HI and welcome!!! You should come to the Canadian X-Trail message area.. that's where you will find the discussion on what you are looking for and much more! Enjoy your X-Trail!!! We all do!
The X-Trail shares the same bolt pattern as late model Maximas, Altimas, and Muranos. The X-Terra uses a 6-lug wheel, while the X-Trail is a 5-lug in 5x114.3 bolt pattern.
Actually the Maxima, Altima and Murano all use the same bolt pattern (5x114.3mm) than the X-Trail. Maxima, Altima and Murano wheels are interchangeable so it is obvious to expect the same to happen for the X-Trail. Only problem I would see is getting tires that are to wide which will rub under full steering lock and the rears would rub the shock absorbers or hit the inner fender when compressed (of to tall).
Right, I undserstand that the Bolt Pattern is the same, however is the Offset the same?
Offset being the how far the wheel is placed in or out of the wheel well in accordance to the center line on the hub.
Zero Offset, The hub mounting surface is even with the centerline of the wheel
Negative Offset, If the hub mounting surface is on the brake side of the center line of the wheel, it is considered a negative offset or "deep dish".
Positive offset, The hub mounting surface is on the street side (the side you see) of the center line of the wheel. Positive offset wheels are generally found on front wheel drive cars and newer rear drive cars.
An example is, my BMW 325i has the same bolt pattern as most other BMW series (5, Z3..etc) BMW's. However because it has a 36mm Positive offset (wheel is pull inward to the wheel well) not every BMW with the same bolt pattern will fit.
So with this in mind, your saying the Maxima, Altima and Murrano all use the same or close to same offset? They would have to in order for the wheels to all be fully interchangable as you say.
Offset also determines if your wheels will rub during turning. If the off set is too positive, it can rub on the inner farme. If its too negative, it can rub on the outter fender, This will be independant of size, as the size in diameter should be kept the same to maintain correct speedometer calibration.
Most times if you increase the tire width, spacing errors can be fix by adjusting the offset slightly (to a point, however too wide is too wide ). It would be nice to know what the X-Trails offset is from factory. If it's not known it can be guess-timated. Take a factory X-Trail wheel and measure from the hub mounting surface to the edge of the rim. However it does not tell you what the minimum and Maximum range of offsets will be.
Sorry if you guys already knew the above, however, I want to know what the X-Trail's Offset is.
Last edited by ViperZ : Feb 22nd, 2005 at 06:23 AM.
It might be stamped or cast onto the wheel as well, somewhere around the (example) 16x7.5 JJ stamp
My wild guess is that it is the same as Altima. I have seen X-Trail with 17" Konig GT-Rs with 255/50/17 tires. I think they only made them with 40mm positive offset.
Last edited by mike dockal : Feb 22nd, 2005 at 05:07 PM.
The wheels will fit Viper. I was being offered Murano wheels when I bought the truck at the dealer BTW I used to have a E46 and it was a pita to get nice wheels (for a nice price) in 5x120mm.
Thanks, I'm not doubting that those wheels would not fit
I suppose I'm just one of those guys that likes to understand how well they would fit, based on what is Factory offset, versus Offset of the replacement wheels.
I have a set of 17x7.5 BMW Round Spokes (Type J) with 235/40/17 WR, Pirelli P-Zero Neros as my summer tires. They certainly were not cheap. I also had a set of after market wheels, 17x7.5 Milli Migilias, which had a 40mm offset. They sure did not fit or look as nice as the factory ones with 36mm offset.
For anyone in Ontario looking to replace their stock alloy wheels, I'm looking to pick up a set of OEM alloys for our new XE, with or without OEM tires. Prefer without, as we're going to use the stock steelies for snow tires. Alloys are the only thing we want that the XE lacks.
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). It would be nice to know what the X-Trails offset is from factory. If it's not known it can be guess-timated. Take a factory X-Trail wheel and measure from the hub mounting surface to the edge of the rim. However it does not tell you what the minimum and Maximum range of offsets will be.
BTW I used to have a E46 and it was a pita to get nice wheels (for a nice price) in 5x120mm. 
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