Hello. Wheels from a 1988-1989 Honda Prelude will fit. They have 4x100mm bolt spacing. I've done it. This wheel size was very common about then. I would suspect any Accord or Civic wheel from that era would be the same. If you look up "bolt pattern" on the internet, you'll get dozens of matches. Rick Gendreau --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxx> wrote: > > > I have been looking for a set of junk rims to do just exactly that. > Would you know of a manufacturer's rim of a certain model car that > could be used to bolt up to the delorean for winter storage? Any > tips on model year/model/manufacturer would be great if you know of > any. > > Thanks, > > Joe OBrien > > > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike.griese@xxxx wrote: > > > > Putting the car on blocks and allowing the suspension to > > droop is a bad idea. The suspension bushings are > > rubber cylinders that are gripped on the outside by > > the suspension arm and are bonded to a metal > > sleeve on the inside. The metal sleeve is clamped > > by the suspension bolts when they are tightened. > > The bolts do not (or are not supposed to) > > rotate within the bushing, and the bushing is not > > supposed to rotate within the suspension arm. > > The bushing itself gets twisted along it's length > > as the suspension moves. If you let the suspension > > hang, you are deforming the rubber in the bushing > > to it's maximum. If you leave it like this for a long > > time, you will ruin the bushings. > > > > Your best bet would be to find any rim that will fit > > the car and put on cheap old tires on them and let > > the car sit on those while it is stored. The car > > wouldn't be driven on these tires, so they could > > even be used tires from the scrap bin at a tire shop. > > They just need to hold air. If you are only going to > > store the car for one winter season, overinflate > > your tires and don't worry about them. If you > > are going to store for years, leave the tires alone - > > you will want to replace them after being stored that > > long anyway. > > > > -- > > Mike > > > > > > -------------- Original message from "Mike Walsh" : -------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All. > > > > > > I have been on the forum for about 4 years and have read just > about > > > every post, but this is the 1st year actually owning one. > > > > > > Usually around this time of year there are a few posts about > storing > > > the car for the winter. I know there are lots of other posts > from > > > previous years, but I also know that there are new products, > methods, > > > and with the cars getting older, there may be better ways of > doing it. > > > > [snip] > > > > > 8 Put on jack stands / blocks to take most of the weight off > tires??? > > > (to eliminate flat spots) > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/