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1997 Tiburon Fx Help Me Please!, Wheels, Bolt Pattern, Brakes

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HsMjsty View Member Profile	Dec 12 2005, 05:19 PM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-December 05 Member No.: 13,547 Status: Location: GTA, Ontario, Canada Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon FX	So, heres the low down... Apparently the 1997 model has got these darn bolts holding on the endcap rotor assembly (paraphrased) that does not allow just any old wheel to be fitted. The issue is that on this model the bolt heads (not the studs/posts for mounting the wheel/rim) are not counter sunk and the only kind of wheel that fits must have gaps, spaces or whats known as "cavity back" to allow the bolt heads to hide away while the wheel sits flush on the mounts. A motegi and AR wheel were originally chosen stated that the wheel fits, but they only cared about the overall dimensions and bolt offsets and such. this sort of thing is a huge unknown. One tech at AR even said dont worry just take these troublesome bolts out, you dont need em; they were used only during assembly. Well in fact if they would be left out, i would not have any brakes cause the rotor would still turn around the end cap that are not together any more! These are experts for crying out loud that make the !@#$%^ things in the first place. I beleive that more than one of this car was made and i am having a **** of a time finding a new set of wheels without going to Hyundai. if anyone knows of any specific wheel maker and model would be nice that does fit please, please, pretty please let me know. i have been to pro wheel/tire shops and this has been a very trying (and failing) exercise in discovering a solution. DO i have to replace the brakes or end cap or other significant parts to be able to have a pick of the wheel world? :( :unsure: :wacko: :blink: :crying: :crying: :liebe011: :liebe011: :liebe011:

mfp View Member Profile	Dec 14 2005, 12:10 PM Post #2
Senior Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 28-February 05 Member No.: 5,580 Status: Location: ontario , canada Drives: 2004 tiburon tuscani v6 6 spd / 1996 Lincoln Mark v111 LSC 4.6 v8 290 hp	If you do a search on 'captive rotors ' you'll find threads dealing with this subject , also scroll down through related threads . A thread on newtiburon also deals with the subject . http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthrea...=CAPTIVE-ROTORS solutions : -drill the wheels to accept the bolt heads -buy new wheels for captive rotors -convert to 00/01 Tib hub assemblies oh , and welcome to the forum This post has been edited by mfp: Dec 14 2005, 12:12 PM

HsMjsty View Member Profile	Dec 14 2005, 02:07 PM Post #3
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-December 05 Member No.: 13,547 Status: Location: GTA, Ontario, Canada Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon FX	HOLY FRIGGEN MOLY, of all my life online and doing the forum thing, That is the most concise, simplest, complete and awesome (rated on importantance to me at this time) response i have ever gotten. It was also the first post i've personally made to this forum and i even got a welcome to the club to boot. :beer: :liebe011: :liebe011: :liebe011: :thumbsup: :trophy: :trophy: If there are any non men out there, pay attention cause mfp is the Man. I bow to your thanks and feel humbled by your presence.

juicyjo2 View Member Profile	Dec 15 2005, 07:35 AM Post #4
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 6,335 Status: Location: UK Drives: Accent	Hi there, got a 1998, and had same problem. You do need recesses in back of wheels. I put wolfrace tuscans on mine and had to drill holes or my boyfriend did. However there are 5 wofrace wheels that definatley fit with no mods. One is Ikon plus as im just ordering them for my sister. good luck

HsMjsty View Member Profile	Dec 15 2005, 10:46 AM Post #5
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-December 05 Member No.: 13,547 Status: Location: GTA, Ontario, Canada Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon FX	very useful indeed. thank you for informing me of this company. i'll check out my options here now! :gitara: :grin:

xsdv260 View Member Profile	Dec 18 2005, 01:36 AM Post #6
Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 5-November 05 Member No.: 12,657 Status: Location: Wyoming USA Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon Fx 2.0	QUOTE(HsMjsty @ Dec 12 2005, 03:19 PM) So, heres the low down... Apparently the 1997 model has got these darn bolts holding on the endcap rotor assembly (paraphrased) that does not allow just any old wheel to be fitted. The issue is that on this model the bolt heads (not the studs/posts for mounting the wheel/rim) are not counter sunk and the only kind of wheel that fits must have gaps, spaces or whats known as "cavity back" to allow the bolt heads to hide away while the wheel sits flush on the mounts. A motegi and AR wheel were originally chosen stated that the wheel fits, but they only cared about the overall dimensions and bolt offsets and such. this sort of thing is a huge unknown. One tech at AR even said dont worry just take these troublesome bolts out, you dont need em; they were used only during assembly. Well in fact if they would be left out, i would not have any brakes cause the rotor would still turn around the end cap that are not together any more! These are experts for crying out loud that make the !@#$%^ things in the first place. I beleive that more than one of this car was made and i am having a **** of a time finding a new set of wheels without going to Hyundai. if anyone knows of any specific wheel maker and model would be nice that does fit please, please, pretty please let me know. i have been to pro wheel/tire shops and this has been a very trying (and failing) exercise in discovering a solution. DO i have to replace the brakes or end cap or other significant parts to be able to have a pick of the wheel world? :( :unsure: :wacko: :blink: :crying: :crying: :liebe011: :liebe011: :liebe011: [right][snapback]25201[/snapback][/right] Hey! Thats funny because I thought i was the only person that has happened to. One shop of "professionals" told me the same thing. Just take them off they are only used during assembly. I noticed one time when i was rotating my tires that some of them are missing so i dunno if the previous owner had someone replace stuff or what. Well i have a nice set of chrome wheels that i bought from a tire place called Big O Tires(you can look at my pictures in my garage. Only one pic has them on it). The first ones I ordered didn't fit because they weren't cavity back. The second pair we made sure they have the cavity back. There were only about four wheels i could choose from. Big O Tires said that is the only car they have seen that on. Hope you find some wheels!! :banana:

deevsinsa View Member Profile	Mar 14 2006, 05:30 PM Post #7
Member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 26-February 06 Member No.: 15,760 Status: Location: South Africa Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon 2.0	Hey all i di was make some spacers for mine it took not even an hour and i made them from aluminium so they light, i will post dimensions and pics asap, if u goto an engineering shop im sure they can make some no prob

lil_tiburon View Member Profile	Jun 14 2006, 11:44 AM Post #8
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 17-May 06 Member No.: 17,951 Status: Location: Australia Drives: 1997 Hyundai Tiburon fx 2.0	Hey guys. I was just wondering how do you take off the door panels to a 1997 Tiburon fx 2.0L. I had removed all the screws around the door panel but had a lot of trouble getting it off and was afraid that i might break it. If anyone knows of how to take it off, please let me know as soon as possible Thanks heaps..

97tiburonboricua View Member Profile	Feb 13 2008, 05:03 PM Post #9
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 6-February 08 Member No.: 40,823 Status: Location: usa ky Drives: 97 tiburon, 2004 explorer	i have a 97 tib fx and i just pu a set of 18" wheels from metal fx and had no problems.

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