What Do I Need to Run R Wheels??

[galaxy]

Sorry if this has been beat up, but I couldn't find any info for the rear. I know I need R hubs (or really just longer studs, but the whole hub makes life easier) for the front, but what needs to be done to the rear of a non-R car to run R wheels? Aren't there some differences there with stud length?

Any price estimates? How mush are R hubs? What ballpark figure would a conversion run$$??? Thanks guys.

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[Shift]

No need to run R hubs unless you're specifically running the CF wheels. You can make aftermarket wheels to R spec widths and use your stock hubs.

I'm running aftermarket 19x11 front's and 19x11.5 rears on my GT350.

 

[galaxy]

Almost true. The Vibe forged R replica wheels are not going to work on the non-R car, sorta. This is considering they were attempting to make the wheel mount up as an exact replica, thus the stock lug nuts would press against the face of the wheel, thus making it all but an exact replica. Thus, necessitating R studs to make it work, from how was explained. I spent the afternoon on the phone with Jake from Vibe about what they've got going on. They're looking into plan B to make the wheels work (recessed lugs as in most likely what you are referring to), but it will be without the lug mated against the face of the wheel to perfectly mimic the stock R wheel. I hope that all made sense.

So, as to my original question, now you can see why I asked and why, yes, I will need R parts to make that wheel work if I want the exact replica. I get the hubs for the front, but a quick search didn’t really turn up anything on the rear. But apparently the rears are different on the R as well as the front.

 

[icormba]

Almost true. The Vibe forged R replica wheels are not going to work on the non-R car, sorta. This is considering they were attempting to make the wheel mount up as an exact replica, thus the stock lug nuts would press against the face of the wheel, thus making it all but an exact replica. Thus, necessitating R studs to make it work, from how was explained. I spent the afternoon on the phone with Jake from Vibe about what they've got going on. They're looking into plan B to make the wheels work (recessed lugs as in most likely what you are referring to), but it will be without the lug mated against the face of the wheel to perfectly mimic the stock R wheel. I hope that all made sense.

So, as to my original question, now you can see why I asked and why, yes, I will need R parts to make that wheel work if I want the exact replica. I get the hubs for the front, but a quick search didn’t really turn up anything on the rear. But apparently the rears are different on the R as well as the front.

Jessie (@raiderjatt02) only had to do the R hubs on the front and I do not think he needed to change the rear hubs at all. However, he is running 305 square so I don't know if that matters? also note, Jake did say that a local GT350 had trouble with rear fitment, which is odd because I thought the rear hubs where the same on both the GT350 and R?

 

[Tomster]

I believe the ford part numbers are different, but the standard 350 hub will accept the rear CF wheels. You will need longer studs or R hubs for the front. MSI makes great stuff if you go the stud route.

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