ThePollitt
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Oct 20, 2010 20:37:22 GMT
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As the title suggests really. What would be involved in replacing the bolt face/wheel centre of a steel wheel with that of another sttel of a different PCD? So you could go from 5x112 to 4x108 for example. Is it possible or would it be an alignment nightmare? Lets have your thoughts! Chris     |
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kevfromwales
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Oct 20, 2010 21:12:32 GMT
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I'll be attempting this shortly chris, so I'll be able to report how badly it's likely to go!
I'll be putting 16" ford pop / prefect centres into 6.5j mondeo 16" outer rims, to get moar dish on the back of the pop
- suppose you could just get them banded really, but for this build, there's not enough $$$!
- just need to get the centre a snug fit in the rims (I'm using a few penny washers) and make sure someone decent doing the welding as far as I can see - I WON'T be doing the welding on my rims!
pics to follow when we make the attempt
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Oct 20, 2010 21:31:03 GMT
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kevfromwales
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Oct 20, 2010 21:35:26 GMT
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I did my centre chopping the same as that, though I didn't mess about drilling the rivets, just attacked the rim with the angle grinder!
- and weirdly, I bought some anglia halfshafts from mart who's pop that was!
kfw
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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ThePollitt
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Thanks for the link.
To be more specific though, I was thinking about different rim sizes. So it would just be the mounting face that is changed. The rest of the steel inner would remain in place.
I suspect this is impossible though.
Chris
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Dez
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Steel wheel PCD swap?Dez
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its possibly do-able, depending on what pattern youre going from and to, and what wheels youre doing it on. ive seen it done on wellers quite a few times as they're flat centred and easy to do. just turn up a disc with the new pcd on, with a spigot to centre it on the other wheel, or the same size centrebore so it can be located, then weld it on and drill straight through all the holes.
if youre talking standard steels with pressed centres though, it would be far easier to get a set of thin (10mm or so) adapters made.
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Copey
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Oct 21, 2010 11:51:28 GMT
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agree with Dez, i think you would be better gettin some adaptors chris, be a bit safer i would think mate
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Oct 21, 2010 12:02:07 GMT
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I looked into this a year or so ago with Grunty when I was thinking of getting a set of Citroen AX 13" steel (3 stud) wheel centres grafted into a set of 14" wheels because you couldn't get a 14" 3 stud steel. The principal was pretty simple and the only thing that stopped it happening was the difference in the shape of the pressing around the studs. No 14" steel wheel had a centre pressing that matched that of the 13" one. There would always have been some kind of a step  It's the difference in the conical/domed section that affects how possible it is to get them to match. I hope this makes some kind of sense? With this in mind I would go with Dez's suggestion of some adaptors if you can get them slim enough? |
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kevfromwales
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Oct 22, 2010 20:55:18 GMT
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...or, do what si had done to the steels that were on ben's volvo - 5 stud adaptors welded into 6 stud wheels??
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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