A 15-inch rim is a 15-inch rim, right?

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IHAVEAQUESTION

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It shouldn't matter whether it's coming off a toyota, honda or whatever, right? I just need to replace one rim due to my mom hitting a curb last night. The tire was deflated but looks okay for reuse (visual inspection only). The rim though, is a different story. It's a generic honda OEM rim with a wheel cover, so i don't need to worry about matching to the other 3 wheels...just put the old wheel cover back on, it will look as good as before.

I know my car needs 5 lug bolts but how about the width? It's fitted with 205/65/15 size tire. When I look at this item on Ebay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Refinished-..._Car_Truck_Wheels&hash=item1e85932357&vxp=mtr I really have no idea what "Width size: 6" means.

Here is another one with "Width size: 5.5":http://www.ebay.com/itm/Refinished-..._Car_Truck_Wheels&hash=item1e8210890e&vxp=mtr
 
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Width 5 or Width 6 probably means it is 5 or 6 inches wide..

Pretty much any steel wheel should do the job, just make sure you get the right bolt pattern (not all 5 lug are the same)
 
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Kelvrick

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You can probably find something on craigslist with tires still attached. Yes, you also need to look at lug pattersn. 5x100, 5x114, 5x120, 4x100, etc. I'm pretty sure honda doesn't use 5x100 so both your links won't work.

Go to tirerack.com and plug in the car, it should tell you the factory options.
 
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What Honda? Model, year, engine/trim...it does matter, as Sparky points out...a lot of dimensions that must be matched...not just the wheel cover.
 
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someone16

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Have a picture of the damaged rim? Kind of hard to believe the tire would be fine but the rim destroyed.
 
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Kelvrick

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Give us the year, make, model and trim level (ex, lx, etc) of your car and we'll tell you.

I've never heard of walmart fixing a rim. You'll probably have to take it to a wheel shop. It might be more cost effective to just get a new used one though.

EDIT: Crap, I just noticed the url of your link. 1998 honda accord 4 door lx v6. That should be a 15x6.5 rim with a 5x114 bolt pattern with 55mm offset. Tirerack.com has them for $50 each. Your local stores should have them as well if you didn't' want to try to find a used one. Junk yards should have plenty of them as well.
 
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IHAVEAQUESTION said:
but what does "DISK, WHEEL (15X6 1/2JJ) (CMC)" mean in size and bolt pattern?
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Nothing about bolt pattern, it's not listed in what you've quoted.

15X6 1/2JJ means that it's a 15" diameter wheel with a 6.5" width and a type JJ flange profile (the lip where the wheel and the tire meet). The flange profile is largely irrelevant since any P-metric tire (the kind of tire you'd buy in a tire shop today) will fit just fine with either of the common "J" or "JJ" flange profiles (and should fit even with the much-less-common "JK" flange profile).

Nowhere is bolt pattern information given in what you've linked. The link also doesn't say anything about the offset (sometimes also called "backspacing" which is a similar, but not identical, thing, and is measured in a different way), which would also be critical for you to know when replacing the wheel.

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IHAVEAQUESTION said:
Pics you asked?https://skydrive.live.com/redir?res...8&authkey=!AEjstHWPGnB1I3k&ithint=folder,.jpg

I will put air in it and see if it holds. My guess is that it won't due to the rim.

I tried to find part last night, my rim should be the item no.3 on this page:http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com...R+LXV6&catcgry4=KL4AT&catcgry5=WHEEL+DISK+(1)

but what does "DISK, WHEEL (15X6 1/2JJ) (CMC)" mean in size and bolt pattern?
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Just take a hammer and beat it back, hit it really hard.
When I worked at places that did tires I had to do that all the time. Had to do it to my MiL's rim just last week after hitting a pot hole.
 
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Sukhoi

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Just go to a junkyard. You should easily be able to find a direct replacement, and it isn't going to cost a whole lot.
 
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IHAVEAQUESTION

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Jimzz said:
Just take a hammer and beat it back, hit it really hard.
When I worked at places that did tires I had to do that all the time. Had to do it to my MiL's rim just last week after hitting a pot hole.
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Thanks but I am not up to do the manual labor. I have never taken a tire off the rim, and if not mistaken, without the rotating machine that auto shop uses, it's a pain in the @ss to remove it. After that, i need to use a hammer and I need to worry about the roundness....forget it.

I found a local dealership with reasonable price...after core exchange, it's about $55. After I pick that up I will stop by somewhere to have it installed.

One thing I am not sure about is whether the old tire is still good for reuse. Is there a way to test it while on a bad rim?
 
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someone16

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Look for bulges or damage on the sidewall. Can't really tell from the pictures.

Depending on the wear on the tires you might want to think about getting new tires so you don't pay for mounting/balancing again.
 
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You should probably also make sure that your car gets looked over to make sure that your alignment isn't off, control arm bent, strut mount damaged, etc. etc.
 
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I'm assuming that's sarcasm, because some of the advice is friggin nuts.


Replace the rim. A cheapo steel wheel like that is, as you've discovered, $50 or so. Getting it straightened will cost you more than that. Do not beat it with a hammer.

The tire is probably ok, but personally I would replace it anyway. There is a metal 'cord' inside of the bead, and a hit hard enough to damage a wheel like that may have slightly kinked or weakened the bead.

Huge +1 about getting the front end checked out, it's possible something else was bent.


This stuff is about your safety. If you want to cheap out on oil, spark plugs, air filters.... Fine. It's only the life of the car. But when you're dealing with tires, suspension, and brakes.. not dealing with it correctly could cost you your life.
 
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IHAVEAQUESTION

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about 35mph...according to what my mom said.

The car has been running on the new rim w/ old tire and everything seems fine. I am thankful I own a japanese car that comes with a generic rim. Imagine if it was an alloy wheel...
 
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IHAVEAQUESTION said:
about 35mph...according to what my mom said.

The car has been running on the new rim w/ old tire and everything seems fine. I am thankful I own a japanese car that comes with a generic rim. Imagine if it was an alloy wheel...
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Even if it was an alloy wheel, you probably would have been able to pick up a factory/oem replacement for 50-100 used pretty easily.
 
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