Brake Hub help please! Sbp to bbp

/72Scamp said

Hi guys. I have a 69 valiant 2 dr post with sbp disks up front. Previous owner put on wheel adapters to run bbp wheels. I never realized it when putting my current setup on. Currently running 215/65/15 up front with cooper Cobras on 15x7 cop wheels.I finally got the car to sit how I want and got an alignment and now my tires rub the fender. Just on the way home from work I gouged my tire up bad and bent my lower rear section of my front fender. Seeing I already have a disk setup can I just buy a late model a body 5x4.5 hub as a direct replacement? Or will I have to do other things also to get my wheels on without the adapter. Without the adapter the wheels will clear the fender no problem. My local Napa or sanel carries them for short money compared to other brands out there. Any help would be extremely helpful.

Thanks guys.

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if you have disc brakes now but they are SBP, just take the hub/rotor to a machine shop, get some screw in studs from jegs or summit drop em off and tell them you want 4.5 on 5 bolt pattern drilled with screw in studs. that way you don't lose your alignment and you get rid of the adapters/spacers(if they are billet you can probably sell them for most of the cost of drilling your hubs/rotors.) mine were done for under 30 bucks but I didn't have to drill the rotors either just the hubs. I went the scarebird way and am glad I did.


before the drilling

after with rotors on





these 2 dart will be # 7 & 8 that I have converted to the scarebird way. braking has been awesome and yes 2 of the cars have had brake pads done after 25k to check on wear and how a chevy rotor is holding up on a BB 440 65 satellite that gets abused regularly:D oops I mean driven.


they even have a paper pattern you can get or make and drill the hubs your self if you can't find anyone to do the drilling for you.