r/whatwasthiscar • u/IlGodaGaming • 8d ago

Genuine Question What car is this from?

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I found this wheel and i was wondering what car its from

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u/Usual_Awareness_7985 8d ago

Fiat

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u/trevize_se 8d ago

+1 on this. On the rim it also says LK 98 and 4x98 is the typical italian pattern. On the mitsubishi rim below it says 114.3.

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u/ApprehensiveYard3 8d ago

Aftermarket. Potentially a fiat…

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u/ApprehensiveYard3 8d ago

Or maybe a Mitsubishi…

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u/Kuuvxi 8d ago

Or maybe a audi... (please tell me you have an audi wheel cap)

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u/SprungMS 8d ago

Probably an OEM that sold these to multiple manufacturers. The Fiat post is correct. Mitsubishi is likely enough. I believe the BMW 2002 commenter. Without the original center cap, it’s going to be hard to know exactly.

Often wheel makers would make a wheel (even with different variations in the same design) and sell it to manufacturers for multiple models. The BBS wheels that came on the FC RX7 come to mind - they made a slightly different version that was used on the 1995 M Edition Miata and I think a smaller version on another special edition Miata. Same manufacturer there, but they’re just BBS wheels. They made some similar ones for BMW but I don’t think they’re interchangeable.

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u/cdsbigsby 8d ago

BMW 2002 Rial Mesh wheel

(2002 is the model, not the year)

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u/smuthouse103 8d ago

Honda also used that 4 x 100 pattern back in the 80’s

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u/Gowrans_EyeDoctor 8d ago

UNI-LUGS!

Guaranteed to shake, vibrate & come loose under any condition!

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u/Mysterious_Taste7097 8d ago

This one is Not unilug.
Gowrans might need a new eye doctor! 😂 But I agree with you on them.

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u/BJoe1976 8d ago

Definitely not Uni-Lug, but at least designed to easily accommodate multiple spacings!

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u/Gowrans_EyeDoctor 8d ago

nice catch.. Gowron has cataracts.. I blew the photo up.. def. cone-seat

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u/Mysterious_Taste7097 8d ago

Well played sir !!

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u/DakarCarGunGuy 8d ago

Is it unilug of just cast to be able to accept multiple different 4x spacing?

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u/Gowrans_EyeDoctor 8d ago

Uni-lug is the oblong holes.. the hot-dog shaped washer provides the clamp load. Which is what I thought I was looking at. When I enlarged the image, cone-seat all day long. Then there's these goddamn things.. https://www.tiresandwires.com/appliance-plating-roto-lugs-lug-nuts-and-washers.html

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u/DakarCarGunGuy 8d ago

Those look like a night mare! I see nothing but vibration issues with those. I think there is something like that out still. Fiat has a 4x98 bolt pattern and there is some lug bolt people use to put 4x100 on them.......wobble bolts or something.

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u/Gowrans_EyeDoctor 8d ago

Yeah. They SUCK.

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u/ScottaHemi 8d ago

with 4 lugs it has to be something small.

the spoke patern kinda gives me an 80's BMW vibe?

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u/CodewortSchinken 8d ago

It's a german aftermarket rim from the 1980s. These were available in different bolt patterns. 4x98mm is for Fiat and Alfa.

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u/E28forever 4d ago

Perfect answer.

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u/seesamakarl 5d ago

Opel Kadett gsi had these wheels as original, wheels are 4x100. I used these on my 1985 honda crx.

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u/E28forever 4d ago

Not these wheels.

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u/Connect_Finding_3080 8d ago

Miata’s bbs rims on m edition those where 14” with 4 lugs

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u/IntrepidSuspect255 7d ago

I would say the car in the ditch

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u/Any_Pace_4442 7d ago

A car with 3 wheels…

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u/letsdpit 4d ago

I have a good set on my 79 Corolla

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u/knabbelnootje1986 4d ago

Bmw possibly Golf Audi