Bongo Fury

Hi all,
I am considering fitting a set of Mazda 3 17inch alloy wheels to my beloved 1997 Bongo friendee 4x4 diesel.
I have done the preliminary checks, eg centre bore 67.1 and bolt hole centres 114.3.
A couple of unanswered questions are:
What bolts do I use to fasten them to the hub and are they up to the job, weight wise assuming the correct tyres are used.
Thanks for any help/advice you can give

Given the Bongo is a good bit heavier than the '3' I wouldn't think the alloys would be up to it.

I just can't see a manufacturer over specifying wheels by that much, but someone may know better.

I was fearing that would be the case. Would you bee up for recommending a competent company to supply me with the correct setup?

I'm not really up to date on alloy suppliers, I'm afraid.

Sorry I can't help with that.

How about fitting steels. Can you help with that.
To be honest, it was what I was after in the first place.
Maybe go up to 17's?

Sorry, mine's on standard 15”.

Someone may have an idea, with luck.

The wheels on my 3 were all bent to some degree after a couple of years of potholes. Higher sidewalls would have helped but pretty sure they won’t be up to much on a bongo

On the subject of steels, some pretty good ideas on one of the Facebook groups

Thanks to everyone for their input.
Not sure the solution is on this forum!

You'll want wheels that will take the weight of the Bongo. BongoSpares often sell refurbished sets that will fit.

Good thought.

And Wheelquick, Wigan, used to fit alloys to all the Bongos they sold (which was a lot) so they would be able to source new.