5 lug conversion?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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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