_UC Kid_
Posted 08 April 2015 - 12:40 PM
hey guys, i have been looking at rims for my uc hatchback. it has commodore stud pattern on it and i cant seem to find any rims under 16 inch that i like, but there are alot of hotwire and dragways that i love but with my stud pattern wont fit!?.
QUESTION: how big of a job is changing stud pattern back to original? thanks guys
UC's FTW!
Posted 08 April 2015 - 01:22 PM
Depends how it was changed in the first place? A good pair of 2nd hand front hubs are easy to swap over, and if the axles were redrilled they might still have the original holes. If not a pair of UC axles wouldn't be hard to find (assuming you have the stock diff).
_UC Kid_
Posted 08 April 2015 - 01:31 PM
alright thanks.. wow!!!!! I LOVE YOUR UC?!?!?!
oh and if i got someone to do it, how much do u think it would cost, like a estimate?
Socially Distant
Posted 08 April 2015 - 01:32 PM
You would need to replace the rear axles and brake rotors (drums?), as well as the front hubs (and possibly calipers depending on how the conversion was done in the first place)?
Alternately you could just remove all of the above, take them to a machine shop, preferably one that specializes in driveline stuff, and get them to plug-weld the Commodore stud holes and redrill to the pattern you want, which I'm guessing would be either Torana or HQ stud pattern?
I believe it's illegal to have multi-drilled stud patterns although I'd have to read up on that again to confirm?
Your third option would be to find another Torana owner who wants to swap with you, but having a 9" diff complicates things, you'd have to find someone with the same length and spline-count axles with the same size bearings, or just swap complete diffs over?
Edited by Bigfella237, 08 April 2015 - 01:33 PM.
UC's FTW!
Posted 08 April 2015 - 01:48 PM
Cheers Andrew, I forgot about the drums. I dont think you are allowed to have multi drilled hubs either, but that doesn't mean there aren't any out there!
alright thanks.. wow!!!!! I LOVE YOUR UC?!?!?!
oh and if i got someone to do it, how much do u think it would cost, like a estimate?
Thanks, thats a pretty old picture but, its currently in pieces getting some rust repairs and a new paint job...
_UC Kid_
Posted 08 April 2015 - 02:24 PM
are you keeping it the same colour?, oh rust is a pain
Socially Distant
Posted 08 April 2015 - 04:07 PM
Seeing as you're in the Gong, my first port of call would be Daniel Engineering in Belmore Street, they've been doing stuff like this ever since I can remember (which is longer than I care to admit)...
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UC's FTW!
Posted 08 April 2015 - 04:18 PM
are you keeping it the same colour?, oh rust is a pain
Yep same colour, Subaru Mica Blue Pearl... Lots of rust to deal with first though
_UC Kid_
Posted 08 April 2015 - 09:26 PM
aww unluky man. THANKS bigfella! i will give daniel engineering tomorow morning!? are you from the gong bigfella?
Lotsa Posts!
Posted 08 April 2015 - 11:03 PM
Another one for Daniel Engineering.
Used them many times myself.
And every Truck owner I have known has used only them as well.
_UC Kid_
Posted 09 April 2015 - 11:03 AM
hey guys someone was telling me that certain dragways might fit my pattern at the moment!? and that to change the stud by daneil it would be expensive.. ??
_Bomber Watson_
Posted 09 April 2015 - 01:15 PM
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Posted 09 April 2015 - 08:13 PM
Heckler Extraordinaire
Posted 09 April 2015 - 09:02 PM
Cool
Posted 09 April 2015 - 09:08 PM
Socially Distant
Heckler Extraordinaire
Posted 09 April 2015 - 09:17 PM
You still got them Col want to sell them
Yep.
15 x 8 Commodore pattern.
6" backspace.
Cool
Posted 09 April 2015 - 10:01 PM
Howmuch Col?
Sir ask alot
Posted 10 April 2015 - 12:53 AM
PMSL
_UC Kid_
Posted 12 April 2015 - 12:45 PM
big fella what was the rim you posted!?. yeah ill go for a hq stud pattern, thanks 
im after no biger than 16 inch rim that is really shiny haha
Socially Distant
Posted 12 April 2015 - 08:09 PM
big fella what was the rim you posted!?
About three thousand bucks I suspect...
Dunno what it's off, just a picture I found somewhere on the interweb.
_LS1 Hatch_
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:27 AM
_Lazarus_
Posted 13 April 2015 - 09:54 AM
I still reckon Ford stud pattern is possibly the best option. The Ford spigot is same size as HQ, HQ discs drilled to Ford pattern are readily available and there are many offsets available similar to Torana as so many cars use this pattern. The PCD is also smaller than HQ so easer to redrill Torana axles.
Plus second hand mags in this stud pattern are plentiful and very cheap.
Alternatively, keep the Commodore pattern and look at Beemer wheels. I think a few other Euro manufacturers use this pattern too.
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Edited by Lazarus, 13 April 2015 - 09:56 AM.
_trna76hb_
Posted 13 April 2015 - 10:24 AM
Never knew about the Ford PDC being smaller making Torana axles better for redrilling.
Was thinking of getting the axle drill to HQ but they are close to the edge.
Thanks
Ian
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