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01tj · 02-09-2009, 03:43 PM

bought a waggy 44 for my tj and im wantin to make my 8.8 match my 44. Is there some adpaters out there that change 5 on 4.5 to 6 on 5.5 that is not a 2 peice? Ive been lookin for a while let me know if anyone has found anything cuz i dont really wanna get shafts but might have to break down and buy em if i cant find another solution

y2knole · 02-09-2009, 04:48 PM

superior c-clip eliminator set, and get axles however you want em...

BUILTnotBOT · 02-09-2009, 09:16 PM

or just eliminator kit (comes with 5x5.5 lug pattern) and do the 5x5.5 swap on the waggy. thats what i did

iwishihad1 · 02-10-2009, 04:31 AM

adapt it usa makes a set of adapters. i was in your same boat. with that pair of axles, and getting the lug pattern to match. the way i saw it

convert the waggy 44 to 5X5.5. which would be about 200 in parts, and then still need some adapters to make the 8.8 5X4.5 to 5X5.5, which was another 100.

or buy the adaptitusa adapters for 200. it saved me 100 bucks, and was a lot easier the converting the waggy 44 to 5 lug, and either way youll need new wheels

01tj · 02-10-2009, 08:05 AM

thanks iwishihad1. ive thought about changin over to 5 lug but in the long run it would be easier to find parts if i just changed it over to 6 lug. im about to check out adaptitusa now

Alfred W. · 02-10-2009, 10:23 AM

Just get new alloy axles in the bolt pattern you want, It's not like they cost eleventy billion dollars. Then you'd have matching fronts and rears and no fuckin adaptors.

01tj · 02-10-2009, 10:34 AM

im goin to have to get shafts then cuz the adapters are 2 peice and they are 2 inchs on each side

billybadass411 · 02-10-2009, 11:31 AM

If you get shafts I would like to know who you have build them. I would like to buy a set as well. I have no Idea how much it would cost.

I just did the same swap and I have the 2 piece wheel adapters. I don't trust them with 37 inch tires.

I think switching the front over to 5 lug might cost as much as a set of custom shafts, especially if you have to get new rims.

BUILTnotBOT · 02-10-2009, 04:26 PM

the one downfall to five lug is finding rims. The toyota six lug is so common its insane. But Im still glad i went five though....

01tj · 02-10-2009, 06:20 PM

well i called dutchman motorsports and they had some with bearings and all for right at 400 bucks. i also called alloy usa but the person i talked to didnt help to much. they asked me if i knew they sold 6 lug 8.8 shafts or not. but im thinkin i might just goto 5 on 5.5

01tj · 02-10-2009, 08:26 PM

well i got a deal on all my ford hubs and stuff so it looks like ill be goin that root

02-09-2009, 03:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
01tj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99310 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 250	8.8 to 6 lug bought a waggy 44 for my tj and im wantin to make my 8.8 match my 44. Is there some adpaters out there that change 5 on 4.5 to 6 on 5.5 that is not a 2 peice? Ive been lookin for a while let me know if anyone has found anything cuz i dont really wanna get shafts but might have to break down and buy em if i cant find another solution __________________ 2001 TJ on Reds

02-09-2009, 09:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
BUILTnotBOT Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99982 Location: She1ton, WA Posts: 210	or just eliminator kit (comes with 5x5.5 lug pattern) and do the 5x5.5 swap on the waggy. thats what i did __________________ 90'YJ 258 1tons np435 d300

02-10-2009, 08:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
01tj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99310 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 250	thanks iwishihad1. ive thought about changin over to 5 lug but in the long run it would be easier to find parts if i just changed it over to 6 lug. im about to check out adaptitusa now __________________ 2001 TJ on Reds

02-10-2009, 10:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Alfred W. Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Member # 59753 Posts: 1,300	Just get new alloy axles in the bolt pattern you want, It's not like they cost eleventy billion dollars. Then you'd have matching fronts and rears and no fuckin adaptors. __________________ [QUOTE=ChevyGal;9752200]I personally think it's cool Janet Reno likes to wheel. :)[/QUOTE] Last edited by Alfred W.; 02-10-2009 at 10:23 AM.

02-10-2009, 10:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
01tj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99310 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 250	im goin to have to get shafts then cuz the adapters are 2 peice and they are 2 inchs on each side __________________ 2001 TJ on Reds

02-09-2009, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
y2knole Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 87845 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 1,175	superior c-clip eliminator set, and get axles however you want em...

02-10-2009, 04:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
iwishihad1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99055 Posts: 792	adapt it usa makes a set of adapters. i was in your same boat. with that pair of axles, and getting the lug pattern to match. the way i saw it convert the waggy 44 to 5X5.5. which would be about 200 in parts, and then still need some adapters to make the 8.8 5X4.5 to 5X5.5, which was another 100. or buy the adaptitusa adapters for 200. it saved me 100 bucks, and was a lot easier the converting the waggy 44 to 5 lug, and either way youll need new wheels

02-10-2009, 11:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
billybadass411 Wheeler Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 84882 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 418	If you get shafts I would like to know who you have build them. I would like to buy a set as well. I have no Idea how much it would cost. I just did the same swap and I have the 2 piece wheel adapters. I don't trust them with 37 inch tires. I think switching the front over to 5 lug might cost as much as a set of custom shafts, especially if you have to get new rims.

02-10-2009, 04:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
BUILTnotBOT Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99982 Location: She1ton, WA Posts: 210	the one downfall to five lug is finding rims. The toyota six lug is so common its insane. But Im still glad i went five though.... __________________ 90'YJ 258 1tons np435 d300

02-10-2009, 06:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
01tj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99310 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 250	well i called dutchman motorsports and they had some with bearings and all for right at 400 bucks. i also called alloy usa but the person i talked to didnt help to much. they asked me if i knew they sold 6 lug 8.8 shafts or not. but im thinkin i might just goto 5 on 5.5 __________________ 2001 TJ on Reds

02-10-2009, 08:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
01tj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99310 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 250	well i got a deal on all my ford hubs and stuff so it looks like ill be goin that root __________________ 2001 TJ on Reds

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