I was thinking earlier today about 5-lug swaps on E30s. It just seems like it is more complicated than it should be. A while back I had to replace my front wheel bearing and rather than get the bearing removed and the new one pressed in by a shop I decided to just replace the entire hub. Thinking back on it I was wondering why not just use a technique used on wheels and fill/redrill the hub.
After thinking about it more I realize that there is most likely a reason nobody fills/redrills them, but is there a reason that something similar could not work? Perhaps the hub assembly from another car that is 5-lug could fit on to the E30 spindle, or someone could simply machine a new hub to fit a stock E30 bearing but different enough to accomidate a 5-lug setup, surely there would be enough of a market for this that if it would work it would be profitable. Is this idea simply absurd?
After thinking about it more I realize that there is most likely a reason nobody fills/redrills them, but is there a reason that something similar could not work? Perhaps the hub assembly from another car that is 5-lug could fit on to the E30 spindle, or someone could simply machine a new hub to fit a stock E30 bearing but different enough to accomidate a 5-lug setup, surely there would be enough of a market for this that if it would work it would be profitable. Is this idea simply absurd?
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