Rear axle swap out for disc brake upgrade + 5 lug conversion

[sh0rtlife]

no i bolted it down fit was fine hole alignment and dowel both....id venture to say that the "carrier" for the hub and even maybe the bearings are actualy the same parts, where the hub pressed into the unit is the only "new part",,,and when you consider tooling costs..the more a manufacturer can re-use the same parts and only change 1 item in the chain the more money they save

for my swap..im keeping the yaris 4x100.....as for the xb1 time will tell is it stays 4x100 or goes 5x114.....i know 114 opens up the world to infinite wheel options and going big brakes is easier tha route

[Neinris]

Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

no i bolted it down fit was fine hole alignment and dowel both....id venture to say that the "carrier" for the hub and even maybe the bearings are actualy the same parts, where the hub pressed into the unit is the only "new part",,,and when you consider tooling costs..the more a manufacturer can re-use the same parts and only change 1 item in the chain the more money they save

for my swap..im keeping the yaris 4x100.....as for the xb1 time will tell is it stays 4x100 or goes 5x114.....i know 114 opens up the world to infinite wheel options and going big brakes is easier tha route

Did you get to measure the dimensions of the xB2's rear axle frame? Will it fit in the Yaris? I just want to confirm.

[sh0rtlife]

Originally Posted by Neinris

Did you get to measure the dimensions of the xB2's rear axle frame? Will it fit in the Yaris? I just want to confirm.

sheet ice and snow...give it another couple days or so to melt off and ill get it

[Neinris]

Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

sheet ice and snow...give it another couple days or so to melt off and ill get it

Thanks!
I completed my rear disc conversion, and I’m pretty happy with the results. There’s one thing I want to redo, move the brackets that got relocated on the middle bar of the H.
I took this pic to see how close 15” wheels gets to the caliper. Although it looks really close in the pic, I think 14” wheels will still work, but not guaranteed until I find one to test fit. Or maybe a little grinding on the caliper would help make some room. Ignore that fact that my wheels are dirty…

[Compeer]

Originally Posted by Neinris

Thanks!
I completed my rear disc conversion, and I’m pretty happy with the results. There’s one thing I want to redo, move the brackets that got relocated on the middle bar of the H.
I took this pic to see how close 15” wheels gets to the caliper. Although it looks really close in the pic, I think 14” wheels will still work, but not guaranteed until I find one to test fit. Or maybe a little grinding on the caliper would help make some room. Ignore that fact that my wheels are dirty…

Don't grind the caliper, you can induce hair line cracking, mine sit that close as well and its fine.

[remcafee]

excellent, now the real question i have for you is it worth all this trouble to have 5 lugs? lol

[Neinris]

Originally Posted by remcafee

excellent, now the real question i have for you is it worth all this trouble to have 5 lugs? lol

Yeah, I’m not sure either. 😅
I might wait again, I just got these free wheels from my best friend, and I kind of got invested in them. I’m about to get new tires, 195/55 R15. Wheels are DRAG DR21 15X7 ET40, effectively ET35 because of the 5mm spacers. They didn’t fit even with the spacers, so I had to grind the high spots down. I installed slightly longer wheel studs because of the spacers. They gave me an idea of how flushed 7” wide ET35 wheels are.

[remcafee]

i ordered new wheels, work seeker cx 17x8 +22 offset A disk face and since i run -2 camber i calculated it to be flush with fender, when thry get in ill post some pics, if youd want my old rpf1s we can talk, they are 16x7 +35 offset

[Neinris]

Originally Posted by remcafee

i ordered new wheels, work seeker cx 17x8 +22 offset A disk face and since i run -2 camber i calculated it to be flush with fender, when thry get in ill post some pics, if youd want my old rpf1s we can talk, they are 16x7 +35 offset

Thank you, I really appreciate the offer. If I would have known that two weeks ago or so, I would have jumped on it without hesitation. I literally just bought brand new tires for these on Monday. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the old wheels.

To me these wheels look "OK", better than the white Mini Cooper wheels that I had anyway. I like these better, because they stick out farther and has a little bit of a lip, but I'm more into the plain 5 star or 7 star pattern.

If or when I do the 5-lug conversion, I'm still going with the stock R32 GTR wheels (16X8 ET30) or Circuit Performance CP22 wheels (16X7 ET35). If I had the money maybe Advan TC4 (16X8 ET35).

Back to the 5-lug conversion topic, the rotors I'm thinking of using are from the 2nd Gen Scion xB. they're the same diameter and height as the Yaris SE rotors, but 3mm thicker. I might have to get the Scion xB's front calipers too, I just hope the mounting holes line up. Also I have to still measure the bearing perch? for Scion tCs front hub, the Yaris' front bearings are 39mm wide. I hope the tC's front hub measures the same.