converting mk3 to 5stud?

[davidol]

Hiya guys, i know one or two people are in the process of doing this or have actually done it but i'd like to know whats required and a rough price please...

I know the conversion would require the use of golf mk3 vr6 5 stud hubs but thats about the limit of my knowledge!

any details would be awesome!

 

[dav]

this could be interesting, alot more choice of wheels in 5 stud...

 

[Deleted member 12147]

Why don't you go the wheel adaptor route? will be alot easier.

 

[dav]

i would have thought that the adaptors would only work with porsche wheels for example... so the offest is 50, then with an adapter it comes down by 20, if a 20mm adapter is used... i think thats how it works!


**50et, 20mm adaptor takes it to 30et**

i think its how it works...

 

[Deleted member 12147]

Nope you can get adaptors so you can fit the following wheels:

All for 4x100 to

4x108 (Audi Ford)
5x100 (VW Audi etc)
5x 120 (BMW)
5x130 (Porsche)
5x114.5 (Mazda/Jap cars)

 

[cu51pra]

yeah but say the audi rs4 wheels are et38 if you use a 20mm adaptor on the four stud ibiza the rs4 alloys then become et18 and would stick out of the arches to far

 

[davidol]

i was a wheel specialist for 3 years so i know what im talking about with regards to pcd etc but the rims i have in mind are ET35 so no room for adaptors which will be at least 20mm thick, leaving the wheels at ET15, no good at all!

back on topic then...any ideas?

 

[m0rk]

VR6 Hubs, bearings, outer CV joint up front
VR6 Stub axle, wheel bearings, discs at the rear
4 more wheel bolts

 

[acidstrato]

a wheel specialist...is that what halfords call their staff these days

 

[davidol]

lol crap employer but i know my stuff anyways i dont work there anymore!

 

[davidol]

will i need to swap the caliper too mork or just go with vr6 discs? any ideas on rough cost?

 

[PhilW]

He is special tho. lol Got my superlegs for silly price for me.


More trouble than its worth imo coz you'll just end up changing wheels again.

 

[davidol]

i dont know see, ive got my eye on a really special set of wheels that im sure i'll keep, i think you know what they are phil!

lol why dont you tell people how much you paid for your superleggera's, make people really jealous! and for reminding me you owe me another pint lol!

 

[m0rk]

callipers should work. if you can get 280mm 5 studs

stub axles are £50 a side, discs £12 a side, wheel bearing kits about £8 a side

Wheel bearings & Hub - £70 per side

roughly....

 

[roly]

MK1 Toledo 16v parts should fit straight on and from memory they use the same 280mm brakes as mk2 16v and mk3 20vt

that may be worth looking into

 

[Forbez]

i was a wheel specialist for 3 years so i know what im talking about with regards to pcd etc but the rims i have in mind are ET35 so no room for adaptors which will be at least 20mm thick, leaving the wheels at ET15, no good at all!

back on topic then...any ideas?

Wheel specialist!! I thought you worked at Halfords!

 

[Forbez]

The one set of wheels i want are ford fitment only, but too much work for those to fit! Gutted!!

 

[m15try_1]

i would of fought you may able to use parts off the seat leon, thats the route i nearly ending up taken, but then found the wheels in 4x100, day before i was gonna order them i had a accident, no more A8 rims

 

[davidol]

yeah i'll have to look into the leon fitment! ideally want to do it with second hand parts excluding discs so i can have all the parts shotblasted and then repainted

anymore suggestions?

 

[m0rk]

Leon parts are totally different - that's a daft suggestion.

I made all the suggestions, short of buying the bits for you.......