Echidna
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 04:44 PM |
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4x108 to 4x100 conversion
I am interested to buy the TE37 Volk forged wheels because of their ultra-low weight. For a 13x6 wheel you get only 3.4 kgs!
The Ford Sierra uprights have a PCD of 4x108 while these wheels are 4x100.
Do you know of any ways i can fit those wheels to my uprights? Thanks in advance!
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philw
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 05:05 PM |
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I personally would look for different wheels, by the time you have conversion plates made the weight you have saved with the wheels will be lost, just
my two pence worth.
Must try harder
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owelly
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 05:54 PM |
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Can you not redrill the hubs to suit or buy different hubs?
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 06:00 PM |
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I think someone has mentioned these before - real same they are 4x100.
You could redrill the wheels or go wobble bolts but I wouldn't recommend either of those options!
I wonder how many sets they'd have to sell to make it worth their while doing a run of 4x108 ones?
Probably a lot more than we could muster with a group buy!
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 07:31 PM |
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3.6kg is very light, my mx5 wheels are 14"x5.5" and are about 5.4.kg and I thought that was light
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Blairm
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 08:35 PM |
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Hi, Not sure of the legalities in your part of the world (or mine for that matter) but it has been common practice to slot 110 to 108 and vice versa.
People have been doing it in NZ for 30 years or more. I think they just put them on a rotary bed mill and elongate the hole. The wheel centres up
fine on the wheel nuts.
Cheers Blair
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 08:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hobbsy
I think someone has mentioned these before - real same they are 4x100.
You could redrill the wheels or go wobble bolts but I wouldn't recommend either of those options!
Too large a size difference for wobble bolts. Re-drilling the hubs (or getting custom alloy ones made) or using hubcentric adapters are the only
sensible ways of doing this.
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djtom
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 09:14 PM |
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Re-drilling the hubs should be fairly easy. Then all you have to do is find a disk drilled with 4 x 100 with the right thickness, diameter and offset.
That shouldn't be too bad either - lots of small cars have 4x100 pattern wheels, so have a look at a pair of disks from a clio, vw golf mk1,
something like that. 10 min with a brake catalogue in the motor factors and I reckon you'll find something that'll work.
Let us know how you get on!
Tom
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 09:28 PM |
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You can get disks re-drilled too, though it does mean you have to get it done every time you need new disks (which shouldn't be very often at
all on a locost).
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mark chandler
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 11:08 PM |
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From memory 100 PCD hubs have smaller locating centres, cannot remember what these are called, the lump of metel thet the centre of the wheel sits on
Anyway you will need to get some spigot spacers made up.
Drilling is easy, get hold of an old 100 PCD disc and use this as a template to drill the old hubs. There is plenty of room on Sierra hubs to do this.
Regards Mark
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indykid
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 02:27 AM |
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centre bores on aftermarket wheels are usually oversize and have knock in spigot rings to bring the centrebore to the right diameter. should just be a
case of getting some turned up to fit.
i'd be perfectly happy getting hubs and disks drilled to 4x100.
tom
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hobbsy
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 03:32 AM |
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3.4Kg in a one piece 13" wheel is very good but I'm still not sure I could be bothered to re drill hubs to 4x100.
I'll stick with my ~3.3Kg 13x7 MB R500 Magnesium split rims 
How much do these Volks wheels cost for a set and is that weight definitely correct?
www.wheelweights.net - if you look at the .pdf ordered by weight its a useful resource - doesn't list what PCD's they are available in
though - gotta do that yourself.
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