Weather Spotter -
I am working on a successor to my
serving trays that use pizza-pan *covers*. They have a lip. I measured the outer diameter, measured the diameter of the lip, and cut successive squares out of construction paper :
Since I have a 100mm 4-lug configuration (same as Honda Civics), I was able to use a square. If this worked for you, then your 5-lug wheel would need to use a pentagon.
That said, I haven't tested the result of this centering method yet.
Another mount point might be the circular holes in the steelie. You have 16 holes, so that implies a "4-point" mount system. I would experiment with this "pancake-hardware" method :
- Long bolt
- Washer bigger than circular hole
- Wheel
- Another washer bigger than circular hole in wheel
- Nut to hold "sandwich" in place
- Pizza pan
- Outer nut to hold pizza pan on.
There are a lot of problems with this. The circular holes aren't flat in relation to the pizza pan cover, so "truing" the long bolt will be a PITA. Also, if you screw it on too much, I could easily see the pizza-pan deforming.
PS - Those pans might rust quickly, so maybe a Rustoleum treatment is in order.
CarloSW2