Changing the Lug Pattern of a wheel?

[logan1]

Does anyone have any experience with changing the lug patter if a wheel?

 

I am absolutely in love with these 15" EAGLE ALLOYS that are for sale really cheap but they are 5 x 5 bolt pattern.

I was wondering if i could be a machine shop to weld over the old lug pattern and re mill me a 4 x 4.5 pattern?

 

Has anyone had something along these lines done before?

 

[piston]

you will not be able to do it safely. once the center is redrilled or reweld, it weakens and makes it dangerous to ride on. may also crack from stress even causing your wheel to fly off. for the cost of doing it if any shop is even willing to, your better off buying another set of wheels plus eagle wheels are cheap anyways. i had a shop bore out a set for me once from 4x? to 4x114.3. the holes started to crack even with a sleeve insert for strenth. lucky i saw it before it gave up on me. alot of custom wheel shop i talk to say its dangerous and is same anser you will probably get.

[stony]

The labor to do that to 4 wheels will exceed the cost of 4 new ones with the right lug pattern

[stony]

Now taking your hubs and having them drilled for that pattern is a different story. but as mentioned above eagles are cheap and if you didn't get those for free still probably cheaper to buy a new set

[zxtman]

Now purchasing adapters that would enable you to mount those wheels would work, but as mentioned above eagles are cheap and, ... well you know.......