wheel adaptor , 5x100>5x114.3

[Guest]

am thinking of finding a set of 5x114.3 wheels, as there is not many nice 5x100 wheels that clears brembo's

i wouldnt go with a hub converstion , but i could use wheel adaptor

was wondering if theres any dwon sides to using wheel adaptors ???

[Joker]

yup needs cert (add $400)

[ReubenH]

Why don't you just do a hub conversion?

[Simon C]

Wheel adaptor will throw your offset off, will wear your wheel bearings out faster, and yes you'll need a cert.

Changing the hubs to V9/10 hubs means you also have to change your suspension, as the V7/8 stuff won't bolt up to the new hub design.

[Joker]

in other words keep the cool stockers

[Dejhon]

what about re-drilling the wheels with 5x100? how easy/cheap/expensive is that to do?

[Tony]

 Simon C said:

Changing the hubs to V9/10 hubs means you also have to change your suspension, as the V7/8 stuff won't bolt up to the new hub design.

No need to change suspension. The new style front hubs can have the clevis milled down and re-drilled to suit the earlier struts. Thats what we got done to BT's ones. In my case I was lucky enough to find a set of V9/10 lower strut mounts and just screwed them onto my struts - job done

Rears are fine and bolt straight in.

But I doubt Kevin would go down that road anyway once he prices up how much the conversion costs to change to 5x114 pcd hubs.... Not a cheap exercise

Kevin, be aware that if you add wheel adapters they would have to be at least 15mm thick, so you would need to add that to the offset of your new wheels - and most 5x114 wheels have lower offset (sitting around +35 or less) - well most of the decent good looking ones anyway. So, for example, you get a +35 5x114 wheel in 17x9, you will effectively be running +20 offset (with the 15mm adapter) that coupled with the extra width means you *may* run out of room in your guards to fit the wheels (of course, depending on what size wheels you are wanting).

[PhatRS]

Spacers of that thickness can make the handling quite different too, takes a lot of playing around to get it right.....Im still trying.