5 lug conversion?
10-14-13, 06:33 AM
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FC rx7 Knuckle/hub/brakes/coilovers bolt straight into sa22c at the lower control arm, tie rod end, and strut tower (with a tiny elongation of the holes).
no idea about the rear end sorry.
no idea about the rear end sorry.
10-14-13, 03:03 PM
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For a little help with the offset, I'm running 16x7.5 +14 front and 16x8.5 +14 rear. The front has a few mm clearance between rim lip and strut, the rear I would say has plenty of room between the rim and the inner fender. The outsides sit damn near flush with the fender in the front, maybe a bit inside and the rear pokes just a bit, but doesn't look stupid. I'd almost say the rims I bought were made for this upgrade. I've run Rota RB's before the brake upgrade at 15x8 +20 and the front needed 15mm spacers and then stuck out past the fenders a bit. A tape measure and some cardboard will help you dial in the correct specs if your willing to spend the time working it out.
Lots of good info in this thread.
10-15-13, 12:19 AM
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For a little help with the offset, I'm running 16x7.5 +14 front and 16x8.5 +14 rear. The front has a few mm clearance between rim lip and strut, the rear I would say has plenty of room between the rim and the inner fender. The outsides sit damn near flush with the fender in the front, maybe a bit inside and the rear pokes just a bit, but doesn't look stupid. I'd almost say the rims I bought were made for this upgrade. I've run Rota RB's before the brake upgrade at 15x8 +20 and the front needed 15mm spacers and then stuck out past the fenders a bit. A tape measure and some cardboard will help you dial in the correct specs if your willing to spend the time working it out.
10-25-13, 11:09 PM
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It really is too bad RE-Speed went in its current direction. They had what looks like the easiest setup to make this question a no-brainer for an awesome price. I've never even seen a 5-lug swap from them in person and have been looking for one for a year now on the forum here. It's impossible.
10-27-13, 12:31 PM
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doogy thanks for the pics. that actually helps me out quite a bit...time to get my spare strut assembly and have a look...seems very straight forward though. it looks like they trimmed the fc knuckle to remove unused portions and then drilled and tapped the 4 holes for mounting. ill take some pics as i figure out the install and post them here. what size and offset of rims are you running with your setup?
10-27-13, 03:04 PM
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Lol actually I was planning on going widebody too...just trying to get this done first before I get rims and start widening my fenders :p
As such I could care less about clearing the fenders, but I have to be abk e to clear the suspension hence the offset question. We were talking about it earlier in this thread but was just curious as to what you are running
As such I could care less about clearing the fenders, but I have to be abk e to clear the suspension hence the offset question. We were talking about it earlier in this thread but was just curious as to what you are running
11-02-13, 10:13 PM
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Within the next 2 weeks I should have time to pull my spare strut assembly and start fitting my pieces together. I will post pics in here step by step. Havent had a chance to get to it yet due to family and work responsibilities :p
11-21-13, 01:02 AM
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Ok still haven't found time to get to the spindle swap yet, but next weekend is a 4 day weekend for me so I hope to make some progress on this....been busy with a power window conversion. Had some rims damned near fall in to my hands...17x8 +18. Hopefully I can get them to fit without too much hassle..if not I will sell them and find something that fits.
11-21-13, 01:45 PM
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Will probably build up the small bearing LSD rear axle and drill the axles to 5x114.3 while it's all apart and getting built, then mod the front when I swap that on
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