tonycharger72 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Did a search and couldnt really find any info on this, everytime i put in a search i got people swapping to 300zx hubs............... I was wondering if it is possible and a good idea to re-drill stock 260z hubs for a 5-Lug pattern? They are the round type of hubs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zrb Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=69519&highlight=lug Check out the link in #10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Thats just for the rears mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Have a look at the Holden hubs, I've been told that they go on, not sure whether the bearings have to be changed or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 Yeah heard that aswell, but that is about as much information as i can find on it - VT Commodore hubs apparently fit, but everyone ive asked says they dont know what if any mods were done or if the offset changed - no one seems to know to much about it, except someone did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 You can NOT drill the front hubs for 5 lug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Not even the later "Round" Type of hub??? Like weld up the existing holes and then effectively start with a blank hub, then re-drill for what PCD you require Or that is just a no go??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 NOPE. Feel free to try and prove me wrong. I THOUGHT I was wrong ONCE, later on I found out I was right. Really, the hubs are a casting and don't weld well at all. Seems like alot of work for little return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 No im sure you right, you sound like you have been there and done that and had the misfortune of loosing a wheel or atleast know some poor bugger who has............ I can get custom front hubs made out of billet steel for about $600AUD, so i think that is probably a better bet, So what about the rears? ive seen people who have done it, but is there any recommend practices? The bloke who quoted me $600AUD for the front hubs said he can also do the rears, Which required "to do properly" to weld up the existing holes and then re-drill for the correct PCD, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Don't the 300zx front hubs just slide on to the 260 spindle?!? (requiring bearing swaping iirc) From what I've come across, this is true, but if I'm wrong I hope someone will correct me.. but if so, why bother with custom $600 hubs, or re-drilling stock 4 lug hubs? Am I missing something here? Maybe.. I'm a few beers into the evning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I think he is concerned about he offset change that the Z31 hubs make. It's a big differance. 3/4" further out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I think he is concerned about he offset change that the Z31 hubs make. It's a big differance. 3/4" further out. Ahh.. I hadn't thought of that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Jamie-T - that is correct, i am concerned about the change in offset the 300zx hubs would create (18mm outwards), thats why i didnt really wanna use the 300zx hubs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Before spending big money, why not take a Z hub to a wreckers and check it against a Holden hub? Alternatively, what about those five stud hubs used for trailers? They would be Holden or Ford I'd guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Thats a bloody good idea mate, i will do that and let you know what i find out, im sure i should be able to pick up a couple of VT hubs under $50AUD, Then i can take some detailed measurements and see what is required to get them to fit, Atleast get out all my alternatives before forking out the money for $600 Hubs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 what about brake and calipers/drums? and have you looked here? http://www.modern-motorsports.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Thanks for the link AK-Z, but im a tad worried about using alloy hubs, My local engineer frowned upon it and said i would have to have fairly decent documentation about where they came from, who made them and what alloy they were made out of, im sure these hubs are of excellent quality, but it might be difficult to obtain the required specs for my engineer, and even if i did the engineer still said that he still didnt like the idea of alloy hubs for street use, they arent cheap by the time they land in Australia, It would really, really suck if i couldnt get the car over registration because of it, I cant really afford to just put them to the side and them get other Steel ones made up if thats the case, Also i can get them made locally for about the same price as it would cost me to have them shipped over from Canada, Also from what ive heard, doing the rears "properly" requires a little bit more than just re-drilled the rear hubs, ive spoken to a few engineers and car folk and most of them agreeded that i would be better off if i did something like welding up the existing holes and then re-drilling, Im not 100% certain if that was the process though, But the total cost i was given was around the $400AUD mark for the rears to be done "properly", which is roughly $300US - alot more expensive than the $120US quoted on MM's website (but they ask you to supply your own cores), Dont get me wrong, i dont have any first hand experience as to whether you need to do anything other than just re-drill the rear hubs, as far as strength goes, but that is just what others have told me, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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