Anyone done a 5-lug conversion

SedanMan

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2002 LX
I need to know from firsthand experience if the latteral links need to be changed when doing a 5-lug conversion. I've read that they do, but I just don't see why they would need to change.

So has anyone swapped out their rear drums for 5-bolt disc brakes and kept their rear subframe intact?
 
Like I said on CPQ:

The arms are just a TAD different, just enough to NOT fit properly. You CAN swap the 5-lugs arms but it's easier to swap the entire subframe.

I swapped the subframe AND have removed the arms to anodised and paint all the stuff. Trust me, if you can live with a (bit) dirty subframe/arms, just swap the subframe. However, if you are a chirurgical freek like me, well, you know what to do.
 
That's what I'm going to do.(get a new subframe) It's just that only guys on the CPQ were saying the latteral links needed to be changed so I was hoping you were incorrect. But it seems no one else has done it or is willing to talk about it hehehe.
 
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