anyone use the 4 to 5 lug conversion spacer?
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anyone use the 4 to 5 lug conversion spacer?
hey guys, i am having a tough time finding a set of cheap 4 lug mustang rums i like for my 88 cougar, i found these on ebay and was thinking of getting them so i can put my original 97 cobra wheels on it, which i think would look soo coool, let me know if anyone used them before!!!! thanks
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-LUG...=p4506.c0.m245
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-LUG...=p4506.c0.m245
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don't do it!!!
I bought a set of those from the same company on ebay. I used them to put a set of 05 GT wheels on my 91 Notch. I thought they were awesome, a Cheap & Easy 5lug conversion & the 05 wheels fit perfectly on the car.
They worked great for about 1,000mi UNTIL the left rear spacer separated on me @ 50mph, sending my wheel deep into the woods & sending me down the road with 3 wheels, dragging the left side of the rear axle on the ground. pretty scary ride but could have been alot worse & possibly even fatal if it had happened at the wrong time,higher speeds, around other cars ect..... Thank God I was in a rural area & no one was around.
Come to find out, the bolts that hold the outside plate to the inner plate of the adapter slowly backed out & then finally snapped off, I felt no vibration whatsoever
& the only warning I had was an occasional light clicking noise from the rear that I thought was the drum brake acting up again like it had done before the spacers had been put on.
from the time I heard the first click to when the wheel came flying off was no more than 15 intown miles. It all happened suddenly.
Needless to say, I will NEVER use them again & would never recommend them to anyone.
sorry for the long post but I wanted to put my .02 in.
They worked great for about 1,000mi UNTIL the left rear spacer separated on me @ 50mph, sending my wheel deep into the woods & sending me down the road with 3 wheels, dragging the left side of the rear axle on the ground. pretty scary ride but could have been alot worse & possibly even fatal if it had happened at the wrong time,higher speeds, around other cars ect..... Thank God I was in a rural area & no one was around.
Come to find out, the bolts that hold the outside plate to the inner plate of the adapter slowly backed out & then finally snapped off, I felt no vibration whatsoever
& the only warning I had was an occasional light clicking noise from the rear that I thought was the drum brake acting up again like it had done before the spacers had been put on.
from the time I heard the first click to when the wheel came flying off was no more than 15 intown miles. It all happened suddenly.
Needless to say, I will NEVER use them again & would never recommend them to anyone.
sorry for the long post but I wanted to put my .02 in.
Last edited by 393strokervert; 09-22-2009 at 06:04 PM.
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