Has Anybody Tried Drilling Hubs For Different Pcd's?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

as above, has this been done? is there enough space to drill 4x100?

or would there not be enough space on the flange (?) to do so?

 

only reason I ask is because there are a few wheels that I really like that are 4x100 only and would be good to avoid using bolt on spacers and fannying about with offsets

 

cheers

John

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

There's not enough meat on them.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

ah that buggers that plan then

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

If you use a thicker hub flange off the later/306 hubs I can't see why you couldn't do it. Not sure what centre bore 100x4 wheels are but that may cause problems if they're considerably different.

Edited April 26, 2012 by allanallen

[welshpug 1,623]

most 100mm bcd wheels are deeper offsets afaik, so you'd need to be using a spacer anyway, you could use this to get around the centre bore issue.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

seems like it'd be less hassle just using bolt on adapter/spacers then

 

the wheels I was thinking of specifically are ATS cups, and I think are available in 63mm centre bore so would need a spigot or hubcentric spacer realistically.

 

tis just a bit of a pipe dream for one of my 205s, I've already got some adapter/hubcentric spacers, but not had good experiences with them previously

[bobdylan_55 1]

ive been thinking about this for a while.

 

If your after wider track then surely the et offset difference could work to your advantage? Obviously if you go crazy its going to mess things up setupwise, but if your just after 5mm or so then itd work?

 

you would have to buy matching discs tho remember aswell.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

ive been thinking about this for a while.

 

If your after wider track then surely the et offset difference could work to your advantage? Obviously if you go crazy its going to mess things up setupwise, but if your just after 5mm or so then itd work?

 

you would have to buy matching discs tho remember aswell.

 

You could re-drill the standard discs very easily

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I have seen a 205 running old Volvo T5 16" 5 stud alloys on redrilled hubs, but that was an engineers car and around 1999. There is a Sewdish guy with a beautiful CTI running BBS 5x113's I think. Again these were on an adapter plate.

 

As welshpug has said, most alloys seem to run an offset of around 35, which is about 20mm up on a Peugeot 205, so you would need a spacer anyway

[welshpug 1,623]

I think old volvo would be a 108 pattern with the same centre bore as a pug, but quite deep offsets again

Edited April 29, 2012 by welshpug

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

 

If your after wider track then surely the et offset difference could work to your advantage? Obviously if you go crazy its going to mess things up setupwise, but if your just after 5mm or so then itd work?

 

 

My GT has very wide track, so not really the reason for wanting to do this. I just like the wheels!

[petert 554]

I'm back on this. The lack of 4x108 15x8" ET0 wheels in Oz is a problem. There are plenty of 4x100 choices however, such as Rota Grid Classic. Drilling the thicker 306 hubs is the obvious solution. Or run hub adaptors, which seems somewhat crude, but opens up a wider range of wheels and allows plenty of room for calipers.

 

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/4x108-to-4x100-adapters

 

What about the rear? Does anyone have experience drilling the rear hubs?

[Tom Fenton 1,526]

If you were going to do the rear hubs, personally I would start with a lump of suitable aluminium and machine it to accept a press in 205 rear drum type bearing.

[welshpug 1,623]

I know Dave at Satchell engineering has done front hubs, not sure on rears but the flanges on them are pretty chunky so I can't see why not, those spacers wouldn't be allowed over here for competition use as they are too thick.

 

There's a few 8" wheel options here, 9" even, though the stock 15" size is 7"

[DBG 16]

Peter, have you tried Koya wheels: http://www.koya.com.au

 

I haven't looked through their 15" range, but they do custom stud pattern/offset and centre bore on most of their wheels at a great price, they may be able to help.

 

Cheers

Ben

[petert 554]

Good work Ben. They do a 4x108 15x8 in 0ET.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

With the right rear hub (solid thick flanges)Re-drilling is easy. We did some for a chav chariot recently so they could fit some 'rude boy rimz'

[DBG 16]

Good work Ben. They do a 4x108 15x8 in 0ET.

No worries. I've found them to be really good (and well priced). Was the only way I could get 17x9s onto the Lotus without paying a fortune for fully custom wheels. Took a lot of measuring to confirm fitment, but Koya were great with all of my questions!