Clarification please

I don't think it would work.  specifically the lugs on the 4 lug side of the adapter.

 

take a look at the below pics and see if you think there is room or 4 bolt lugs on a hub there.

 

 

 

I have a few extra 4-5 lug adapters at home.  I fi remember tonight, i'll see if they would rub on my drumskin (wheel is already off)

Thanks, Mango. Can't get enough pictures of your car, what a beautiful machine.

Post above is of the front and rear wheel configurations. Drumskins possible or no?

I don't think you're going to be able to put them on the front...

If you did, it would be UGLY up front! Change the front out to wide5 discs, and you may or may not have to trim the front skins to fit, depending on brake brand.

 

Rears will slip right in place. Reminds me, I need to check my front pads.

 

Mango, I am shipping you four drumskins for a quick polish!

seriously - it took me less than 2 minutes a drumskin Danny.

 

i just repolished them this season

 

 

i mean - sounds good.  $20/per

Yeah, the bolts from the brakes to the adapters extend about 3/4" past the adapter face. those decorative nuts add about 1" to that, but I'd just switch those out. Looking at the drumskins on Mango's car, I still don't think they will work on mine. 

Maybe I'll just go to Fuchs and call it a day. I am not fond of the adapter set up the more I look at it though. Perhaps just switching out to wide 5 discs all around would make more sense.

Whether you go wide 5 all around or change it up to alloys, at least put discs on the front. With a 2110 in the back it would be a very smart idea... Al

ALB:

 

Already has 4 lug discs on the front. I wouldn't drive a 2110 without them either.

I'm already broke enough... I don't need to see any more pics of Mangos car.

i've been thinking about this.  looking at the drumskin, you can tell they are pressed into that shape.

 

the aluminum is thin...

 

 

hear me out...

make something like this:

 

and press it out enough to clear the lugs.

Well now, that shows some promise...

Is that a granit counter top you are doing that on?

My apologies Bob; I thought it had drums up front. Al

ALB:

Yeah it came from the previous owner with this setup. Too bad it wasn't converted to wide 5 from the brakes out!

 

I am happy with the braking, I would like to change the look to a little more outlaw and drumskins is one potential option. Everything leads to something else doesn't it?

Bob - I sneezed and that led me to needing a new exhaust on my new vs because my ears popped and realized I needed it to be louder than the a1 sidewinder.  I burped and that led me to gene bergs website and ordering there oil breather kit...  So yes something always leads to the next thing!  I have disc all around and wide 5 with skins and make my car very outlaw ish which was the look I wanted.

Bob-

 

You know-- I kinda' like the adapter look. I'll bet you could clean up the drums with a wire-wheel on a 4" angle-grinder and paint them with a rattle-can hammer-tone finish, and paint the castle-nut silver (or better yet, give it a cadmium coated finish with Eastwood's kit).

 

That'd butch that car right up.

 

If you wanted to go even more 1965 boy-racer, you could buy my steel wide-5s and powder-coat them silver, and keep your chrome wheels for showin' off on Sunday.

do i really need to answer this

do i really need to answer this 

 

That cracks me up.

Todd-

 

That's Paul laughing at you, not with you.

 

To answer the question, it's a piece of particle board. It looks a bit like granite in the pictures, but it's just a very cheap material you can find at any home improvement center or lumber-yard.

 

What I'm interested in is how the plug was cut. A hole-saw would've cut straight in-- and that's how I would probably do it, but cutting the hole with a hole-saw, and relieving the edge with a router. But that's not how he cut the hole, because the plug is the same shape.

 

I'm pretty sure you covered this Paul-- but I'm lazy this morning, and don't want to try to use the search feature. How'd you do it?

I just figured since the man has one of the sweetest cars i have seen and what seems like an endless supply of great ideas that cutting a hole while sitting on granite would make perfect sense!

Todd, don't try this on your kitchen counter unless it's Formica  backed up by MDF or particle board.

Which is backed up by my wife throwing me out!

ok - i officially checked and there is no possible way that a drumskin will work with a 4lug to wide 5 adapter.  i have a set of extra adapters and i have one of my wheels off right now.

 

even with custom shallow lugs - you would still need to mcgyver something to buy more room under the drum skin.

 

For the record - it's 3/4" MDF, hole-saw'd, routed, stomped a-la-size 12, on my concrete sidewalk.

Mango:

 

I am in your debt. Thanks for putting this to rest for me. Developing a Plan B!

Like I said way up there /\ buy some wide5 discs and drumskins and call it a day.

Thanks, Danny, you were right.

Bob, I know I would feel a lot better driving around without adapters anyway.Front disc and rear drum works just fine, and looks really nice with the drumskins.