Re: 4-lug to 5-lug

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm.jf.intel.com>]

Everett,
Good man, keep the disc brakes!  Have you thought about just having your current
set of rotors/hubs redrilled?  It shouldn't be too hard to find a place to do it
for you.  Then you wouldn't have to worry about any wheel offset (backspacing) 
problems as well.  The place that cross-drilled my rotors does redrilling as 
well (C.H.Topping & Co. (310)432-0901).

On another note, while I have your attention, how much are you willing to sell 
your rims for?  They would look real good on my 914.  Unfortunately, I just 
bought new tires (less than 600 miles on them) so I really don't need the tires.
 My current rims are an ugly set of non-chromed Rivieras (luckily I still have 
the original spare rim).
     Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
     Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: 4-lug to 5-lug
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    9/11/97 10:57 AM


I would like to purchase and mount the original 5-lug rims onto my '65 Square.

However, the car has been converted to 4-lug, including a disc brake front-end,
which I want to keep.

What is the general opinion of 4-lug to 5-lug adapters?
Will they fit with the disc brakes?  I've heard "some" grinding may be
necessary?
If I wanted to just use a set of stock 4-lug rims, is there any known problems
with using my 5-lug hubcaps and trim rings (they look the same on initial
inspection)?

When I do this, I will be selling my existing rims - Porsche 2.0L replicas with
15K on 195/50/15 tires in favor of some new Radial Whitewalls from Coker Tire.
Anyone received a set yet? Feedback?  If anyone might be interested in my
existing rims/tires, here's a pic of the them:
http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen/forsale15.jpg

Thanks,
Everett Barnes                    ebus@ebus.simplenet.com
'65 Squareback S (driver)         The Type II and III Experience
'55 Kombi       (project)         http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen