940.. can it take 850 turbo wheels?

CarVolvo · Post by **CarVolvo** » 12 May 2007, 12:30

Has anyone tried putting the typical 16 inch turbo wheels coming from an 850 with 5 bolts on a 940? I curious about the offset from a front wheel drive to a rear wheel drive.

CarVolvo · Post by **CarVolvo** » 19 May 2007, 08:27

here is the answer!

The turbo wheels from the 850 actually hit the strut or the 940...so you need spacers.

petershen1984 · Post by **petershen1984** » 19 May 2007, 10:28

Mathematically, the wheels on the 940 have 25mm offset for wheels that are 6 inches wide. The 850 turbo wheels have an offset of 43 mm and is 6.5 inches wide.

The net effect of fitting 850 turbo wheels onto a 940 is a 24 mm reduction in INNER clearance (closer to the strut, probably will hit it if turned from knock to knock), and the outer position will move inbound by 12 mm. I wonder how they changed the specs for the 1995 960s...