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5 lug to 4 lug???

4.7K views 64 replies 15 participants last post by  MikeB_4G63  
#1 ·
my talon is 5 lug, but i got 4 lug rims sitting in my garage. is there a way to switch from 5 lug to 4 lug...

Thanks for the help!
 
#27 ·
Another pointless thread.

Heres the deal. You spend xxx amount of money one rims. Oh shit, they are wrong size, but still brand new.

So sell them to a guy w/ Honda or Saturn, or old fox body stang, which ever has the right pattern on Ebay and get as much as you can back out of them.

Then find yourself a reputable dealer (which apparently the first one was not..) and get yourself 5 lug rims.

There is no sense spending more on a unproven downgrade to make a set of rims work. Its not life or death. I'm sure you have stockers you can leave on the car while trying to find new ones.

Bottom line... you would be wasting your time/money/effort doing this just to accommodate the wrong rims.

Don't forget your not just talking swapping out some studs and rims, your gonna be looking for new drums for the back, new rotors at least for the front and a whole cluster fuck worth of crap you could avoid by bitting a little money loss and getting the RIGHT wheels.

my .02
 
#32 ·
MikeB_4G63 said:
im not sellin the car, an i spent 10x the amount of 200 bucks. i didnt mean for all this drama, but if i cant drill out the hub i guess i'll have to find someone to buy them from me...

they are 18 inch poison spinouts...
black an silver
So you spent 2k for the rims and can't take them back for the right ones? HHMMM I am sensing that you F'd up and are unwilling to admit it to us. Why would you even spen 2k on a $2000 car? Now that is the definition of a ricer.
 
#34 ·
MikeB_4G63 said:
im not sellin the car, an i spent 10x the amount of 200 bucks. i didnt mean for all this drama, but if i cant drill out the hub i guess i'll have to find someone to buy them from me...

they are 18 inch poison spinouts...
black an silver

Wow the toys i could get for my car w that kinda $....I
:blowingup:
 
#41 ·
The only REAL option there would be and should be considered (and I am surprised nobody has brought it up) is that there are hub conversion kits out there. They're actually spacers (about 1 inch) that use your stock bolt pattern, and on the outside of the spacer is a different bolt patter. I've had a co-worker do it on his pickup so he could fit 17" Escalade wheels on and on a customer's VW Jetta and changed the bolt pattern from 5 on 100 to 5 on 120 (BMW) They're out there, you just gotta look. And if you can't find them, I would recommend finding wheels that fit YOUR bolt pattern. Always before you get something.... check, check again and re-check.
 
#48 ·
1990 Dsm Gsx said:
a local shop in your town and UPS delivered them? :wall:


:D



-Andrew
yea i picked some rims out of one of thier mags cuz the rims they had i didnt like. so they filled out an order form for the rims i wanted, the wrote down the type of car they were going on, ect... i swear i said 5 lug, why in they hell would i say 4 lug.... but hey ppl make mistakes. LMAO:banana:
 
#51 ·
MikeB_4G63 said:
im rollin down there tomorrow an find some shit out, i tried once an the lady looked at me like there was a dick growin out of my ear...
Did you look twice in the mirror :dunno:



Seriously get that shit straightened out because that's bullshit. Even if "YOU" ordered the wrong ones, They should just charge you a Restocking FEE and order you the right ones. ??? IDK.


GOod Luck though.



-ANdrew