TR4/4A Mazda Wheels

[mcmillal]

Hi,

Is anyone running those older, 1990ish, Mazda Miata wheels on their TR4? I think they're 14x5.5 and was wondering if they will fit and look.

..........Alex

 

[TR3driver]

Check carefully before you try it. ISTR the Miata wheels have a metric bolt circle that is almost, but not quite, the same.

 

[martx-5]

The early Miata wheels have a 4x100 bolt pattern and the TRs have a 4x114 (4.5") bolt pattern.

 

[glemon]

The bolt pattern is pretty common with imports from the 90s and such, but most wheels don't have the right offset. I suppose you could, but I probably wouldn't put 14" wheels on a TR built for 15s. Your tire diameter will be too small, and the wheel itself might interfere with suspensio components with the smaller diameter on the inner lip of the wheel.

 

[groupdeville]

There are 15" Miata wheels that also have the 4-bolt pattern, but that doesn't solve potential offset problems or hub-clearance issues in trying to use them on a TR.
Just out of perversity, there are also Miata-people who have looked into putting knock-off Dunlop-style wire wheels on an MX-5.

 

[Tybalt]

There are 15" Miata wheels that also have the 4-bolt pattern, but that doesn't solve potential offset problems or hub-clearance issues in trying to use them on a TR.
Just out of perversity, there are also Miata-people who have looked into putting knock-off Dunlop-style wire wheels on an MX-5.

The 15" NA and NB generation Miata wheel still has that 4 x 100 bolt pattern, the NC went to a 5 bolt pattern while the ND returned back to the 4 x 100. If you want to talk using Mazda wheels, you need to think in terms of some different models such as the RX-7 and even then you have to be careful. The earliest FA and some FB model RX-7s used a 4 x 110 bolt pattern wheel, while later FBs used the same 4 x 114 as the the TR series. That 4mm is just enough to mess you up. It'll look right if you don't check, but that 4mm will keep early Rx-7 wheels from being readily used on a TR. You might also think in terms of looking at Datsun/Nissan 240Z/260Z/280Z/280ZX wheels as they share the same bolt pattern as the TRs. I've long thought that if you can find them, a set of wheels from a 1981 280ZX Turbo would look rather sharp on a TR, but then it may just be me.