What have you done to your P5 today?

[Matt V]

Does she wanna trade me wheels? I'll gladly give her my MZ3 wheels.

So the Civic bore is 64.1 and ours is 67.1?

 

[bafilio1]

nope matt read again above ^
the 8th gen civic uses a almost all new design for bolt pattern hub size shoot maybe even axel size. I dunno I'm not a big honda guy.

 

[Matt V]

nope matt read again above ^

Damn, just missed you! (screwy) Are you sure it's that large? I was under the impression that it was 64.1mm.

EDIT: Just checked on 8thgencivic, it's 64.1mm. How hard would it be to grind the inside of the wheels?

 

[bafilio1]

I don't know where I found the 70s from. But it is VERY hard near impossible without the correct tools. I'm was determind to fit the 06 acura TL rims on my 2005 eclipse when I had it, the center bore was off by .2mm just enough to not be able to force it on. I used every tool I had and couldn't chew down. Plus its pretty unsafe unless you bore out more then needed and run with a hubcentric ring.

 

[Matt V]

Anyone else have any input on grinding down the inside of wheels?

 

[justanothermp5]

dremel? and yea you should fit fine lowered
my rims are 17x7.5 +48 with 205/50's and they fit good

 

[Matt V]

The only issue I can think of is that it needs to be perfectly rounded, it's a hard task to accomplish.

 

[justanothermp5]

make a template out of cardboard or something and cut it to the size of the hub
then trace that template to the wheel and grind away

if you go too deep you could always use a metal epoxy to fill it back in and grind it perfect

 

[Matt V]

Yeah I guess it wouldn't be too bad.

 

[bafilio1]

hate to bust your bubble but the dremel wont work. thats the first tool I tried. You can try it but I had minimal sucess

 

[JC-MP5]

You'd need some sort or precision, industrial boring machine?

 

[MazdaSpeeder]

I vanquished my belt squeal with two Gates MicroVs...Gatorbacks are all hype!

 

[big Lou]

Glad you vanished your belt squeal. I need to do mine very soon.

 

[imola.zhp]

MattV,

When I was younger I put some 16" Chevrolet Z71 wheels (and very low-profile tires) on my lowered Nissan Hardbody truck. Well, they didn't exactly fit correctly, I took them to a machine shop and they "bored" out the center hole so they would fit properly.

I'm not sure if what your talking about is the same issue or not, but machine shops do just that, machine work, and they can do it pretty accurately too. Might be worth a phone call to check a price. I only had to do the fronts for my Nissan, but that was about 10 years ago, I don't remember what it cost me...

 

[justanothermp5]

hate to bust your bubble but the dremel wont work. thats the first tool I tried. You can try it but I had minimal sucess

hate to burst your bubble but yes it will, you just didnt have the right attachment most likely

i have an attachment, not sure what is was for originally, but it grinds/cuts through metal like butter
its like a double sided round hook looking thing, i think it was for wood originally but it worked really good on metal
u just have to turn the dremel up a bit higher and takeyour time

 

[sube]

MattV,

When I was younger I put some 16" Chevrolet Z71 wheels (and very low-profile tires) on my lowered Nissan Hardbody truck. Well, they didn't exactly fit correctly, I took them to a machine shop and they "bored" out the center hole so they would fit properly.

I'm not sure if what your talking about is the same issue or not, but machine shops do just that, machine work, and they can do it pretty accurately too. Might be worth a phone call to check a price. I only had to do the fronts for my Nissan, but that was about 10 years ago, I don't remember what it cost me...

Just beat me to it, the rims need to be precision machined or forget it.

Pat.

 

[hornsfan10609]

I think that would be too much work for those wheels, they don't even look as good as the MZ3 rims. If you want Honduh rims try to fit those TL type S wheels I found a while back, MUCH sharper looking.

 

[justanothermp5]

yea machine shop would def be better if you do choose to do that

i dont really like them THAT much to do all that work

 

[bafilio1]

hate to burst your bubble but yes it will, you just didnt have the right attachment most likely

i have an attachment, not sure what is was for originally, but it grinds/cuts through metal like butter
its like a double sided round hook looking thing, i think it was for wood originally but it worked really good on metal
u just have to turn the dremel up a bit higher and takeyour time

yeah I know which attachment your talking about. I used that one and many others with my dremel all the way up. It'll chew it but the problem is the attachemnt got hot and the alloy started to gunk up the cutting/grinding tool. lol

 

[Matt V]

I would just take it to a machine shop honestly, too much that could go wrong if I attempted it.