Ok, so I heard from someone that on 94+ Integras, you can simply remove your 4 lug brake rotor, and 4 lug hub, and have a 5 lug hub pressed in, and slap on a 5 lug rotor. Is this true? The person said the part numbers for the rear wheel bearings were the same, but they were trying to find out about the fronts. I also looked on estore.honda.com, and it has an exploded picture of the hub assembly, and everything seems to be EXACTLY the same except for the hub and rotor (of course difference being an extra stud). Has this been done before? If that's the case, it will only be like $600 for the brand new 5 lug hubs from Acura, and then 4 5 lug rotors are roughly around $40/each. I'm planning on doing a 5 lug, just for bragging rights, and was wondering about this. I can get the 5 lug conversion with wheels for around $1200, so it's not about money, was just wondering if this is actually possible. Anyways, please don't flame...I know this is a touchy subject, but please only offer insight if it's worth the time...Thanks in advance.

 

ITR knuckles are the same as any other 94-01 Integra, so yes you can put the 5-lug hub on.

 

^^^ damn, that easy for a 5 lug conversion on a 94+ integra huh? damn.

 

Make sure to install new bearings when you are doing so. The hub will remove the outer inner bearing race and to successfully remove the race and reinstall it you will beed a bearing splitter and a press. The press and splitter will distort the race ever so slightly that it could develop a problem in the future.

In the rear you will need new trailing arms and hub/bearing assemblies. Not to mention you will also need the ITR calipers, pads and rotors. up front the rotors and calipers are the same as the last gen prelude.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueIntegraBoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ITR knuckles are the same as any other 94-01 Integra, so yes you can put the 5-lug hub on.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Is that front and rear? and with 13,000+ posts, I can trust you, I hope

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by carchitect &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Make sure to install new bearings when you are doing so. The hub will remove the outer inner bearing race and to successfully remove the race and reinstall it you will beed a bearing splitter and a press. The press and splitter will distort the race ever so slightly that it could develop a problem in the future.

In the rear you will need new trailing arms and hub/bearing assemblies. Not to mention you will also need the ITR calipers, pads and rotors. up front the rotors and calipers are the same as the last gen prelude.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea, got everything to replace and re-install bearings and all that stuff...we have a shop, so no prob there...

but, why would i need new trailing arms if i'm just slapping on new hubs on the rear....I dont get that part...

Are the rear brake rotors different on type r/gsr? And if they are different, what if i just get regular 4 lug gsr rotors and have them drilled to 5 lug? Wouldnt that be ok, since then it will be oem size and fit the gsr caliper?

 

im trying to do the same! let me know how it goes does anyone have pics???

 

ITR hubs are longer and will fit on the 4 lub rear hubs but the caliper won't line up on the holes and the nut won't start on the rear trailing arm

 

is it really that easy to swap out the 4lug hub/bearing the 5 lug for the front?? are the R and gsr knuckle/spindles the same?

 

There's a huge write up on this in the suspension forum.

What I don't see is how this could be cost effective. After labor for pressing hubs, possibly some simple machining, parts sourcing, etc, it's going to cost quite a bit, and take a while. Even if it ends up a couple hundred bucks cheaper than just buying an ITR 5 lug, I'd personally avoid the hassle and just spend the money.

 

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Ahh I see...so how about the front? Does all that work perfectly fine? It's just the back that you gotta do some changing of bigger parts?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There's a huge write up on this in the suspension forum.

What I don't see is how this could be cost effective. After labor for pressing hubs, possibly some simple machining, parts sourcing, etc, it's going to cost quite a bit, and take a while. Even if it ends up a couple hundred bucks cheaper than just buying an ITR 5 lug, I'd personally avoid the hassle and just spend the money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well it will come out pretty cheap for me...I have wholesale account with Acura, as stated above, and I have a press, as stated above. So labor is not an issue, as I will be doing it myself without having to pay for it. Really all I have to pay is for parts...for other people that need to pay for everything at reg price, and also pay for labor, it will probably be more than what a 5 lug conversion would cost.

 

Let us know how it went...