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Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:43 pm

Who's making a 5x130 drum now days? Dad and I are talking about puting Fuchs on his '65 Vert, I had mentioned using 4 lug drums that are re-drilled. Does anyone offer them now days, or do I have to have it done on my own?

Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:00 am

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC%2DC10%2D6750

Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:05 am

I did find those, and just now found the fronts. Next question is how to mak ethem jive with the LP spindles? Is it an ugly process or fairly easy?

Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:01 am

Have you considered adding a few dollar$ and going with disc brakes? As for stopping they"re great. A friend of mine has them with fuchs on a 66 beetle. They don't seem to detract from the look.

Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:33 am

Dad doesn't want to spend the money for discs right now. He just went thru the drum set up completely here a few months ago. We're just trying to find a reasonable way to put fuchs on it w/o adapters.

Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:09 pm

Tell him to save up some more of his paper route money. There's no cheap drum swap you can do onto K&L to get P5 bolt pattern. Wheel adapters, or the disc upgrade.
The disc upgrade comes in different flavours. You can get a spindle that attaches to your K&L control arms, but is designed to use a late 4 bolt rotor. Which can be drilled to P5.

Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:52 pm

My dad? Paper route money? :roll:

Well, we were brain storming last night, I didn't realize that it was more involved than an earlier 5 lug car. The drum in the rear seem to be the easy part, sounds like a disc kit up front might be the way to go.

Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:58 pm

If you are using stock lp spindles, they make simple disc brake brackets that adapt disc rotor & caliper to the stock spindle for a little more then special drums cost

Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:47 pm

Yup, we thought about that too. Not sure what he wants to do. For now, he's prob going to stay wide 5.