PCD Changing, Engineering question.with pics.

mrstigma had it done, talked about it in his mitsi celest thread.

Clicky

why not re drill the cars hubs? I'd rather that than re drilled wheels any day.

Mmmm - nice rims. Would look great on one of mine - which already has 5x 114mm PCD....

I would be very careful welding alloy wheels unless you know the composition of the alloy and if it has been heat treated. Take it to someone who really knows what they are doing, make sure it gets a preheat, is welded with the correct rod, has a slow cool and then has a heat treat as required.

Then you have to hold the wheel to machine it.

I would always mod the hubs.

John

PS I do worry a lot though about anything that cause a car to loose control.......

Well, the above reasons are pretty good.

Also, I'm sure it will be cheaper to redrill and tap the hubs rather than weld, machine and redrill the wheels.

While we're waiting for the update, can I jump in with a question?

I wanted to fit some wheels that have a wildly bigger PCD than the origionals. So much bigger that there wasn't enough 'meat' on the hubs to re-drill them, and also the same problem with re-drilling the wheels, not enough meat for that either.
So i'm left with having some sort of PCD adaptors made- does anyone have any experience with having adaptors made with regards to cost?
I've seen adaptors on Ebay that are adjustable but they are horrifically expensive at £200 just for a pair. Do you think i'd be able to do better than this by going to an engineering firm and having them made? Anyone have the skillz to do this on here or have a rough idea of the sort of labour costs we're talking about so I don't embarrass myself at the local (and a bit unfriendly) fabricators?

Also, out of curiosity, when we're talking abbut re-drilling hubs- do you reccomend re-drilling the disks too or get some disks with the same PCD as your having drilled and ar$e about with disk offset/size etc?

Cheers Paul. Hmm it sounds like it isn't worth the effort in this case.
Its just that it occured to me that Suzuki Vitara 'fat boy' wheels are an untapped source of wide, deep dish alloy wheels!
I have some lying around so I started sizing them up for my Montego (no seriously!) but the PCD of said car is so small (4x93.25) that it is probably not worth the effort
Plan B is banded steels so it's not all bad

I read with great interest, cheers
Now I know it can be done, I'll be posting pics following the conversion
very soon......

NO,it's easier to fill the hole with weld or weld plugs into place.
Thats the hard part.Redrilling different holes is somewhat easier. I have done some disc rotors to change from GM 5 stud pattern to Ford,which gives a far wider range of wheel choices( toyota,Mercedes,etc etc ).You have to be aware of the cast lugs inside the hubs,the new studs get fouled up in them. Place the rims against the hubs to make sure you have enough clearance EVERYWHERE.