Four to five lug wheel conversion, Conversion wheels |
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Four to five lug wheel conversion, Conversion wheels |
Chip |
Jun 24 2018, 03:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 1-April 17 From: Brigham City, UT Member No.: 20,986 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
I have black, stock wheels on my '73 1.8 with four-lugs. VW hubcaps with no logo.
Finding it hard to locate some Fuchs with four lugs. What does it take to make the conversion to five lug? Don't want flares or wider-spaced wheels or axles. |
Spoke |
Jun 24 2018, 10:18 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,979 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
I like the look of 5-lug on the 914. Kinda like having big-boy pants on.
I've 5-lugged 2 914s so far and both times I was able to find complete 911 suspensions for good prices. The last one I found was from a 72 911 and included the entire front end and the rear end minus the rear calipers for $150 delivered to my door. For wheels, Automotion.com has some nice 7x16 and 7x17 fuchs repros but they will require pulling out the fender on the rear of the car. I put 7x17 and 9x17 fuchs repros on my 930 for $600 including shipping. If you want to stay with 5.5 or 6 inch wheels, they have these nice looking chrome fuchs repros in 15 inch. The one thing about 15 inch and even 16 inch wheels is finding tires that fit is getting more and more difficult. |
Chip |
Jun 25 2018, 04:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 1-April 17 From: Brigham City, UT Member No.: 20,986 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
I like the look of 5-lug on the 914. Kinda like having big-boy pants on. I've 5-lugged 2 914s so far and both times I was able to find complete 911 suspensions for good prices. The last one I found was from a 72 911 and included the entire front end and the rear end minus the rear calipers for $150 delivered to my door. For wheels, Automotion.com has some nice 7x16 and 7x17 fuchs repros but they will require pulling out the fender on the rear of the car. I put 7x17 and 9x17 fuchs repros on my 930 for $600 including shipping. If you want to stay with 5.5 or 6 inch wheels, they have these nice looking chrome fuchs repros in 15 inch. The one thing about 15 inch and even 16 inch wheels is finding tires that fit is getting more and more difficult. Thanks for the help. My stock wheels are 16" |
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