Well there is the question (i hope i worded that question correctly).....also where did you get your adapters from?

 

I did, got them off of ebay.... The adapters fit on and the wheels mounted, but other than that I can't speak for their quality because my car has no engine in it. I have 16X7 40 offset wheels with a 1.25" thick wheel adapter. Changed my pattern to 4X114.3. The wheels are pretty close to my shock tower so hopefully I wont get any rubbing. I don't know what I'll do if my tires rub on the shock tower. Probably cry! I can post some pics for you when I get home. They are nice adapters, so I hope everything works out with the fitment....


Here's the link to an auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=66486

 

^^^sweet i was actually lookin for you...i know you posted that you were getting some a while ago on here but i forgot who it was.......Thanks GlazedHam......so they were 140 bucks.....how much was shipping? finally i found another person with a GS and drums......seems like alot of people on here have an SE.....

 

^^^oh yes please can you post pics of your setup for me...thanks Ham!!

 

I'm pretty sure that shipping was $20. Not positive, but it is definitely around that much. They aren't very heavy since they are 6061-T6 aluminum. It is a great high strength aluminum. Fantastic pound for pound metal. I will definitely get you pics of the setup when I get home.

 

<....is waiting to see as well i'm another gs drum guy. hahaha

 

Ok guys,

Here are the pics I promised.















The last one shows the spacing between my strut tower and the new set of 16s. I guess I was just panicking because I checked out the spacing with my stock wheels on. There is even less room with the stock wheels on, which makes sense according to my calculations. With this setup, and offset on the rims, my wheels should stick out about half an inch more than stock. The high offset rims make up for roughly half of the thickness of the wheel adapters.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

That does loo kgood thanks for the pics....But there is one more thing i want to ask of you PLEASE....can you take the same pics but of your rear with adapters on the drums please!!!! these others taht you just posted are really helpful thanks!!!

 

*smacks forehead*

I don't know what I was thinking. Haha. I should've thought about that since it was kinda the whole point of making this thread huh? I had to leave already but when I'm back home tomorrow I should be able to snap you some pics of them. I'll more than likely get them up for you sometime tomorrow. I will get them sooner or later, that's a promise.

Jamie

 

^^^thanks man......i appreciate it alot.......but the adpater fit on the drums well?

 

I have some of the same ones, search for a guy named adpatamerica on ebay.

I've had them on my car for close to 2 years now, no problems.

Later
Randy

 

Yeah, they fit over the rear drums no prob.

 

That's awesome. Those adapters are so much better than the ones for the 5-lug conversion, which are only held on by 3 bolts!

Jon

 

^^^3 bolts...**** that!!!

 

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I thought they were held on by 4? 3 + 1 that they share.

 

That guy looks like he makes quality stuff, thanks Jamie! Love those wheels, what are they? Looks like its time for me to start deciding what wheels I want on my car now that theres quality adapters at a fair price. My wifes not gonna like this LOL.

 

What're the wheels from? If aftermarket, where'd you get Mazda center caps for em?

 

Sorry about the pics guys. Just got home I'll go take them right now. Carl, the wheels are actually Maxxim Conflicts. I belive Maxxim is a division of Konig? Or at least I'm pretty sure that I read that somewhere. I got the wheels off of ebay, and got free shipping on them. Here is a picture of what they actually look like. I made my own centercaps for them because it wasn't quite the look that I was going for...



I'll go and take those pics for you guys now. Be back in a minute....

 

You made center caps? SWEET. Please do post.

 

Ok guys. Here you go! First is a picture of the stock drums. No suprise here. This looks the same as everyone else's.



Take note on this picture of the screws holding the drums on. I originally thought that this would be a problem. However, the company that made my adapters thought ahead to check for this I guess. The two screws fit nicely inside the holes where the new studs are mounted on the adapters.



Here is a picture of the holes for the studs. This is the hole that the screws for the rear drums fit into. The other screw fits on the hole 180 degrees opposite, as you would've guessed.



Here is a picture of the adapters installed on the rear drums using the stock lug nuts. They fit quite nicely IMO. You can also see the new bracket I made after finishing the cancer surgery on the storage bins.



Here is one last picture from an angle. Not sure if this shows anything different or not. Just thought I'd throw it in there.

 

SWEET!!!! Exactly what i was looking for...Thank you so much GlazedHam this helps so much.

 

very very nice. maybe i'll just use a gsl third member now instead of doing the ford 8.8 swap! WOOHOOOOOO for rim selection!!!!!

 

what about all the negative offset from those parts?..won't the wheels stick out too much?

 

You make up for the majority of the negative offset by switching to a set of rims for a front wheel drive car. I don't know what the offset on a stock plus sign rim is, but my new wheels have an offset of 40. This should make up for the majority of the negative offset. From my calcs I figure my wheels may stick out about 0.5" more than stock. I don't think its enough to really worry about....