I have read that you can drill the hubs and other various ways to jimmy rig them into 5 or 6 lug pattern but my question is "What hubs are available that will match up?"

 

Are there none? Is that why there is all the talk about "fixing" them to work. I don't plan to make my brat into a 4x4 machine, just a daily driver and would like to sport up the wheels a bit.

 

Any hubs work from any different models?

 

Thanks!

Nope - that's why we modify.

 

GD

hmmm...

 

I was reading in the conversion manual (USRM) that a XT6 or Imprezza will work but I am unsure as to whether those vehicles will work with a Brat.

 

Has anyone who owns a EA81 Brat done the conversion by swapping out the front ends?

 

(off topic) How about rear disc brake conversion...anyone done that with the Brat?

 

Thanks!

Rear discs are no problem - they will bolt straight on - either 4 lug or 5 lug. I have EA82 turbo 4 lug rear discs on mine in fact.

 

The front is quite a bit different - people have done the 5 lug conversion, but it requires fabrication skills beyond what most people have, and also requires custom axles be made.

 

EA81 series vehicles, including the Brat, are narrower than later models, and as such many related problems have to be dealt with in order to mount anything different to the front.

 

GD