wheel adaptors

[megaladon6]

does skulte still make custom adapters? and how good is motorsport-tech? http://www.motorsport-tech.com/wheel_adapters.html or is there someone else who makes good ones wheel and hub-centric?

[krh]

I ran into the problem of even getting a returned call from skulte. I did a order with motorsports took a little longer to get than they said but they did make what I needed and the look like quality stuff I am not a expert at all but I am pleased .

[b-man]

I bought a pair from Motorsport Tech. They looked to be well-made.

However these guys don't have a clue as to the bolt patterns or centerbore sizes used on our older American cars. Their website is all screwed-up and calls out the wrong bolt patterns for some of the older GM A and F-bodies which are the same, same goes with centerbore sizes.

I had a guy there telling me that a '68 Firebird had a couple of different centerbore sizes and I know that they are all the same.

I had to give them my centerbore measurement over the phone and they still screwed up, making the centerbore on my hub-centric adapters the exact same size as the hub instead of providing some clearance so they could go on the hub. Had to send them back for rework and when I got them back some of the studs were loose from the rework job. They had knocked them out with a hammer or press and put them back in half-assed.

I won't use them again for adapters.

[nicks67camaro]

I have the motorsport tech adapters. I followed the online order process and they were perfect.

[86Cutlass383SR]

Here's some other companies that I was considering buying from. They may help you out. Anyone use these or have comments on?

http://adaptitusa.com/index.asp

http://performancewheel.com/spacers....egory=6&gacid=

[RYU]

I've bought from performance wheel. Good experience. They're website is good enough where you can customize your order in pretty good detail, however to specify inner bore size you might need to call them.

I got a 1.5" thick 5x4.75 to a 5x114 bolt pattern F and R 1.75" thick.

[Project69]

Got mine from some ebay company for my 69 when I ran 17x9.5 C5 Z06 wheels all around. Never had a problem and they were 2" thick.

[Apogee]

Here's some other companies that I was considering buying from. They may help you out. Anyone use these or have comments on?

http://adaptitusa.com/index.asp
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My experience with Motorsport Tech was my first and my last with them. Fast and loose doesn't even begin to describe it. Not sure how you mess up a wheel adapter when every critical dimension was specified with tolerances and everything, but they did...no real engineering design expertise behind them IMHO. After-the-sale support was about as bad as it can get, ultimately leading to a reversal of credit card charges and a long, hard consideration of filing a comlaint with the BBB.

I've spoken to one of the individuals associated with AdaptitUSA and they don't offer any real options or customization on their adapters beyond what you see on the site. They are not hub-centric, so the center bores are oversized and you cannot get an outer lip, torque ring, or custom wheel stud size added. I was told that they were striving for maximum compatibility and lowest price, so that's their target audience.

A lot of the truck guys I've dealt with run the EZ-Accesory stuff off of Ebay. I don't have any personal experience with them, but they look similar to the Adaptit's.

No manufacturer that I'm aware of except for H&R (who does not make customs) includes torque rings or pockets of any kind to aid in maintaining lug nut torque. We've made some really nice adapters for ourselves and a few of our customers, but can't compete with the likes of the companies mentioned above on price. I wish we could as I see a market for it, but not as long as there are other companies selling them for less than we can make them for.

Tobin
KORE3

[Tony_SS]

Ive delt with ez-accessory. service was good but I wasn't thrilled about their product. I broke a bolt (my fault for over-torque) but the main issue I had a wobble using their adapters and thats the reason why I'll never run any adapters again.