im tires of my white painted hx wheels. i want the real deal this time. i want the 4x114.3 96 spec itr cw wheels. i dont want to change my set-up to 4x114.3. i figure its a waste of money since ill want to upgrade to five lug in the future. so my question is what options do i have to make this work on my ej8?

 

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Here are your options:

1. Change out your hubs, but you don't want to do that.

2. Drill more lug holes on the wheels, but that can weaken their structural integrity.

3. Get hub adapters (a form of spacers with a second set of lug nuts) but that pushes the wheels out from the car, typically by an inch or so, which usually causes a problem depending on the offset of the wheels you're considering.

4. Find some other wheels that look sort of like the ones you want, but with the right lug pattern. IMHO this is the best of these four options.

However, if you want to upgrade to five lug in the near future, why don't you just wait until then to get wheels?

 

well the wheels that i have on there now are almost exaclty like the ones i do want.
i want the real ones now. and it looks like the only way to get it to work is changing the hub. what car can i get the hub from?

 

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it seems you answered your own question


hmotorsonline.com usually has the hub conversion w/ brakes, etc

 

why is the hub a bad idea???

 

get an adapter. Thats the safest bet.

 

i heard it was unsafe

 

The reason I said "you don't want to do that" is because he posted that he didn't want to do that, not because there is anything inherently wrong or unsafe in doing so. Changing the hub is not necessarily a bad idea, and it is not unsafe. The only downside is that you have to pay for it, and it means any other wheels you have (e.g. your spare, and any winter tires or track tires) are no longer usable. From a practical, dollars-and-cents standpoint, you're almost always better off leaving the hub as is, unless you're trying to achieve something very specific (like if you're prepping the car for the racetrack).