[ChevLoRay]

Age-old issue.

I have a couple of adapters that bolt onto an Olds/Pontiac/Cadillac 5-lug axle that let you use the smaller Chevy-pattern wheels. There are horror stories of lugs breaking off of the adapters and wheels going their own way while the vehicle decides which way it wants to go on 3 wheels. Never saw it happen.

The adapters are placed where the wheel is supposed to set, with the "new" wheel being placed outside of that plane. That places additional stress on the components, goes the argument.

My guess is that the manufacturers legal department wouldn't let them market them if there were safety issues. I would go for a well-known brand name, to get that feeling of safety. In my opinion, the added width would beg for a different offset to place the load closer to the originally-designated position, for the best ride.

I don't like the idea because it can throw the wheels to the outside making the wheels/tires look like they belong on a skateboard, when they ride outside of the body line.