Which is easier, safer, cheaper? I searched, but didn't really find any good answers and I found some wheels I really want that I know aren't available in 5x100.

 

How about an adapter....

 

an adapter would be the cheapest and easiest solution but it will space out your wheels an inch or so. Hub swap is the next best option but a bit more expensive. I haven't had any experience with redrilling wheels so i can't help you out there.

 

I'm pretty sure adapters will push the wheels out too far and I don't want to run spacers anyway.

 

adapters = bad

best = axle swap
cheapest = redrilling is ok but you will have two sets of holes so i only suggest doing it with wheels that have caps that cover the holes

 

Has anyone done an axle swap or had their hubs redrilled? I don't know much about this. The xB now has the right bolt pattern, is anything swappable?

...and the wheels I want do have a cap. They are 4/5x114.3.

 

would the new xBs hub be similar to the tC?

 

for now getting wheels filled and re-drilled is the best option. i was quoted $75 per wheel locally. add another $20 to dismount, remount, & balance the tire.

i'd like to see if the wheel hub assembly from a Camry or other FWD 2azfe powered Toyota (new xB, rav4, etc) would fit. it would be a bolt-on swap also requiring new 5x114.3 rotors (assuming the same diameter is available).

This is the wheel hub I'm taking about



Ron Tonkin Parts (SL sponsor?) sells the front Camry hub for $90 each (item 2 in the diagram below).


A fully assembled hub assembly (with bearings and studs pressed in) can cost $150-200 each. Factor in new rotors and it becomes an expensive experiment.
So who's gonna try it? LOL

 

Oh it requires new brakes too? Damn, that sucks, shows what I know. Surely there is a totaled Camry sitting in a junkyard somewhere...

$300 for drilling the wheels doesn't sound too bad.

 

yeah new brakes, should probably be about 3k to do it properly

 

Probably be easier to stick with 5x100 wheels instead of the 5x114... I'm just saying...

 

pssh, i'd so rock 5x114.3 if i could afford it. such a better selection of wheels

 

I don't have much choice in bolt pattern when it comes to out of production wheels.

 

wouldn't it have been easier to get a car with a 5x114 bolt pattern if that's the case? I mean spending like 3k plus just to get that bolt pattern is dumb...

 

which is why i said if i could afford it i'd do it. i love my car, i bought it for a reason, if i wanted another car i would have bought it, buying a car around bcp is retarded

 

I hope the next TC is 5x114