Threedoor Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Hey guys, Here are pics of my 5 lug conversion with the SHP 16 X 8 front rims and 225/50/16 tires. Without any spacers there was zero clearance. The wheels turned with little effort, but you could hear them rubbing lightly when rotating the tire. I put on some cheap 5/16" (8mm) spacers with good results: http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/car%20pics/FrontSHP.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/car%20pics/TireWidth.jpg And here is the clearance between the tire and suspension. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/car%20pics/Clearance.jpg I am ordering some hub centric spacers. I can find 5mm and 10mm... Looking at the pictures with 8mm spacers I think a 5mm would work, what do you guys think? Also, for if you think I would be better with the 10mm spacers, can I keep stock studs with those or would I need longer studs? It is clear that normal stock 16 X 7's with 205/55/16's would fit without any spacers required. Later, Keith Edited March 10, 2012 by Threedoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverfastenuff87tsi Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 looks nice, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchi934 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 tight squeeze. most run the 7 inch front up front and the shp front 8 on the rear of a 5 lug flatty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89BananaQuest Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If u need i may have a set of 7's if u wanna test fit em and see if they would work better. Depending on where ur at in indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 tight squeeze. most run the 7 inch front up front and the shp front 8 on the rear of a 5 lug flatty. Yeah, it is hard to get a good feel for things when there are two different ways to do the front 5 lug conversion. If you do the full suspension swap you pretty much have to run the 7's up front because the hubs are a full inch further out than they are when you just do the hubs and rotors swap like I did, and SHP fronts would be sticking way out of the wheel wells. On the other hand, if I ran the 7's they would be tucked way inside the wheel well. I think someone has a picture of a car setup like that on here somewhere. I did 200 miles in the car today, and a 16.84 @ 80.82 mph with no rubbing I think I can do an extra 2 mm (10mm spacer) without needing to roll the front fenders.... do I need longer studs for that or are the stockers long enough? Later, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If u need i may have a set of 7's if u wanna test fit em and see if they would work better. Depending on where ur at in indiana. Thanks for the offer! It is really nice to see how helpful the SQ community is. I have a set of 16 x 7 stock front wheels, but they have junk tires on them. The only real clearance issue I have is from running 225's up front. If I was willing to do 205's I wouldn't need spacers. I checked this all with the bare rims before having the tires mounted. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFBMX88 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 MOAR PICS! Flatty love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 MOAR PICS! Flatty love! Though not officially a newbie any more, I posted up some pics in the newbie introduction forum... and of course wheel pics here in my wheel restoration thread Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 you could run these with 225/50 all aroundhttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s263/aiche_photos/quests%20and%20parts/855conquest006.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Are those 15 x 6.5 or 16 x 6.5? I forget, and information seems to be hard to find on this site unless you know the exact thing to search for. If they were 15 x 6.5 5 lugs then going with a 225/50/15 would throw your speedometer off by almost 5mph at highway speeds in 5th gear... just something to remember Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) 15" and i really dont care what my speedo reads i have a gps that tells me my speed AND i run 3.90's anyway Edited April 24, 2012 by IntercooledFlatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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