Well Outlaw, I am sure that Mark at Scarebird will be happy to know that he has such a big fan. I however believe the adds and installation instructions regarding the adapter are a bit misleading. The way I interpret "replace them with 1/4" longer studs" is that I should be expected to carry the old ones down to an auto parts store, and walk out with the correct studs. Most auto parts stores carry 8-10 drawers with wheel studs, so I figured that part of the process wouldnt be too difficult. That actually is the case if the front hub is a Kelsey Hays, but not so with a Motor Wheel. Even Scarebird admits the Motor Wheel bearing hub will not work with their adapter, and that there is such a mess with finding correct wheel studs to use with their kit, that they are trying to come up with a generic bearing hub assembly to overcome this issue. (if you'd like, I can forward you his emails) Now granted, anything can be made to work (McGyver and his trusty Swiss Army knife proved that)...it just depends on how much time, effort, money and energy you are willing to put into it. To me, any value gained by using this adapter was lost with having to do quite a bit of R & D for this company just to try and get their adapter to work. Atleast now, Scarebird has a good NAPA part number for a wheel stud that will work with the Kelsey Hays adapter...I wish it were as simple for the Motor Wheel.
As far as money goes, by the time you add up the 300M rotors, GTO calipers and core charge, bearings, seals, hoses, adapter plate and tack on an arbitrary figure of say $10.00 per hour trying to find a way to make it work.....to me anyway, it is just not worth it. Then it comes to resale value, you can either say you have a front disc brake setup from a known and respected company like Wilwood, or SSBC....or you can explain how the brakes are cobbled together using parts from numerous other vehicles.
