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PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:51 pm 
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Does anyone know what the stock bolt pattern is on my Helix 150 (American Sportworks Scorpian)? Best I can tell from eye-balling it with a a tape measure across the hub, I THINK it is a 110mm bolt pattern. Can anyone confirm this is what I have?

Also, what I want to put on here are the rear tires/rims from the Carbide model (7150) so if anyone has one of these models and replaced their tires/wheels and want to sell their old ones, let me know!

Once I know exactly what my bolt pattern is I can search the internet for the bigger 10" rims.

Right now I have 18x9.5x8 tires. It doesn't appear that I have any offset on these rear wheels as I measured from the hob to the edge of the rim and it was an even 4".

The wheels/tires on the 7150 model are 21x10x10. I checked the part numbers between the 6150 and the 7150 and they use the same hub for a direct bolt on. Just need to find them at a decent price.


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they should be 4x110 on the front and 4x137 on the rear. I am a dealer for AMS along with others. you can also change the hubs on the rear to a set of 24 spline 4x110 so the aftermarket wheel choices are better.

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they should be 4x110 on the front and 4x137 on the rear. I am a dealer for AMS along with others. you can also change the hubs on the rear to a set of 24 spline 4x110 so the aftermarket wheel choices are better. I have two front wheels for sale , I will check on the rears

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Well, believe it or not, they are in fact 110mm on the back. Last night I brought home a new set of douglas 8" wide and 10" diameter rims carrying Dunlop 20's and they bolted right on! The rims are really made for Honda EX400's and have a 3" offset to the inside and 5" to the outside. Got a killer deal on them so I am really happy that they actually fit! Now I just need to figure out what to do with the fronts.

Here are a couple of pics so others considering the same thing will know what it looks like:

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Try those new 20" tires up front and see if they clear. If they do for a deal on 22" tires on Honda rims for the rear.

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good find, like Peter said try the 20,s

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Well I put the 18's that used to be on the back onto the front and under full compression of the shocks those rub the frame so looks like I'll need to stick to the stock sizes on the front. Not a big deal though. Note that these buggies are 110mm at all four corners.


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That 3" inside offset may be the key to fitting larger front wheels. I was able to fit 22" front tires using a 3" offset on my Yerf-Dog. It is run 22x8-10 front tires on 10x8 rims with a 3+5 offset.

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I didn't think about the offset. The factory rears are a 4/4 config so no real offset in either direction. I measured the stock fronts and I seriously think they are a 7" wide rim. 3 on the inside and 4 to the outside. I'll just have to do some digging to see what I can come up with.

If anyone is looking for rims and or tires, this guy at the link below was realy cool. His company deals with off road ATV type parts (cvproducts). Companies send these parts to them for the purpose of photo shoots and leave them with the products and they sell them afterwards. All killer stuff too:

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/mcy/929970808.html


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