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Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:41 pm

I want to get some new wheels on my baja. Its a 50/50 street/offroad drivin baja. The wheels I want are the eaton street lock wheels, the only problem is, is that they dont come in the vw lug pattern. My question is, has anyone used the wheel adapters from moore parts? I want to run those eaton wheels but I dont want the adapters to break or bend. also, if these adapters are not strong enough, then is there somone that makes good qaulity adapters?

these are the adapters

http://www.mooreparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?S...e=WWHEAERS

Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:50 pm

If you're worried about strength why not get redrilled/custom drilled VW drums, they're available in most lug patterns, that way just bolt the rims you want directly like stock.

Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:52 pm

where do i get these custom drilled drums??

Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:58 pm

You can get any lug pattern from SO. CAL. Imports. They have a webpage.
http://www.socalautoparts.com/

Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:10 pm

How do you measure bolt pattern?

Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:23 pm

I thought the bolt pattern was measured by the distance between the bolt holes(center-to-center)....I'm sure somebody knows more about this than I do.

Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:51 pm

here is a crude drawing of a 5x205mm bolt pattern

Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:58 pm

Alright, so it is circumference and the amount of lugs. Great.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:35 am

judging by that diagram, it looks like circumference, not diamater.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:54 am

fuck, now i am confused as hell.....

Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:37 am

A machine shop should be able to drill pattern you want..or import repair shop..

Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:53 am

On a 4 lug wheel, you measure across the studs ceter to center. On a 5 lug, you measure across the studs from the edge of one stud to the center of the other. On 6 and 8 lugs, you measure center to center just like you do a 4 lug.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:21 am

the pattern circle's DIAMETER is 205mm. dont you guys know how to read technical drawings? :wink:

if you people have any more questions on bolt circle, ask. this NEW drawing should help out a little more

Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:14 pm

If you look at hamburgerbrads drawing you can see thet if you take a tape measure and measure from the outside edge of one stud, all the way across to the center of the one of the other studs, it will be 205mm.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:01 pm

if you measure from the center of one stud across to the center of another stud across the pattern, it will come out 195mm.

on a patter with an even number of lugs (4,6,8 ) you can measure across and figure out the pattern size. when you have an odd number of lugs (5) you cannot do this because there is nothing on the directly opposite side of the pattern circle. you need to do calculations to figure it out or draw it up on CAD like i did.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:42 pm

I say take the wheel with you to the shop doing the drilling and have them make it fit.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:44 pm

HamburgerBrad wrote: if you measure from the center of one stud across to the center of another stud across the pattern, it will come out 195mm.

on a patter with an even number of lugs (4,6,8 ) you can measure across and figure out the pattern size. when you have an odd number of lugs (5) you cannot do this because there is nothing on the directly opposite side of the pattern circle. you need to do calculations to figure it out or draw it up on CAD like i did.

I did not say to measure from the center of one stud to the center of another on a 5 lug pattern. I said to hook your tape measure on one stud ( on the outside edge) and measure across to the CENTER of the other stud. This will give the correct measurement without the need for calculations on a 5 lug pattern.

Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:26 pm

you cant depend on that. what if i was using a huge stud? that could add more to your measurement since you are going from the outside of one to the center of another

Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 pm

If you have a Summit Racing catalog, look in the wheel section. This is the way they tell you to see what bolt pattern you have. I think there is probably only 3 or 4 different ones for 5 lug wheels and you could get close enough to figure out witch one you need. Most poeple don't have any way to measure exactly what the bolt circle is. Most people just have a tape measure. You are right about it not being the exact but I think in most cases it will be close enough.

Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:25 pm

to measure a 5 lug pattern just measure the distance between 2 adjacent studs (center of stud to center of stud) and multiply be 1.7012 and you will have your bolt hole diameter

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