Z4 Rear Hub - 5 lug rear conversion

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crossie
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Post Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:47 pm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wheel-Hub-Re ... Swy2Bd4VbZ

Anyone done this conversion?

Would the hubs on the link above work?

What rear wheel bearings do people use?

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Post Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:50 pm

They will only fit the later bigger rear wheel bearing spacing the track out by around 2.5mm. Not enough for most e36 or e46 wheels without a spacer

For the brakes, nothing oem fits but you can use E46 328 disks and calipers with the right adapters. (or e36 M3 calipers, handy if you have E36 M3 front brakes :D ) Anything later and you get handbrake issues

Adapters for the brakes can be had a couple of places like
https://www.300mm.de
or
https://srs-concept.com