Suspicious 5x130 Porsche pattern front rotors...

[nautha]

Hi everybody,
this is to know if someone of you have ever mounted the 5x130 rotors like this one that vendors use to sell as a kit or as single replacement parts.
Exactly, my question is if the rotors like the one in my picture are safe to be used with pressed-in studs or not!
The thickness in the lower inner ribbed area is not more than 0.235 in. Scary...!
The rotor in the pictures is the rotor the majority of vendors use to sell as the 5x130 version, and these are directly from a big distributor..
Even the blank version has inside the same ribbed section typical of the 4x130 rotors, makin it dangerous to be drilled for a 5x130 porsche pattern, specially for use with press-in studs..
Why the do not sell a flat-inside version for the d.i.y. drills???

Any suggestion or pics will be very appreciated, thanks...

[Airkewld]

These rotors are not designed with the pressed in stud design. Thread only.

BUT..... if you machine a flat spot with in the stud hole to all the head to sit flat and you open the hole to the knurl size required, it can be done.

You need to think like a supplier and not as the perfect world parts getter. Most of the time, vendors are looking at making a small mod to an already existing platform to add a touch or tow here or there to create a new product. They would never think about redoing the hole back of the rotor, that would cost too much time and effort.

This is why we made our own.
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[microbus]

Not alot of "meat" for the threads to bite... scary!
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[nautha]

[Airkewld]

[drscope]

[Busbodger]

Old thread but I've spent a fair amount of time researching a parts source and found it:

SKU AC407002

That'll lead you to Mid-America in the USA and VW Heritage in the UK.

The MA part# is: 353-373

I'm considering machining a steel ring that will lay inside the rotor that I'll press the studs through - thickness dependent on width of stud knurls. Then they can slide through the rotor holes which I will machine out for a slip fit.

Then I'll bolt the wheel on and then test the wheel nut torque on a regular basis until I trust them.

[dougefresh]

[Kafer_Mike]

The prior post is three (3) years old. I doubt he's still looking.
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[Busbodger]

Thanks for the post. I finally was able to buy those rotors a couple of years ago.

MidAmerica did reach out to tell me that the rotors came available for a short time, they must be buying or making small batches of these rotors.