Dodge Charge wheels ona S550?

[BLUDICE]

wiil they fit on a S550 - I thought I saw someone on here post pictures of his car with police car wheels on it.

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[Bikeman315]

They actually are from a Charger!
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/sadly-ford-wont-fix-it.127382/#post-2639373

 

[BLUDICE]

They actually are from a Charger!
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/sadly-ford-wont-fix-it.127382/#post-2639373

So is it safe to assume any Charger wheel will fit a S550?

 

[Schwerin]

So is it safe to assume any Charger wheel will fit a S550?

I'd assume nothing I'd confirm the bolt pattern first.

 

[Bikeman315]

I'd assume nothing I'd confirm the bolt pattern first.

Agreed, might be best to reach out to slimvdub as he was the one to do it.

 

[offroadkarter]

Putting LX platform wheels on Fords is an old trick the panther platform guys started doing years ago. They "fit" but they aren't an exact fit. It "works", I wouldn't be doing it myself though.

 

[kent0464]

wiil they fit on a S550 - I thought I saw someone on here post pictures of his car with police car wheels on it.

The Dodge bolt pattern is the same as Ford’s, 5 x 4.5 or 5 x 114.3 on their larger cars like the charger. These centerlines came off a Dodge Charger.

 

[kent0464]

Same wheels mounted on my 17 Mustang GT. Sadly I’m unable to use them on my GT because the spokes won’t clear the Brembo’s.

 

[offroadkarter]

The Dodge bolt pattern is the same as Ford’s, 5 x 4.5 or 5 x 114.3 on their larger cars like the challenger and charger. These centerlines came off a Dodge Charger.

Unless something changed, the Mopars are 5x115

They're talking about the same kind of wheel swaps we are

https://www.challengertalk.com/threads/115mm-bolt-pattern-vs-114-3mm.61013/

 

[kent0464]

Unless something changed, the Mopars are 5x115

They're talking about the same kind of wheel swaps we are

https://www.challengertalk.com/threads/115mm-bolt-pattern-vs-114-3mm.61013/

Correct, challengers are 5 x 115 but Charger,

Unless something changed, the Mopars are 5x115

They're talking about the same kind of wheel swaps we are

https://www.challengertalk.com/threads/115mm-bolt-pattern-vs-114-3mm.61013/

Correct changed my post and removed Challenger. The wheels from dodge that are 5 x 4 1/2 or 5 x 114.3 are as follows

Avenger
Caliber
Caravan (6 cyl)
Charger
Colt
Dakota
Diplomat
Grand Caravan
Intrepid
Nitro
Stealth
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[TicTocTach]

Correct, challengers are 5 x 115 but Charger,



Correct changed my post and removed Challenger. The wheels from dodge that are 5 x 4 1/2 or 5 x 114.3 are as follows

Avenger
Caliber
Caravan (6 cyl)
Charger
Colt
Dakota
Diplomat
Grand Caravan
Intrepid
Nitro
Stealth
20-09 Stratus Coup

99.9% sure that the Charger in the 114.3/4.5 list is pre-LX, pre-FWD era. The Challenger is just a short wheelbase Charger, and there is zero good reason to have different bolt patterns for those two cars.

 

[shogun32]

don't guess. Just look at the data
https://www.wheel-size.com/

The most recent Charger != Challenger platform, wheelbase differences aside. They are closely related but not the same. That's why there is no 6MT for the Charger despite the cars being broadly "the same".

 

[kent0464]

99.9% sure that the Charger in the 114.3/4.5 list is pre-LX, pre-FWD era. The Challenger is just a short wheelbase Charger, and there is zero good reason to have different bolt patterns for those two cars.

Just google dodge logout patterns, see for your self.

 

[TicTocTach]

Oy.

The LX, LC, and LD-chassis Challengers and Chargers all have the same wheel bolt pattern - 5x115. As a lifelong Mopar guy, I know this to be true because this different bolt pattern complicates late model wheel swaps onto muscle-era Mopars that are (nearly**) all 5x4.5" or 114.3. I, and a bunch of other Mopar folks went down this road when the LX platform came out. Sure, the difference is only 0.7mm DIA, so only 0.35mm wider at each lug, but I don't want a lateral load on my wheel lugs. Other folks are OK with that, and that's fine by me.

The take-home message is that the 2005-up Chargers and 2008-up Challengers do not have the same bolt pattern as an S550 Mustang. Decide for yourself how to best use that information for your own purposes.


** The other common Mopar muscle-era bolt pattern was 5x4", or 101.6mm. This smaller bolt pattern only came on the Darts, Demons, Dusters, Valiants, and Barracudas up to '73-ish when the 4.5" pattern was phased in. People put 5x100mm wheels on these cars, too, and the difference is 2x as large. Not for me either.

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