Fitting Kit for new alloys

[bez101]

Nope - you cannot adapt 57.1mm wheel to fit a 66.mm spigot. You can only do the reverse

my reply was to your post

hub adaptors are spacers aswell so my reply was base on the fact it can be done you just have to get wheels with a high offset and hub adaptors to match.

[zollaf]

you could also give the wheels to someone with a big enough lathe and get them to make the bores bigger.

[sportq]

Nope - you cannot adapt 57.1mm wheel to fit a 66.mm spigot. You can only do the reverse - ie use newer wheels on older B7 (and before) cars.

Uh, yes you can 'cos I've done it. A local machine shop bored the hole out in under an hour. I'm not sure about fitting the newer alloys (with a bigger hole for the hub) on an older hub is a good idea as whilst it would fit, the boss on the hub is used to centre the wheel, you'd need a spacer and I've heard stories of these shearing.

Pete

[neilos100]

Of course you could indeed go that way...but I think it would concern me that almost a centimeter of metal is being removed from the wheel. Could just imagining ne insurance companies having a field day with this...let alone the weakening of the wheel rim that has been specifically designed to precise tolerances.
I use 66 mm on a my a6 which has 57mm hubs with no issues...just need spigot rings to drop the size down and ensure correct centering.
Neil

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[sportq]

Of course you could indeed go that way...but I think it would concern me that almost a centimeter of metal is being removed from the wheel. Could just imagining ne insurance companies having a field day with this...let alone the weakening of the wheel rim that has been specifically designed to precise tolerances.
I use 66 mm on a my a6 which has 57mm hubs with no issues...just need spigot rings to drop the size down and ensure correct centering.
Neil

There's actually very little metal removed as you don't need to bore all the way through the hole, just enough to accomodate the boss on the hub face, about 6mm deep by 4.5mm wide if I recall correctly. I was told by several places to avoid spigots/spacers and get them machined properly, I appreciate you can't do that if the hub is smaller than the centre hole on the alloy though.

Isn't an insurance company is far more likely to notice and query a non-original spigot than a 4.5mm difference in a genuine alloy wheel hole?

Pete