Why 5-lug over 4-lug......?

[lambo]

"for brakes" is a pretty poor reason

any 5-lug swap that uses stock brakes are going to be inferior to a BBK for 4 lug, both in stopping power and weight, while also costing more.

Ahh, I see. I haven't looked into 5-lug swaps at all. That was just an assumption I made. Poor assumption, apparently.

[Asbradley21]

Sure there are:

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/work-vs-xx-wheel-18x100-4x100-p-11290.html

Weds also makes a few, and then there's the plethora of custom wheel options in which 4x100 would be cake

I guess I should have qualified that with "for a reasonable price". (not that I'm saying those wheels aren't worth the money, just not right for my purposes)

The fact that I would be paying over 3k for one set of wheels makes 5-lug more reasonable. God forbid one ever gets fucked up, I'd be out nearly a grand for just one wheel.

[nando]

Ahh, I see. I haven't looked into 5-lug swaps at all. That was just an assumption I made. Poor assumption, apparently.

I think it is a reason people use, but if they researched it more they'd know better.

"It's cool" is the only reason i can think of, or if there is a specific wheel you want to run thsts not in 4 lug.

[Farbin Kaiber]

^For me, I've always (see: since 2006) wanted a late model coupe with Style 39 DSII's on it.

[Court M3]

So are 'all' Japanese cars, but E30s shipped and sold there were lhd.

Not all e30s sold here were LHD. Quite a few RHD e30s running around Japan.

Back on topic, I'd probably run adapters over a 5 lug swap seeing as my car would mostly be daily driven.

[einstein57]

I looked at the cost of doing a proper 5-lug conversion and realized you can get practically any baller 4x100 wheel setup you want with that budget. Doesn't really make sense unless you're getting a hell of a deal on the parts.

New e30 m3 rear hubs are $290 for the pair. I had to install new wheel bearings anyway so i said what the hell. I'm under $400 in to the rears. Still working on the fronts but should be less.

[Ray Smoodiver]

^For me, I've always (see: since 2006) wanted a late model coupe with Style 39 DSII's on it.

Ill Duce

[Farbin Kaiber]

^That.

[E30 Wagen]

New e30 m3 rear hubs are $290 for the pair. I had to install new wheel bearings anyway so i said what the hell. I'm under $400 in to the rears. Still working on the fronts but should be less.

For some reason i'm reading this as you can just install e30 m3 hubs onto a regular e30 trailing arm (86+)

?

[TobyB]

I like the 4- lugs, as I can use the same wheels as I do on the 2002's.

Plus, why bother? It's not Pro3 legal anyway!

heh

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[Wschnitz]

That's exactly my point though. Those wheels re-drilled on a 4-lug car would not cause any rubbing issues, maybe a mild to full roll depending on tires.

You have to run a minimum of 15-18mm Adapters/spacers I believe, or it will rub the inside strut, It will rub if your low enough, I had Eibachs and shit rubbed on every bump. And eibachs are not low either, HR Race would for sure rub.

[mikeedler]

I came to the conclusion a long time ago......................


5 lug swap with e36 stuff SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you cannot even put cool wheels on the car, unless your going to run super high offset e36 wheels (which there aren't that many to choose from)

best I could find with a little bit of width was 8.5" Corvette wheels that still clear front coilovers.



fixed that for you

e36 5-lug + e38 weaves = a bunch of rubbing with 205 tires........... yeahhhhhhh!!!

[mikeedler]

New e30 m3 rear hubs are $290 for the pair. I had to install new wheel bearings anyway so i said what the hell. I'm under $400 in to the rears. Still working on the fronts but should be less.

great, but you still need to come up with calipers, brackets, and rotors from an E30 M3.

[IronFreak]

All this talk with the combination of some serious cold medicine has got me on a hell bent tangent to make my 5-lug worth my while........stay tuned.

[Roysneon]

I did mine because I found cheapish M-Systems and cheap E30 M3 suspension. Missing calipers and one rear hub, but mostly complete for like $250. Sold the control arms for $200 and bought the calipers and carriers used.

I can't have more than $1000 into the swap including endlinks, new control arms and bushings, rotors/pads, etc. And less than $800 into the staggered M-Systems (9j rears).

Also did it because fuh raze stance car.