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CTS-V1 5x115/120 Conversion Parts/Methods

Old 08-19-2016, 09:19 AM
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Cool thanks a lot bio248 just order some Parts and will be getting the rest today hopefully everything works good I will be trying method 2-1
Old 08-19-2016, 11:05 AM
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if you place the hub in the slot and the mounting holes don't line up use a mallet to rotate the mounting "triangle" until it lines up. i wasn't aware that it rotated (with a little effort) when i did mine so my front drivers side is smashed, but it still works fine.
Old 08-20-2016, 02:41 PM
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Bio248 I'm having a hard time finding A machine shop to do my hub or my rotor what kind of machine shop should I look for exactly..or any of you guys are in California that know of one in the San Francisco area
Old 08-22-2016, 07:50 AM
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any place that has a lathe can probably make it happen. in a pinch you could always use a dremel, too. the hub bore isn't exactly a press/tight fit on the hub anyway.

my father is a machinist so we have all the necessary machines.
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Any of you guys know what's the biggest size I can go if I'm going with 20s ...20x9 20x10 20x11
Old 08-24-2016, 07:56 AM
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depends on offsets and what tire sizes you want to run along with your ride height. too much to factor in to say what wheel diameter/width fits.
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I know 20x9 offset 35 would fit but I wanted a little bigger in the back but I'm not sure if 20x10 would stick out ..on the tire part my friend and I going just play with the tire size at the shop so we can find the right size tires
Old 08-24-2016, 03:27 PM
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this is a 20x10 +38mm:

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Old 08-24-2016, 03:40 PM
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Not bad but I wonder if once the tire is installed if itll stick out alot
Old 08-24-2016, 03:43 PM
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that's also with close to stock camber settings whereas you could run another degree of camber and it'd clear real nice.
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Yea your right but I'll probably just go x9 all around to not have to stress about it hopefully this weekend I do my swap
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Old 08-25-2016, 07:35 AM
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the forgestars are 19x10 +42mm in back.

the wheels i'm currently running are 19x9.5 +33mm with a 3mm spacer to clear the front calipers. i'm also very low and because of that i have to run a pretty aggressive alignment and not as large of a tire (245/35R19).
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Originally Posted by Hm_p
Not bad but I wonder if once the tire is installed if itll stick out alot
I think a rim that sticks out doesn't look good at all. But that's me.....

Its too bad that they only made the stockers 8.5 inches wide. Another inch and a 275 tire would have fit the bill' The stock rim is a good looker for an o.e. rim. Most aftermarket rims on the V1 look like dogshit.
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Bio248 not bad can u post a pic of your back wheels with tires on? ..because I'm goin 20s and really don't want my wheels to stick out
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i probably can't run any more tire or wheel without more camber or pulling my fenders. i'm about as aggressive as you get without going all out. -3.3 degrees of camber front and rear currently.

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Old 08-25-2016, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Bio248
i probably can't run any more tire or wheel without more camber or pulling my fenders. i'm about as aggressive as you get without going all out. -3.3 degrees of camber front and rear currently.



You probably are killin your tires with the camber...

Does it feel like it runs on rails on some roads?
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It looks great but I couldn't drive it.
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Originally Posted by Naf
You probably are killin your tires with the camber...

Does it feel like it runs on rails on some roads?
yeah, it tramlines if the road is grooved pretty badly, but i'm used to it. my tires were only $120 each so i'm not really going to complain about only being able to get two seasons out of them. i'll rotate the front ones to the back next year, no biggie.

Originally Posted by ls1247
It looks great but I couldn't drive it.
i still drive it relatively hard without much issue. i just have to pay attention to make sure i don't drive through anything that'd bottom the car out, but it still happens from time to time.
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I knew how it drove for i had my fronts at -4.4 degrees camber...turns amazin, but straights were like ridin in a box car...
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Just finished putting rotors and hubs together wasnt so bad hopefully everything comes out good

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