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Its very annoying but i was there in the shop and i know these new wheels are for a maserati ghibli only the 94 and not my 93. According to maserati in italy the center bore should be the same as my current 93 wheels also made by OZ.
To clarify, i dont have a spacer yet i was there today only to find out how wide a spacer i would need but that was impossible to figure out since we couldent fit the wheels and see what spacing was still there or missing etc.
However the wheels would only sit on the lip and not allow themselves to be pushed into the "rim" even with a lot of preassure where as my old wheels just slip right on there.
But yeah the spacer you posted in the picture would circumvent the issue i guess but wouldent the load be on the bolts alone with this type of spacer (tho perhaps it is even with the kind in the picture below that i was thinking of putting on in which case i could just have the lip of the spacer made to the new wheels center bore specs.
Regardless the front wheels center bore would still need to be enlarged that tiny bit as there is no spacer to modify anything with and they just wont fit as is.
The picture below is of another ghibli from 93 using a spacer to fit later maserati wheels and in the front they would slip on without issues so the center bore must have been correct on those maserati wheels from later years but not my setup apparently (tho not the same model wheels). Tricky stuff!
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badboybjorn
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Its very annoying but i was there in the shop and i know these new wheels are for a maserati ghibli only the 94 and not my 93. According to maserati in italy the center bore should be the same as my current 93 wheels also made by OZ.
That is odd. But it is where you are now. Maybe a little polishing of the wheel center bore or some one with a lathe to confirm the same amount is all round if you are worried.
The center bore doesn't hold the wheel on the nuts/bolts hold the wheel on to the hub.
One for later but can the wheel place balance the wheels on the car, on a few have had issues with balance on the car but the wheels were perfectly balanced off the car. With a little variation between spacers, hub, disc, bolts and studs caused odd vibration. Balancing on the solved this issue.
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Does the Ghibli have studs? They could have just packed the rear with 2mm washers to confirm fitment. Seen loads of people do this. Also if you do end up getting hubcentric spacers, it would be way easier and cheaper to have the inner bore turned to your desired size, rather than having your expensive wheels opened up.
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Tom13
That doesn't sound right if you are fitting spacers. Mate has a set similar to this
to get get wider track on a x type and had the suspension re set up