jap wheels on a commo

[regi]

Background:

-looking into a VB-VC commo wagon as a daily hack

-have SSR Viennas in my garage which i want to hold on to, nissan 5 and 4 stud multi-fit.

For lols im thinking it would look rad on ultralow /ghetto-cut springs and sporting significant camber (insert mismatched panel VW with roof racks image here).

Question:

-how the fuck do i make them fit?

Not keen on drilling more holes in the rims, so thinking a holden PCD to 5 x 114.3 PCD converter/spacer would be the easiest way. Seach of internets has not been helpful.

Would Wilkinson / WA Sus / engineer be able to knock something up to suit or have it on the shelf?

k thx

[Halle Terry]

Slam it on the deck, put some American style roof-racks on it, and it would look fucking sweet.

For the more technical side, errr good luck? I imagine considering the offset of the Vienna's getting some type of multistud spacer would make them ultra-Meixcan, considering Holden guards are quite shallow.

[regi]

i spose if it came down to it i could do a hub swap, but thats getting towards the 'too hard' basket

is it wrong that i like the sound of it being 'ultra' mexican?

[dose_it]

Take the hub off. Smash out the studs weld over holes put on a laithe machine them flat redrill to 5x114.3?
Or maybe start from scratch and machine up own hub?

[[FL0SSIN]]

find some wobble bolts brah, or get the spacers made up... or dont be a hebrew and buy a decent car for once haha

[R3N]

wobble bolts iirc will only allow +/-2mm in PCD difference?

buy a ford

[coFF33]

;765187'] or dont be a hebrew and buy a decent car for once haha

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[regi]

;765187']find some wobble bolts brah, or get the spacers made up... or dont be a hebrew and buy a decent car for once haha

shit mate

[Alt_F4]

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Car no history, coFF33 no care.

[Mistikal]

For what it's worth, Commodore Offset is around +43 to +47, depending on the suspension setup (IRS, live axle, etc). 95% are +43 (VB-VZ).

Pretty sure that VB-VL are +43.

Edit: Corrected myself.

[lysdexia]

get some 5x120 to 5x114.3 bolt on spacers made up, as thin as possible. could get away with 15mm easily i would say, maybe 10mm if you get some eye drive nuts machined up too.

[Mistikal]

The only issue there would be the length of the stud on the factory hub; even with thin bolt-ons, the original studs will still hit the wheel.

There is a guy on Street Commodores, buggered if I can remember who or what car it was, that went to the trouble to do exactly as someone else here said - bashed out the old studs, welded up the holes and drilled out new holes to create a 5x114.3 PCD on the factory hub.

[mitchy]

The only issue there would be the length of the stud on the factory hub; even with thin bolt-ons, the original studs will still hit the wheel.

you either use rims with recesses in them, or cut the studs.

[lysdexia]

yeah, cutting the studs is the obvious solution

[lachlanrb20s13]

just fyi, theres quite a few places that do conversion spacers for 120-114.3. i think its a beemer thing? anyway this is just the first i found searching on google but a while ago i found a whole bunch in america

http://www.ichibausa.com/icbmwwhadco5.html

[dattoman]

Buy undrilled discs and have them studded to what you want
Weld up axles and restud to desired
Don't weld up fronts... cast iron... and hard to drill thru