FULLBORE

i had a mate try and tell me that he knew a mechanic who had a set of wheels (5 stud) but were the same offset as the car he wanted to put them on.thing was,his car was 4 stud.my mate recons he had a machining company drill a 4 stud patern in the wheels so that they would fit!!!!lol sounds like a joke and took iyt with a pinch of salt. would this even be possible/safe??

Moose 130

I've redrilled the hubs on VW's to take 5 bolt patterns and different 4 bolt patterns.

unlikely you could drill the wheel itself safely though.

mind you I have seen old Slot mags with 4/5 bolt patterns....

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

surely it will weaken the wheel a the centre section will have no strength???

Stu.H

Might be ok to go to the local asda, but for anything other than that, has to be total bollox IMHO

pani_k

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what about pcd wheel adaptors?

tooly80

can be done easily by proper machince shop as long as the pcd isnt to close to the wheel centre,

blan77

you could drill a 4 hole pattern on the wheel but i wouldnt recommend doing with a leccy drill, any decent machine shop should be able to redrill the holes on the same PCD. i wouldnt like to say what strength will be left in the wheel tho

FULLBORE

ell,when i said to him surly that would weaken the wheels,his reply was "why? look how many holes the multi fit style wheels have?and thier no weaker...." which is the only thing i thought he had a point on....... still not sure though

Stu.H

multi fit wheels will have been manufactured to that effect

its a bit like drilling your brake discs to aid cooling

People who know me will know what I'm on about

tooly80

it shouldnt weaken them,cast alloy is a very duirabile material.

pani_k

iTrader: (1)

the stresses on the wheel will be different to when it was machined with a multi-hole fitment. When originally machined its different to impose a multi stuf pattern then than to fully machine the wheel then go attacking it with a drill.

Like Stu says, bit like drilling your brakes after manufacturing.

Its H&R I am sure who sell PCD adaptors.

tooly80

you weaken discs bcus they have a higher carbon content from being hardened, so if you drill them it allows the compact stresses to release to the weakest point.

FULLBORE

well,it seems like no one is really sure,just like im not.i wouldnt chance it though...lol

Twellsie

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i would have thought that the stud pattern would overlap, not giving clean holes?