 3.4 5-speed 355 nose and tailights REAL bright yellow

84 SE Convertible

I did love the problem free Sebring. I did have to give it up only because I just need more hauling capacity...which was the only thing the Sebring fell short on. Even as a convertible it didnt have any squeeks or rattles. I got a Caravan instead with 3.3. So far its been good but gets about 10 mpg less mileage but oh well. Every Caravan I owned had a clunking/rattling front suspension, even this one, as did the Magnum from new. Guess its just a Mopar thing.

Ive never had a problem with spacers that just slip over stock lugs to move a rim outward (with long enough studs of course). What I do HAVE issues with are adapters that bolt to the lugs and use a second set of studs to move wheels out inches or to another bolt pattern.

Also sorry for your loss. At my age, I see a lot of friends and family starting to be lost. Im becoming more accustomed to it anymore.

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