front 5 lug hubs

[okinawa drift]

anyone know if these are "good" and fit correctly

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ories

[killernoodle]

I have them, they are sweet. Don't let people knock you on buying ebay stuff if the ebay stuff is just as good as the stuff coming from japan or whatever.

The hubs are built solid, have good studs on them, the bearings are OEM, and they are turned true.

Plus that guy ships FAST.

EDIT: 99.7 feedback and a 576 ebay score. Nuff said.

[mRodiek]

Just don't be mad if they break or don't work

[mrgreeneyes]

* This 5 Lug Conversion is made from Super Lightweight & Strong mild steel material * Perfect for drifters and have more rim selection to improve your outlook style * Using OEM bearing and these are met all OEM factory quality * CNC Machined Standard Hub Studs Mounted * Comes with BEARING, already pressed in, saved your time!

how could you ever doubt this?! the ENGRISH is are great gooding time!

it doesnt use OEM bearings you naive children. they use "oem spec" china bearings.

have fun with your hub-grenades.
Modified by mrgreeneyes at 9:46 PM 9/11/2009

[homeslicej2]

^I agree with MGE. They only cheap way I know of to do 5-lug is take your 4-lug hub to a machinst/machine shop and have them drill the 5x114 pattern into it. Other than that, do the S14 front end swap, or stick with 4-lug. To me wheel bearings are like torque wrenches; you can buy cheaper sockets and wrenches, but don't buy a cheap torque wrench bc it could spell disaster otherwise My .02

[the converted]

Eh, as long as they use the OEM sized bearing the worst that you have to do is replace them in 10k miles. At least you know what bearings to buy though. There are definitely some good things on ebay and there are some crappy things, I wouldn't be too worried about these.

[spooled240]

If the name brand bearings are only 50 bucks more I'd probably go for those but i have knockoff front hubs on my s14 going on 2 years of daily driving and they have been perfect. There is no noise and they have absolutely NO PLAY at all. Will they go 100,000 miles? I don't know, but I know that they have been good for the past 2 years of DD and they are still tight.

The funny thing is one of my used OEM Z32 rear 5 lug hubs had a lot of play but I switched the bearing out for my old 4 lugger and it's all good now.

**one thing that sucks about them is the shorter lugs. They are ok for your stock wheels but don't even think about running a spacer. You usually want to get extended studs for any spacers anyway.

[homeslicej2]

eh, I guess that works too. I have heard that many supposed "OEM bearing use" hubs actually wouldn't accept OEM bearings bc they were different sizes. I dunno.

[okinawa drift]

lol yeah, im just going to order these then, i've already heard ichiba bearing go bad too

[spooled240]

eh, I guess that works too. I have heard that many supposed "OEM bearing use" hubs actually wouldn't accept OEM bearings bc they were different sizes. I dunno.

i doubt these are OEM bearings especially how the fronts are made in kind of a one piece design as opposed to the rear bearings that need to be pressed on.

but they are working so far

[killernoodle]

eh, I guess that works too. I have heard that many supposed "OEM bearing use" hubs actually wouldn't accept OEM bearings bc they were different sizes. I dunno.

Bearings come in standard sizes... Why do you think they would use some kind of one-off weird size?

The bearings on mine looked like high quality units, its hard to f*** up a bearing, especially a big one like this.

[matzinm2]

Check this out: Don't only order fronts if you need all four. Go to

http://www.enjukuracing.com/ic....html

That's not too much worse for all four is it?

[98s14inaz]

anyone know if these are "good" and fit correctly

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ories

Make sure you go to the dealership and order those dust caps otherwise your bearings will go. The fronts are supposed to have that cap on, I wonder how many people who b**** about their hubs going actually bothered to put those caps back on.

[okinawa drift]

Make sure you go to the dealership and order those dust caps otherwise your bearings will go. The fronts are supposed to have that cap on, I wonder how many people who b**** about their hubs going actually bothered to put those caps back on.

alright man i'll be sure to do that! thanks

[FinkenS14]

Im running rear ones right now on my RB S14, about 1000 miles in, not one problem