Front wheel adaptors

forcecooled · Post by **forcecooled** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:24 am

Where does one get a pair of GOOD 4x100pcd to wide 5 adaptors? we have 14 inch rostyles which we would like to keep ,on drums -(all brand new components) and it stops nicely for a beetle.( I can hear all the fundi's cringing!!) We are wanting to build a long box and a trick engine and have already bought the front disc kit. the adaptors I have seen are stamped 4mm sheet matal and are really badly made and downright dangerous.Also want to maintain wheel to fender clearance using 175/80/14 conti's. Any ideas ?
Cheers
Bill

Post by **Tony Z** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:34 am

I dont like the stamped adaptor either, dont know about quality, but they look too poor for me.
If you dont come right, do a quick drawing and take it to a machine shop, they can do them pretty quickly and easily... have fun

vader · Post by **vader** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:01 pm

Sorry bud cant help

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:15 pm

I used those stamped steel things and all I can say is DON'T!

The threads stripped very quickly. I had a spare drum and a rim, took it to a machine shop and told them to make up four adaptors. The result was beefy steel components I would trust to stay in one piece when I really need them to.

forcecooled · Post by **forcecooled** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:23 pm

Very interesting - The stamped units are downright dangerous,yet the dealers will vouch for them. Luckily, anyone that has built even a lego car can see that they are junk. What type of steel did your machine shop make them out of? anything special? and what should one expect to pay?
Cheers Bill

Post by **Tony Z** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:46 pm

Hey Dark Force,

vader wrote:Sorry bud cant help

why not???

Post by **calooker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:27 am

I have seen a lot of crappy adaptors but the worst I saw was on a Ghia using an inverted Golf 1 disk drilled for the wide 5 using one or other disk setup, not golf. If you have ever seen how thin the flange of a golf 1 disk is you will know why I say it is a crappy adaptor.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:51 pm

I had them made from mild steel. The machine shop cut 40mm thick pieces-laser cut, then machined them down to the correct profile. Drilled and tapped them. I painted them later, good primer and 4-5 coats of black. Total cost was +-R 300 a piece.

They were considerably heavier than the pressed steel ones.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:54 pm

I may have misunderstood. Do you have 100pcd on the car now and want to fit 5lug rims on

forcecooled · Post by **forcecooled** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:03 pm

Hi Thumper,
yes I will be fitting 100 pcd x 4 stud (discs) on the front axle and have std drums on the back. We have wide 5 14 inch rostyles and rather like the look of them. We like a bit of authenticity. Other than empis and the eagle alloys I havent found a set of mags that I like on the bug. Empis and eagles are not available in 100x4 pcd anyway.Had a look at locally made wheels as well . Dont like the only FWD drive offsets available anyway. I also realise that if I cant get spacers that will still allow me to have the fender clearance reqd for the rosstyles, I may have to bite the bullet and settle for mags, and just live with the car looking like a TSW or MALAS special offers display dummy.
Thanks for the input so far, Guy's
Regards
Bill

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:41 pm

A good machining shop will still be able to make it for you. If possible give them the rim and a disc. That way the clearance can be sorted too.