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.

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 ...

"Wheel bolt pattern" refers the number of lugs and bolt circle for a given wheel. This is determined by the distance of a circle drawn through the center of your lug nuts.

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?