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5 bolt wheels on a 9K
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Posted by PT (more from PT) on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:19:45 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: 5 bolt wheels on a 9K?, Noel, Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:34:02
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You can go a number of different routes, the easiest, cheapest, and likely least prudent being to use adapters, such as the ones sold by Speedparts. Adapters will also act as spacers, so they will push the wheel further out in the wheelwell, so that will impact clearance. An example of this was when the 9000 was fitted with the Speedparts adapters, you could use typical 17" 9-5 Aero wheels, but couldn't use the uber-cool BBS RK's that were optional on 2000 and 2001 9-5 Aeros.

The next option is to drill the hubs to match the 5 bolt pattern. You can even have the original holes welded up if you want. This is not inexpensive, my Indy said to figure $1,000 if you wanted to do this right.

The third possibility is to swap the hubs from a 9-5. I have yet to find a case where this has been done, but I'm sure if we're talking about it on here, somebody (most likely in Sweden) has done it already. I believe the best way to do this would be to swap the whole spindle, and not just the hub, so you could then use 9-5 coilovers too, and avail of the 9-5 brake options. Sweet. I believe you keep your 9000 driveshafts, but I don't know the details. Since you're going to turn your 9000 into a track monster, maybe you want to be the guinea pig?

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