There are many different important parameters when it comes to car wheels, one of those being the bolt pattern. It's actually pretty straightforward to measure.

The Made product line offers wheel bolt pattern template kits for both five- and six-lug patterns, including standard and metric.

Wheel bolt-circle diameter is the diameter of a circle drawn through the centers of the wheel's mounting-bolt holes. Whether shopping for new wheels or scrounging wrecking yards for good used ones ...

Wheels are more complex than you might think. They come in various diameters, widths, bolt patterns, and more. Do you know about wheel backspacing? Safety beads? Center bore?

However, the old-body-style Ram 1500 Classic has wheels with five holes, on a 5.5-inch diameter bolt pattern, that look similar to those on the Jeep Wrangler.

There are many different important parameters when it comes to car wheels, one of those being the bolt pattern. How do you actually measure it?