intresting concept.

[obsession]

whilst browsing the www I came across these conversion plates to change stud pattern so whats your thoughts?





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[Brett]

you can get these made up by Beau's engineering, Brisbane rd. Labradore QLD for about 100 bucks. keep same stud pattern or change to something else.. different offset. Not legal but who's going to know. Popular with subaru owners who change to a holden pattern so they can get decent mags. The downside is it puts extra strain on your diff. But if your not doing donuts everytime you hop in it shouldnt be a problem.

[Bas NZ]

Craig, have these on my Beddie, Diff is Holden / Chev stud  so I have Holden / Chev to the drum then CF Bedford to rim, this way only need one spare as front is disc but Bdddie stud.
Now problems at all even when the back wheels do that little bit of extra work.

[Tweaker]

If you were to run wide tyres these could cause an issue I would think.

[ben]

yeh i would be thinking it would add more strain on your bearings.. but no more than if you are running deep dish mags.. althouif your running adapter plates and deep dish mags hmmmm tweaker id agree with you..


but all the same when i get my lathe hehehe ill be making some up.. for no particular reason lol. i recon they are a great idea.

ben

[Bas NZ]

I run 285s on 8" rim if plate is made right they become one with the drum and rim, no pressure on the bearing, have the adapter plate made to fit the recess in the rim and drum use 12x10 studs and make sure you have a offset the same in front of the drum as you do behind( the mag you use) and ofcourse use locktight on the studs from drum to plate, most things happen because these come undone. As Ben said more pressure from deep dish mags with a greater of set to the front.

TRY IT, DEAR TO BE DIFFERENT

[John Abbott]

Yep.. thought about these the other day, and did a bit of phoning around. My original thought was to get an idea of cost to change the stud pattern on my truck to say... late commodore, but after a quote of $300.00 per rear axle i went off the idea. So i remembered these adaptors, rang Chris Mills Performance (Perth) who put me onto Mullins wheels who said they didnt sell them and wouldnt recommend them. I spose when it comes down to it ,if i wanted some "bling" wheels i may as well get some made up properly and with the correct offset to suit HQ stud pattern. PS..DO NOT let anyone talk you into putting early commodore rims onto your HQ-WB stud pattern. Yes they are VERY close but are not exactly centre in the holes ,thus will stress the studs, and may cause them to snap.!NOT a good look.  As for the adaptors,i personally would be wary...But thats just me cheers..Johnno

[BusyKiwi]

if you are going to use spacers, make sure they have the center ring as this is what holds your wheels on, not so much the nuts, without the center, loose nuts = snapped wheel studs.
The center-less spacers are not certable in NZ, and can only be an inch thick

[ben]

hey so what happns when you change your rear diff to holden stud pattern?? because holden rims have a different centre ring dnt they? how does that work or do people just wak em on??

im liken this thread.. very helpful
cheers
ben

[obsession]

mostly hq pattern (same as chev) rims didnt have a locating center pce so realy only the stud pattern was important.
I took a set of axles and hubs to hoffmans engineering in bayswater years ago and they just redrilled them to hq pattern $80.00

Johno I think summerfield engineering do re drilled axles and hubs Ill ask pickmeup which rod shop he uses in perth.

you are right about the commodore rims the 1st run we had at carousel I tried to fit the rims off the dunny door and close but no cigar...

might be time for another meet?
1st weekend in December.?