4g/5g wider track

[FrontBackSide2Side]

Im sure I've read somewhere if you convert the 4g to 5 stud using the 5g parts you get a slightly wider track is this right?

If so, would you get the same effect using the 2.0 5g parts and retain 4 stud? If so, what parts are needed for the swap?

[Merlin]

The only reason people do a 5 stud conversion is for a larger selection of wheels. There isn't an increase in track by doing this.

The 5th gen OEM blades look awesome on a 4th gen.

[NafemanNathan]

Not sure if you've got confused with any of my recent posts on my build thread if you've read that?...

I'm widening my broken suspension look st@nce and converting to 5-stud using 5th gen hubs etc, but it's the rims I'm using which are 5-bolt that will be widening the broken suspension look st@nce (due to their width and offset), not the 5th gen components, which I'm only converting to to run those rims

EDIT: Damn swear filter!

[FrontBackSide2Side]

Thanks for the replies

No it wasn't your thread id been reading, it was something i remembered reading about 5 or 6 years ago. I'll take a look at your thread though because i want to get a wider track without the use of spacers if i can so it will be interesting

Also Im sure you can get those saw blades or a similar wheel in a 4 stud fitment as my old 5th gen 2.2si had them

[NafemanNathan]

You don't necessarily need to use spacers either then bud, you just need rims with a lower offset.

And yes, you can get those rims in 4 bolt, they're just not as common.

[FrontBackSide2Side]

The thing is i want to keep the wheels i have got at the moment. If it comes to it I'll have to use spacers then I'll probably save up some money to convert to 5 stud and buy some new wheels at the same time. Spending all my cash on the engine at the mo!

[NafemanNathan]

If you want to keep the same wheels then the only way to widen the track is to use spacers I'm afraid. Hubcentric spacers are what you want.

[Merlin]

Also Im sure you can get those saw blades or a similar wheel in a 4 stud fitment as my old 5th gen 2.2si had them

These? They are very similar to a version of the 4th gen blades (took me ages to find that pic ):


http://preludeuk.forumup.com/viewtopic. ... =preludeuk

[lewd lude lover]

No, it is the 5th gen chassis that is wider in the track than the 4th gen, nothing to do with the suspension parts as such. This is not something you could do to a 4th gen unless you cut it in half and tried welding in a strip of new metal between the welds.


Give it a try. What have you got to loose?

using wheel spacers to achieve the same result is a bit ghetto because you are putting more strain on wheel bearings and suspension parts without 'really' increasing the track from a performance point of view. imho

[NafemanNathan]

I was convinced I saw a set of the first ones you pictured Merl, but with 4-bolt, but I can't for the life of me find a pic of them, so I think I too must have been mistaking the set above for some.