The Short Version
- A31 and A32: 5×114.3 on a 66 mm bore. Every grade, including the turbo.
- The SE-T turbo runs the base car’s hub. Only the tyre gets wider.
- The A33’s bore has never been researched. The database says so explicitly.
- The A32’s move to front-drive changed nothing except offset.
The Drift Car Question
The A31 is bought for one reason by most of our customers: it is an RB-engined, rear-drive Nissan with the same suspension family as the C33 Laurel and the R32 Skyline, and it is much cheaper than either.
The fitment follows that logic exactly. Every A31 grade in the factory database — and we read all of them, across E-A31, CA31, NA31, LA31, LNA31, EA31 and ECA31 — returns 114.3 mm, 5 holes, 66 mm bore on 6J×15 at +40.
That is the same hub as the C33 and the R32. Wheels move between all three directly. If you are building an A31 and pricing wheels, you are shopping in the largest and best-supplied pool in the Japanese market.
Factory Specification
| Generation | Chassis | Period | Grade | Wheel | Tyre | PCD / Holes / Bore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A31 | E-A31 and variants | 1988.09–1994.08 | Naturally aspirated grades | 6J×15 +40 | 195/65R15 | 114.3 / 5 / 66 |
| A31 | E-CA31, E-ECA31 | 1988.09–1994.08 | SE-T, SE-T HICAS-II, Autech | 6J×15 +40 | 205/60R15 | 114.3 / 5 / 66 |
| A32 | E-A32, PA32, HA32 | 1994.08–1998.12 | 20/25/30 Excimo, S Touring | 6.5J×15 or 16 +45/+50 | 195/65R15 to 215/55R16 | 114.3 / 5 / 66 |
| A33 | GF-A33, GH-A33 | 1998.12–2003.03 | 20/25 Excimo, AX, Autech | 6J×15 or 6.5J×16 +40 | 205/65R15, 215/55R16 | 114.3 / 5 / Not researched |
The Turbo Does Not Get Special Wheels
Worth saying plainly, because on a lot of Japanese cars of this era the sporting grade gets its own hub. The SE-T, with the RB20DET, and the SE-T with HICAS-II four-wheel steering, sit on exactly the same 6J×15 at +40 as the naturally aspirated cars. The only factory difference is the tyre: 205/60R15 instead of 195/65R15.
So a set of wheels from a base A31 fits an SE-T, and vice versa. What it will not do is fill the arches the way most owners want — +40 on a 6J rim is a modest, comfortable factory number, and the aftermarket A31 look is built on considerably more aggressive figures.
Sizing
The A31 is a wide car on narrow factory wheels, which is why it takes so well to a big set. The common ground is 17×9J to 17×9.5J in the +15 to +30 range at the front and wider still at the rear, with the usual caveats about camber and fender work.
Because the bore is Nissan’s standard 66 mm, hub rings are trivially available and most Japanese 5×114.3 wheels are bored generously and shipped with them. Just do not accept a wheel bored to 67 mm for a Mazda or Mitsubishi hub without checking — a 67 mm bore on a 66 mm hub is loose, and it is the failure people do not notice.
The A32 and A33 Are Different Cars
The A32 in 1994 abandoned the rear-drive RB platform entirely for a front-drive V6, sharing with the Maxima. It kept the bolt pattern and bore, moved to +45 or +50, and went up a wheel size.
That makes A32 wheels a reasonable used buy for other Nissans but not for an A31, where the extra 5 to 10 mm of offset pulls the wheel further in than you probably want.
On the A33 we hit a wall. Every A33 row leaves the bore cell empty, and when we opened an individual grade page — the GH-A33 Excimo G, dated 2002.08 to 2003.03 — it printed 調査中, “under investigation.” Nobody has researched it. It is almost certainly 66 mm like every other Nissan of the period, but we are not in the business of publishing “almost certainly.” Measure it, or read our reference on how to.
Importing
The A31 launched in September 1988 and the entire generation is now eligible for US import. It was never sold in North America in any form — the Maxima of that era is a different, front-drive car — so an A31 is a genuine import, and one of the cheapest ways into RB ownership.
What We Could Not Verify
- The A33 hub bore. Marked unresearched.
- Whether any A31 grade was offered with an optional wheel differing from the standard fitment.
Seen on the road
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