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s13 5-lug conversion

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s13 5-lug conversion

Post by cosil8e » May 21, 2006

hey all! i was thinking of doing a 5-lug conversion so how many of you guys have done this with your s13's? did you go completely oem or aftermarket and what kind of problems or issues did you run into? i'm looking at aftermarket front 5-lug and oem s14 rear 5-lug because that seems to be the easiest way to go. i've got my list of parts together and i believe that i've got everything covered.
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Post by 77 » May 21, 2006

I'm currently doing this. I bought Peak Performance rear hubs ($500 through Touge Factory) and wanted to get Peak Performance front hubs as well. The last shipment of hubs were incorrectly machined. As I was told, the holes for the studs were too large. Had they been too small, they could have been re-machined, but as it is there's another 2-3 month wait. At this point I'm going to pick up some cheap front hubs (the cheap ones talked about on Zilvia).
If I were to do it all over again, I would have gotten full oem kit from Performance Nissan, around $1000.
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Post by Secret Squirrel » May 21, 2006

im sure ill be doing this sometime too....but i will be doing most oem stuff, because simply im cheap





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Post by 77 » May 21, 2006

Secret squirrel wrote:im sure ill be doing this sometime too....but i will be doing most oem stuff, because simply im cheap
You'll find that that won't always be the case. Keep in mind that nearly all the aftermarket units are also of stronger construction.
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Post by Secret Squirrel » May 21, 2006

yes you raise a good point, but when i say oem, i mean finding an s14 in the junkyard and stealing the parts i need...thats what i mean
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Post by 77 » May 21, 2006

Oh yeah, thieving bastard.

I'm going to buy the garbage 5-lug hubs tomorrow, and I'll post review in this thread.
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Post by memphis240drift » May 21, 2006

^^ awesome... can't wait to see this. i've been pondering such things myself
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Post by 77 » May 21, 2006

I don't want to buy these---> http://www.revuponline.com/product_info ... 4966fe68b0
but I'm pretty desperate to get my car done.
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Post by Sean @ NDF » May 21, 2006

you save $30
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Post by 77 » May 21, 2006

$350 minus $269 equals $81 over the Peak Performance product. Unless the Ichiba product fails to impress, then I don't save anything.
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