I'm having fun with my 4x100 conversion right now

[Hazwan]

wat






Welllll its not mounted yet. I still gotta get my conversion parts tomorrow

Also, inb4

[MessyHonda]

lower!

[Hazwan]

OH SHII!

[MessyHonda]

love it

[79cord]

Exciting. Drums on.
Bet you won't be able to resist painting them another colour.

[Hazwan]

Yup 2nd gen Civic drums bolted right up. I don't even have to swap the whole assembly. I'll get more pictures soon.

[2ndGenGuy]

AWESOME! Now what are you going to do about the fronts? What size are those wheels? 15x6? Know the offset?

[Legend_master]

You know I'm always a fan of your ride, but the red wheels look terrible IMO. The style fits well, just not a fan of the color. Besides that, the 4x100 conversion is going to allow for SOOO many wheel options!

[2ndGenGuy]

I was assuming he was going to paint them after he got them fitted...

[obdriver6]

NICE!!!..... but need different color!

[Dr_Snooz]

Looking good Haz!

[Hazwan]

Its not staying red, thats for sure haha! But FFUUUUUUUUUUUUU apparently the 2g Civic drums didn't work as well as I hoped. I'll get pics up later to show whats up. Looks like im gonna have to swap the whole drum assembly now. Sucks that I had all new parts on my old drum (N)

BTW The wheels are 15x6.5 +38 offset (same as my old wheels) with 195/50/15 tires. They barely clears my spring perches and arches

I have 1g Prelude hubs swapped into my old spindle and reusing my old bearings as they're pretty new (and I'm being cheap). Reused my old calipers even. I'll get pics up as soon as I can!

[79cord]

Red wheels would still look interesting for a while.
Adding bolts to the prelude hubs? 1g Preludes were the only Honda to use wheel bolts (like VW) rather than nuts.
Also '79-80 model year Preludes had different driveshaft splines (like most 1g Accord) to '81-82 (like most 2g Accord) for those who mightn't know.

I've had 15x6.5 +38 offset & 195 tyres on mine too... Individual tyre brand/shape starts to become important to fit at the back.

[Hazwan]

Car is on the ground at the moment and drives fine. My brakes are a little spongy but its prob requires another bleed or something. I could hear something grinding, sounds like my pads having a sexy time with the rotors :p I reused the junkyard rusted out condition rotors after a quick clean up with a wire brush LOL I am too cheap to get them turned, besides I'm gonna upgrade them to EF/EG brakes for the front sometime soon, so why waste my money on the current stuffs?

Some quick pics before I post up the detailed info with the swap





81 Accord spindles with 79-80 Lude hubs (reused my old bearings as they're brand new)


Installed


81 Accord caliper, 80 Lude rotor. Fucking lug bolts!



2g Civic (idk the year?) drum


Two additional holes drilled as they won't line up with the Accord holes


Sorry for lack of better pics. I was in a hurry to get my car done for tonight's meet (N)

[lostscotiaguy]

Why do I picture these rims with a flat black paint job? I know you're not getting any fans of the red on those rims, but they make me imagine an Accord "Rat Rod" and they ARE cool rims, especially if you had some Honda center caps on em. I wish I had the guts and the resources to mess with my wheels and open up a bigger field of rim choices but in the meantime I'm stuck with the factory set up. I've considered painting them a nice glossy black, or even just "Dipping" them. Throw in some new chrome trim rings and I think they'd look pretty good. The factory finish on the factory rims is pretty cool in itself, (I like that glossy brushed aluminum look) but sadly (at least on mine) it's seen better days and I imagine it would cost quite a pretty penny to get them redone. Anyone here ever done that?

