easiest thing would be to find a wrecked Avalon. Im guessing the reason no one has done it is price.

 

try the 09 tc, they are 5x114 and bolt on to ours. not cheap by any means. theres also conversion spacers you can get, also not cheap

 

Crap! it just hit me that we will have to change our rotors as well and thats all i can think of.

 

Project Kics (macklin industries) makes a 15mm 5x100 to 5x114.3 conversion. I used them and had no problems.

http://www.mackinindustries.com/wm/kics/widethreadspacer.html

 

JT said he doesnt want to use spacers.
Its definitely a plus to upgrade to 5x114 because 5x100 is so limited on wheel selection.
Unless you have wheels with spacing on the back hub to clear the oem studs youll need a minimum of 25mm to clear the oem studs to have a flat mounting surface for the hub of a wheel.
25mm is a full inch, which can change the physical appearance of a wheel( lip size, concavity) by needing to run a higher offset to make up for the spacer.
Plus i wouldnt want to shave off my oem studs to fit 15mm spacer/adapters. just to fit wheels.

 

I dont think that there is a suitable swap otherwise some one would have done it already

 

sounds like 09+ scion tc or 08+ scion xb may be your best bet. you'll probably need the knuckle, calipers, rotors, maybe a custom ebrake.

 

If the rotors are a different diameter you will have to consider an adapter for the caliper.

If you find out that the rotors are the same size then i would see if you can just have the solara, avalon or camry hub pressed into our knuckles.
Then you would avoid trying to make the whole knuckle fit, and the clearance issues with it.

 

you can get the project kics in a 10mm conversion. I used a 15mm due to my wheel fitment.

 

well 09 tc are same break setup as ours, you can interchange hubs/rotors from what i know. im gonna try and find a wrecked 09 tc and swap things out....only difference is the mounting holes and shape of the back of the knuckle i think....

 

if there is enough meat on the hubs just have em re drilled and studs pressed in.

 

if there is enough meat on the hubs just have em re drilled and studs presse

Well then u will have to drill your rotors as well for the new pattern but it may work but dont know if it is possible. Less work from what it seems but will it be safe?

 

^thats how my friends do it.

 

Well I tried looking for some pics and i found couple in the install guide for the front and rear. I dont see why we cant redrill the hub and rotor the but then i dont know if their is a downside to it :marky:

Rear

Front
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Doesn't look like the hub is large enough, exspecially in the front.

 

Doesn't look like the hub is large enough, exspecially in the front

this is exactly why im gonna try and retrofit the TC ones onto the celica

 

if you're gonna retrofit might as well go big and do a tundra hub/brake swap :

 

go big and do a tundra hub/brake swap

FAWK THAT! thats just insane, the calipers wouldnt fit :laugh: im not going for the break swap, im going for a hub swap!:eslap:

 

alex you said fawk trying to get the tc hubs to fit. we talked about that!!!! lol

 

Check the diameters of the rotors to see if they are the same.

Get a bare celica hub and a bare avalon hub and match the spindles to see if you can press the Avalon 5x114.3 hub to the celica knuckle.

HUB:

Knuckle

If the hubs match and only the bolt patter is different you shouldnt have a problem. You can have AUTOZONE even pull both out and look at it there, or even NAPA.

good luck, let me know if that'll work.

 

Oh 1 other thing, you can buy brand new celica hubs and find a wheel shop to drill 5x114.3 lol ghetto but its also an answer.

like this guy. Good luck finding rotors. TEST TEST TEST TEST. Definition of R & D.

 

Why not just redrill the rotor like u would to the hub? :

 

then use my second suggestion and find another vehicle with either a larger hub to weld and re-drill...or another vehicle with an identical hub diameter.

 

Uhhh.... errr.... I choose LIFE. Lol

 

u kno with the amount of money spent you'd probably be able to custom order wheels the exact way you want it.

itll be A LOT safer too... LOL

 

True but there are special cases for different wheels.
For example, I have custom 18x9.5 nt03s in 5x100 which were only made in 5x114/120 but enkei can only produce custom wheels in bulk of 10 sets and i just happened to get them in a group buy.
But yea id rather hub swap then have 40 wheels.

 

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How about a matrix, thought they are 5x114?

 

Ok maybe not a matrix...

AVALON 95-97 5X114.3
CAMRY 92-on 14 X 6 5X114.3
CAMRY SOLARA 99-on 5X114.3
RAV4 00-on 16 X 7 5X114.3

 

Why the hell just not get a converting spacer????????