tonycharger72 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 These hubs suitable??? NO..............they have been black flagged, That is what the engineer has said, they are made from stuff that just aint that strong, he said he wouldnt pass my car with the trailor hubs on it, Said i would probably suffer hub failure if my wheels knocked anything at high speeds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Be interesting to know what the problem with the trailer hub material was. I'm fairly sure that at least one targa Zed uses them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 They really did look stronger than atleast the HG and Volvo hubs i looked at, thicker and made from better stuff, Engineer just said no go!!! As you said im sure they would be strong enough, but if i wanna get my car registered i gotta find another solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Hmmm, I'm looking at another project soon. Lets put it this way, the engineers attention will only be drawn to items which are obviously non standard. Unless the engineer is a Zed expert, very unlikely, he won't know what is stock and what is not unless it is obvious. Or unless I tell him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Or unless i tell him Good point though, if id said nothing and just said i used different rotors and calipers (would have been hard to avoid telling the engineer about there) he might not have ever known, or i could have even said they were off a Volvo or something like that (the Volvo Hubs from the 140 & 240 series look soooooo similar its not funny), I think because i said they are trailor hubs he was pretty certain he didnt want to pass my car with them on, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycharger72 Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 These hubs are suitable http://album.hybridz.org/showphoto.php?photo=3532&cat=500&page=1 http://album.hybridz.org/showphoto.php?photo=3531&cat=500&page=1 These are made are custom made hubs from K1045 steel, so a bit stronger than the trailor hubs & They retain the stock Zed offset and bearings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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