'86 951 Center-Lock Conversion
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^Studs are not tapered, which makes no sense. If the wheel bottoms out on the hex flange of each stud, that is a terrible design. It would never sit right. If the wheels really do bottom out on the hub, then I imagine the hexagonal shape would beat up the lug bores pretty good.
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Personally I've never understood why people bother machining older wheels - they are already fatigued. If you're going through the trouble, start with a fresh forged cylinder.
To do it properly you'd need custom hubs and spindles. Easiest would be designing them to fit already-in-production wheel. Probably 20k at that point. Add 10k if you want ground-up custom Phonedials.
You could use 924 GTR parts, don't think they would mate up to the pick up points though. I think they used 935 hubs.
As I implied before, it isn't a functional modification unless you have all the tools to make it work correctly. Air jacks too.
Otherwise it is just a cosmetic mod that is a serious PITA to work with.
In the 80's they made a centercaps for Porsches that basically looked like a giant nut.
If you still really want centerlocks, I suggest you head over to Pelican and do a search. Some of the 911 guys have used adapters and such, or sourced new hubs.
Last edited by FrenchToast; 01-14-2017 at 03:47 PM.