[SylusMk2]

LOVE this car ....on a scale from 1 to 10 how hard was this swap? i wanna get a set of DR20s for mine and i hear spacers are a bad idea

[Hazwan]

Why do I picture these rims with a flat black paint job? I know you're not getting any fans of the red on those rims, but they make me imagine an Accord "Rat Rod" and they ARE cool rims, especially if you had some Honda center caps on em. I wish I had the guts and the resources to mess with my wheels and open up a bigger field of rim choices but in the meantime I'm stuck with the factory set up. I've considered painting them a nice glossy black, or even just "Dipping" them. Throw in some new chrome trim rings and I think they'd look pretty good. The factory finish on the factory rims is pretty cool in itself, (I like that glossy brushed aluminum look) but sadly (at least on mine) it's seen better days and I imagine it would cost quite a pretty penny to get them redone. Anyone here ever done that?

I have some random center caps that I'm gonna put a H logo on, something like this:

LOVE this car ....on a scale from 1 to 10 how hard was this swap? i wanna get a set of DR20s for mine and i hear spacers are a bad idea

I'd say about 3-4 if you have the proper tools for it. They are pretty easy to do. I wish that I took more step by step pics >< The hardest part would be getting the axle nut off and pressing in the hubs, which I got them done at the shop. Rear drums are just the matter of drilling the extra 2 holes so the holes would line up. The cables and all line up perfectly (Y) Oh and putting the shoes and springs back on was kinda fun too :p Make sure to do one at a time so you can refer to the other side just in case you forgot and mess something up haha!

Make sure that your new prelude/civic hubs works with your current axles first! Bring your current axle to the junkyard and play around with them. Theres 81-82 and 79-80 Prelude and they both have different driveshaft splines.

[SylusMk2]

thanks for the heads up! im defanetly gonna be doing this swap how about price? i was just gonna do adapters and they would come out to $200

[79cord]

Looking good!
If you get 1g Prelude or 2g Civic front hubs, might as well get matching rear drums so they are both either bolts or nuts (you will need new nuts anyway as they are different thread to Accord).
You didn't say which Prelude hubs you got Hazwan. Either Prelude hubs will work if you also get their matching driveshafts.

If you're making them why not get the Low-wide 'H' of the early Honda just for something a little different. I cut mine from red reflective tape so they really stand out when light shines upon them.

[Hazwan]

thanks for the heads up! im defanetly gonna be doing this swap how about price? i was just gonna do adapters and they would come out to $200

Don't bother with adapters, this is the chance for you to upgrade your brakes while you're at it if you want to, besides I only spent close to US$150 for the front and rear + pressing the hubs. Your price might vary but I'm pretty sure they won't cost as much as the adapters itself.

Looking good!
If you get 1g Prelude or 2g Civic front hubs, might as well get matching rear drums so they are both either bolts or nuts (you will need new nuts anyway as they are different thread to Accord).
You didn't say which Prelude hubs you got Hazwan. Either Prelude hubs will work if you also get their matching driveshafts.

If you're making them why not get the Low-wide 'H' of the early Honda just for something a little different. I cut mine from red reflective tape so they really stand out when light shines upon them.

Yeah they don't have any Civic hubs in stock so I was like eff that I'll just deal with the lug bolts instead I've got the early lude hubs and reused my driveshafts (Y) My advice is use the early lude or 2g Civic? hubs so you don't have you to replace the driveshafts too.

What exactly I used on this swap:

• 79-80 Prelude front hubs
• 79-80 Prelude rotors
• 81 Accord calipers (reused)
• 81 Accord bearings (front and rears) and driveshafts (reused)
• Complete 2g Civic (unsure of the year) rear drum assembly

Reused the bearings as mine are new and much better than the prelude and civic ones that came with them

[SylusMk2]

thanks a million! gonna start looking in junkyards for parts this week

[Hazwan]

Do it up! And be sure to post up a lot of pics

[SylusMk2]

Do it up! And be sure to post up a lot of pics

TONS! lol

[79cord]

Don't forget the 2nd gen Prelude rear disc option as well with only a little more work making adaptors for the handbrake cable;
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/205197...-accord/page-3

[Hazwan]

I was gonna do the rear disk too but too bad they don't have any in stock. Preludes are hard to come by here

But here are some PICS of the car on the ground. No issues so far aside from a slight rubbing noise up front from my rusty rotor + old pads