# 5 lug swap keeping abs **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [May 12, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971 "2004-05-12T21:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heatw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/1 "2004-05-12T21:30:43Z")
yeah, i have abs on my s13 and i’m doing a 5 lug conversion. I know i’ll be needing front hubs/spindle that were from an abs s14 right… has anyone done this and is there any special way to hook them together/ do they hook together? basically any help on this part of the install would be great i had yet to see this perticular part of the 5 lug swap covered in detail. thanks ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/2 "2004-05-12T21:34:56Z")
Yes you can keep it and its simple. Follow the ABS wire through the wheel well into the engine bay. Unclip the S13 Sensor Plug in the S14 Sensor. From what I understand they are the same clips if not you will have to solder them together. ---
**Author:** ![Heatw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/3 "2004-05-12T21:48:30Z")
lol thanks alot i thought they were jsut wires and … aparently they are 🙂 just curious tho i was looking up front and it looked more like a second brake line than wires that just protection for them? ---
**Author:** ![blisterd\_nuts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@blisterd\_nuts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blisterd_nuts)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/4 "2004-06-30T01:44:18Z")
how do you know if you have abs or not? ---
**Author:** ![\_M\_aurice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/c5a1d2/32.png) [@\_M\_aurice](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_M_aurice)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/5 "2004-06-30T07:25:41Z")
Just out of curiosity, why do you want to keep the crappy S13 abs? Personal preference perhaps, or you are led to believe it is safer? Personally, I hate abs. The new cars that have it are great and not much can beat them in stopping distance, but the old technology is stupid. You know you have abs if you see the big mess of stuff on the passenger side of your engine bay. And if you are doing an emergency stop, you will hear it pulsating and feel it in your pedel. ---
**Author:** ![Heatw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/6 "2004-07-04T12:04:02Z")
i just want to keep it because it’s already there, why kill it this isn’t a race car so i don’t care ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-lug-swap-keeping-abs/80971/7 "2004-07-04T13:52:17Z")
It’s not a race car yet you want a 5-lug conversion? :roll: Turn int into a race car. :twisted: