Caddy Question

My neighbor has a beautiful 68 Caddy Coup De Ville droptop.It has the hideous chrome rims with the chrome basket .
He just bought a set of perfect 68 wheelcovers.My question is does anyone know if the lug pattern is the same as
our wagons 5X5?I have a extra set of steel 15x7 off of my 95 and I want to give them to my neighbor.Your help as
always is greatly appreciated.
Jim

yes it's the same bolt pattern, warn him he may have issues with the hub caps staying on if he uses your rims

Thanks Pat and what do we need to check on his hubcaps and modify to make sure his
caps stay on?
Jim

I can attest to the whole cheap steel and hubcaps flying thing.

No idea what to do to make it better though. I've heard of putting small beads of silicon on some of the tabs when you push them onto the wheel, but never tried it because I got tired of replacing hubcaps.

Pat I just realized that I have a set of 15x7 from my OCC and would they be better for his
Caddy?Ray his hubcaps are from a 68 Caddy and I dont want him to lose a hubcap because
of my free rims!
Jim

If the OCC rims are steelies, you'd be in the same predicament.

the 91-96 steel rims have more flex than the rims did back in the 60's to early 80's. One solution is to silicone the hub caps on, or run a beed of weld along the ridge where the cap's grips go.

the ratmaster got silicone

buickestate wrote:

the 91-96 steel rims have more flex than the rims did back in the 60's to early 80's. One solution is to silicone the hub caps on, or run a beed of weld along the ridge where the cap's grips go.

the ratmaster got silicone

What kind of silicon? Like Ultra Black?

I just used a high quality clear silicone, not latex caulking

buickestate wrote:

I just used a high quality clear silicone, not latex caulking

Cool, I'll have to try this come winter. I lost two hubcaps off my winter wheels.

How about a set of N97s? Those are pretty solid rims.