im thinking sell the rims you got to get enough to buy ones the right size!, simple enough (and that way you dont use honda parts "cringe")

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I'd bet a Honda is the place to look. Just about every Honda from 1980-1993~ used the 4x100 rear drums. One is bound to be close enough.

Sorry, didn't know 4.5 wheels were called 114mm in Australia. In the US we talk metric if that's how it was made, or inches if it was made to the old measurements. Many US cars have metric bolt-patterns.

I doubt if your're going to find any Nissan axles to fit the 4x100 ... all the rwd Nissan cars were 4x4.5.

Maybe Mazda axles might work ... the Mazda 808 used the same axle housing as the 1200, but I'm pretty sure it had a different wheel bolt-pattern. I had a 1976 Mazda 808 which was the piston-engine version of the RX3 or RX4.

Thanks heaps Chris
Cheers
Damo

Converting the rear to 100mm PCD is not hard. Redrilling the axles is NO problem. Especially if you have a friend with a lathe/MIG/pistol drill and a steady hand.

Redrilling the brake drums, is a bit trickier. But if done carefully, then it shouldn't be any harder than doing the axles.

I had to convert a 5x120 axles and discs to 4x114.5 for my diff. It looks schmick.

I wonder if anyone knows of 100mm PCD drums that are the same size as the 1200 drums. I'll check this out next time I'm at the wreckers. Who would have thought you could learn so much from a day at a wrecking yard. Maybe BMW or Honda ones might fit. I'll look for an online catalog.

Chris.

Yeah but here in australia, we go by metric measurement not imperial, thats why I quoted the stud pattern to be 4x114mm
which is the same as 4x4.5in.
What axels fit the 1200 ute diff, that would have a 4x100mm pattern, I think that 100mm is about 3.9 in.

Thanks for any more help

Regards

Damian

The 1200 has 4 x 4.5 inches rather than 4 in x 114 mm.

This is the same as all Datsun and Toyota rwd vehicles with 4-bolt wheels. Same as 1960s Fords (Falcon, Mustang, etc 4-bolt). Same as Chevy Corvair.

Yeah, I believe you need the control arms and maybe the TC rods too. I would grab EVERYTHING from the RX7 whether you need it or not. I know a guy here with them on his sedan. Hopefully I can talk to him and ask him how he did it. For those interested but not wanting to change bolt patterns, the GSL-SE model of the 1st-gen RX7 had the 4x4.5 bolt pattern.

..it also had a disc brake rear axle.

What Mods are we talking??? How much of the strut would I have to get ie, control arms ??? Thanks heaps
Damian

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As far as the front goes, first generation RX7 struts will fit with some mods. That not only gets you big vented discs, it should get you 4x100mm also.