Silentoreo34

Alright so I've searched around and found a few ppl running the eBay 5 lug on their S13's and have had good luck with them. I've just been wondering how long people have been riding on them and what kind of driving they have been doing and how they have been holding up. Track, dd-ing, etc.

I know the whole oem thing is best and I've seen/heard too many horror stories about ichiba such as failing after a week and so on. I was also looking into drop engineering 5 lug swap which is retail $500 but a local shop can get them about what used oem 5 lug hubs cost here. These drop engineering also have a "no questions ask warrenty" with limited lifetime warrenty which is amazing because I will be using my car for a dd/weekend warrior.

so basically its between spend $210 or $400 for lifetime warrenty hubs. I already know your all going say don't be a cheap a** and get the ones with lifetime warrenty ones. Just trying to get some more feedback what everyone is running/how long they have been running/the type of driving they are putting them through.

Any input is appreciated and I thank you in advance.

irax

Even OEM equipment doesn't have a No Questions Asked warranty.. and there is a reason why. Everything is designed to fail. If those $210 hubs last you 2 years before they start to go out on your car, and it is slammed as fuck with some nasty -4 degrees of camber, then you got a lot out of it. But if your car is mildly stock, and those hubs last you 10 years then you won.

I saw some one had for sale J30 hubs that were machined to fit S13 bearings, I would go with that honestly.

Seriously, just get the cheaper ones unless spending an extra 190 bucks will help you sleep at night.

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Silentoreo34

I also saw those J30 hubs machined and was thinking about it.

The biggest thing that worries me is that I don't want something like to happen when i'm at a track X amount of hours from home. I understand thats apart of the car game and such but I also would like to do everything I can to not have things fail while being away from home. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and spend the extra $190 to sleep at night, but still would like so more feedback. Still have a few weeks before I need to pick.

Butcher240sx

I bought a set of ichiba rear 5 lug hubs with bearings for my hatch on Amazon, now 6 months later the right side bearing has play. The OEM bearings are obviously and visibly higher quality. I was going to buy OEM bearings and have them pressed on the S14 5 lug I already had on the car, but I couldn't afford any down time. I will be going to Nissan for a replacement bearing soon. I would suggest dropping the Cash for the stuff with the Nissan part number on it. Factory lasts.

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JDMRIDDAZ

i had them on my coupe for a 1 1/2 yrs with no issues
they handle a manji very well lol

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Silentoreo34

Can I ask you what kind of driving they took?

Same question to you. What kind of driving you putting on these.

Silentoreo34

Any more feedback from anyone?

nujabe

i have the s14 front ebay hubs no problems been on my car for a few months.. no problems.. super happy with them.

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RickyS13.

Bought brand new rear 5 lug from ebay and my left went out after about 6 months and the other one a year and a half later. Switched to S14 5 lug and I haven't had a problem since which is weird for them being super old but yes, factory lasts. This is on a daily driven car no track whatsoever.

Silentoreo34

Did the whole hub fail or the bearing?

Butcher240sx

I daily drive my car about 25 miles a day to work and back. Occasional drifting and the roads in Houston suck pretty bad where I live. Still shouldn't have play in a bearing that quick.find me 10 stories abort eBay hubs lasting two years, and ill find ten about them failing In six months. OEM lasts. If I remember correctly, the fronts are a sealed bearing. Sealed bearings usually last longer. The rears are an open design.

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Silentoreo34

Okay so I talk to drop engineering which is mishimoto and they are stopping the whole drop engineering product line. Looks like i'm gonna go ebay.

I'll let you guys know how they are I myself with be daily driving and drifting see how fast I can break them.

Lugged

any reason to why they are dropping their line? just curious

benarovi

get the ebay. good deal. they dropped the price recently though. now it doesnt say uses oem bearings. i purchased mine over a year ago for 300 ebay called meijiperformance. said they used oem bearings. there awsome no complaints. i made a thread on it actually here and lots of people said over years of experience with them no problems. hope this helps.

Silentoreo34

They stop doing it because no one really knew about probably not selling enough.

Yeah I ordered the one from the other person probably same thing imo "oem bearings" I'll see how they are. If break them I'll buy more so cheap.

Silentoreo34

I know i'm kinda bringing up a old-ish thread but I just noticed the ebay 5 lug jumped in price.

d_nice

well i seen front and rear ebay 5 lug for 210 on ebay. its their and let me know how it come out for u one u get it

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ebay hubs here no issue

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fckillerbee

buddy has been tracking the car for 6 months with no issues. Another buddy just put them on his drift cah. I'm running the fronts on my daily. we'll see how well they hold up before I have to switch to OEM.

Banana_Cute

Doesnt ebay hubs COMES with OEM bearings? And isnt that what most of you guys and gals are concerned about?

And remember, EBAY is just a store.

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s13rhdhatch

I bought ebay 5 lug front and rear step of last year,they sent me ichiba fronts and ebay for the rear.I still have them on my car with no issues.

dragonbreath

No. They come with OEM style bearings. New Nissan wheel bearings are about $180 a piece.

They just throw in that word to make it more appealing, when in reality many people mistake that for actual Nissan bearings.

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Banana_Cute

I read "USING OEM BEARINGS", but nothing that says "OEM STYLE BEARINGS"

my source.
WHEEL FRONT HUB BEARING 5-LUG CONVERSION 240SX S13 SILVIA CONVERT S14 300ZX | eBay

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95_S14

Your a dumbass ! 180 really more like 105 with tax I paid 95 each with tax like 103

Silentoreo34

So from all this info i'm gonna take it as ebay hubs are worth the money.

Banana_Cute

Yes, EBAY hubs arent made out of plastic. It is made with probably the same material as all the aftermarket hub conversion out there.

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dragonbreath

I promise they are not Nissan bearings. Tell me how they will sell the rear hubs with bearings for the price of 1 rear Nissan bearing?

Excuse me, I was working off of memory. Courtesy Parts list them for $120 a piece for the rears.

The EBay/Ichiba hubs from what I have read are pretty hit and miss. The concern seems to be in the quality of the bearing. The cheapest route that would offer me peace of mind would be to get the hubs from where ever and replace the bearings with Nissan or Timken bearings.

Of course with the exception of used s14 stuff.

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Silentoreo34

Well from what I've seen ebay are better than Ichiba. Ichiba seems to fail 90% of the time.

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Ebay vs OEM. OEM is roughly $400 for the front from what i remember. If you cheap out and go EBAY/Generic is it really worth taking the risk that it will fail on you just to have you pull them off and then buy oem stuff? If your ok with that, then take the risk on saving ~$200 and not knowing if they will go out on you or not.

Croustibat

We are not talking about shiney items here.

A copy wheel bearing ? What do you think happens when it gets loose and you are on a track or anywhere driving 60mph+ ?

There arent many people who lived after losing control of their car at that kind of speed, or losing a wheel ... and when they do, the repair bill is a lot higher than 200$.