Drilling Rotors

I have four hole rotors and am interested in five holes for porsche wheels. I got some RS flares from IM and the wheels will fit.
What do y'all think?

GG

You can have your existing rotors re-drilled for the new pattern.
One of your existing holes actually lines up with the 5 hole pattern.

Terry, How can I tell which one?

Pick any one of them, they're all the same. The four lug holes on the VW rotor and the five lugs on the Porsche share the same radius/circumference. One lug hole stays "as is" the next four are drilled and tapped to the five lug Porsche spacing, in between the original four.


Maybe?


FP

Dale,
It depends on which day of the week you're working on...

GYZ,

I plan on hiring it done...do you think I should pass this wisdom on to a machinist;-{)))? Then it would depend on which day they do it...
Seriously,
Is there a certain type of shop that would be recommended?

thanks,gg

Are their any kit car assemblers in your area? Check out Kit car magazine for sources. Make a few calls. Ask who does the work for the assemblers? Any hot rod shop or dune buggy shop probably has a source. Get references. It is a precision job. You'll want to spin balance the wheels and tires after completion to verify the concentricity.

Be sure to price out the machining costs first, the Porsche five lug rotors are pretty cheap brand new.

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C13-22-2963-B

Maybe buy new and sell your old stock used rotors for a couple of bucks to off set the shipping costs.

Luck,

TC

Any machine shop would be able to do it. You'll need to provide the bolt pattern and the press-in studs.

Oba,Kba... Ithink I got 'da pitchur...5x130mmx 17x7.5 (or whatever will fit), rotors from EMPI, Tires from good source, wheels are Turbo spokes.
All it takes is $...anybody share?

Thanks for all.

GG

If you're going for looks and afford the coin then the BAD rotors from Airkewld look really nice. Check them out at their website...about $225 a rotor though. I'd get them but they will only ship via UPS to me and its just too much $$ for UPS all the way up here.