falcon mag bolt pattern question

[puke spuey]

hey all
help please. im trying to find out when ford falcon wheel bolt pattern changed. I am seeking some dragway mags, the 5 spoke kind that look like 5 cones. dont know why but they've become my ocd obsession and i want to buy an old ford to put them on. my dad had them on his xd ESP back in the 80's and im trying to find a car that they will fit on

[Raptor]

It's not the bolt pattern that changed. Falcon's are all 5x114.3mm (5x4.5") PCD (bolt pattern)

The offset changed with AU, so obviously you want the older (closer to zero) offset. You probably wont find Dragway mags in the newer offset anyway.

The only other things to be aware of is the centre bore (hole) size which also may have changed - but I can't really help you with that. Plenty of aftermarket wheels come oversize anyway and if required you just fit spacer rings to make them fit 'snug'.

[EDIT] If you are talking way back to the '60's XK,XL,XM, XP series the sedans were 4 stud (4x4.5") but many of the survivors would be converted to 5 stud by now.

[Vesper Martini]

EX ESP normally had gold wheels I think called "snowflakes".

But I recall seeing a few that looked to have a 5 spoke wheels I thought were called "Bathurst Globe"

So are you looking for the mags.. or a car that will fit them?

[Vesper Martini]

sorry re read your after Dragway mags - and a car to fit them on?

[Raptor]

Description sounds like these ones to me;

[Nosmo]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Description sounds like these ones to me;

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From memory they were known as "Splats"

[foxtrot3]

Originally Posted by Nosmo

From memory they were known as "Splats"

Hi. Thats because Ian Splatt owned dragway wheels in kinglake. I think he has gone into semi-retirement and sells dragway stuff from his new home in QLD and his daughter runs dragway wheels in bundoora. Cheers MD

[LTDHO]

From XR onwards, falcon had 114.3

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

From XR onwards, falcon had 114.3

Ford actually had that same stud pattern from 1949,only change was in centre hole size in 1975, and then varying offsets over the years

[dvfalcon]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

EX ESP normally had gold wheels I think called "snowflakes".

But I recall seeing a few that looked to have a 5 spoke wheels I thought were called "Bathurst Globe"

So are you looking for the mags.. or a car that will fit them?

Bathurst globes were on XD ESP

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Ford actually had that same stud pattern from 1949,only change was in centre hole size in 1975, and then varying offsets over the years

Pretty sure XK, XL, XM & XP didn't have 114.3 x 5

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

Pretty sure XK, XL, XM & XP didn't have 114.3 x 5

Sorry should have said 5 stud passenger vehicles.XK-XP sedans and wagons were 4 stud,but utes and vans were the 5 stud pattern.F series 5 stud were wider pattern

[Express]

Originally Posted by Nosmo

From memory they were known as "Splats"

I had a set fitted to my Torana back in the 80's and they were simply know as '5 Spoke' in the Dragway catalogue.

They also produced a 4 spoke variation and surprise surprise they were known as '4 Spoke'.






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