bolt pattern conversions?, any one has experience Options

[celicarus]

interested in getting rims down the road and was interested in this one in particular



does anyone have expreience in using bolt pattern conversion adapters --

found a site that has these adapters --Bolt pattern Conversion


This type of adapter is used for both 5 lug 100 bolt pattern cars to fit 5 lug 4.50" (114.3mm) bolt pattern wheels. CNC machined billet aluminum and thickness options are 1.25". New wheel studs are included.

[Kwanza26]

No experience using bolt pattern conversion... but they're basically the same thing as spacers with a different hub pattern. They'll space out the wheel, and change the stud pattern...

[celicarus]

thanks - thats what i figured - but don't know if there are any bad after effects

[lagos]

i looked into spacers like that for my car. everyone i talked to had nothing but great things to say about their spacers, so i think you would be just fine with them.

[celicarus]

lagos

i did remember you looking into that - did you ever get them to get the flush look you were going for -- also if you get new rims with width 8.5 or 9 wouldn't that also give the flush look - but of course i have yet to find any that width with same bolt pattern -

after reading your topic about that - i had started looking at the wheels and thought how nice it would look if the rims were wider

[lagos]

yeah i have yet to buy anything. spacers would be a great thing for me, cause i wouldnt have to buy new rims, but if you are in the market for new rims just get something nice and wider with the correct offset from the begining

[Valo666]

ive uses thouse pattern conversions. At my old co-op placement, we did a 94 civic all motor drag car, and we couldnt find any rims we liked/the size we wanted, so we ended up usin a bolt pattern conversion from a 4x100 or 4x114 or w/e it is for civics, to a 5x.114. It worked pretty decently.


EDIT: We used them for about 6 races, then some duche broke into the trailer and stole our front wheels, and damaged the back 2. They ended up goin out n buyin new 4 bolt wheels.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Nov 6, 2005 - 11:02 PM