Wheel question... Diameter of our hub?

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Old 01-29-2009, 09:46 PM
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Default Wheel question... Diameter of our hub?

Does anyone know the diameter of our hub or another question... anyone know the center bore size of our wheels??... is it 2"s?

the compomotive wheels i have are a 2.480 inch center bore and i need to get hub rings made to full the gap (for balancing purposes)
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Default 57.1mm or 2.25" most wheels will require a centering ring, make sure it's aluminum not plastic!

I had a horrible time with a set of Ronal R7's, the rings would "sag" when I mounted them, causing then to be slightly off center and creating a vibration.
It took over a year to figure out what was wrong!
I have long since got rid of the wheels too!
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Big guy...whered you find the aluminum centering rings..?
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OZ offers them, as they were in my SLs when I bought them
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Default From what I've seen...

Many wheel companies create wheels with a standard large center bore that a center ring can be swapped in to fit a wide range of cars.

I purchased 57.1mm rings for my volks from tirerack, but I'm sure any manufacturer would sell you the correct rings.

Other wheel companies build wheels with out an interchangeable ring design with hubcentric built-in. If this is the case you can either have some rings made to fill the gap or www.1010tire.com sells rings.

I purchased 57.1mm inner and 63.3mm outer for my rotas that were originally made for a focus.<ul><li><a href="http://www.1010tires.com/hubrings.asp">http://www.1010tires.com/hubrings.asp</a</li></ul>
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Default We get a lot of machine work done at my job... and one guy is making me some

100 bucks for 5... Ill take pictures when hes done with them.
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I had mine made by a machine shop
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Default make sure it's aluminum not plastic --> NOT!

Originally Posted by ddg=shinebox racing
I had a horrible time with a set of Ronal R7's, the rings would "sag" when I mounted them, causing then to be slightly off center and creating a vibration.
It took over a year to figure out what was wrong!
I have long since got rid of the wheels too!
You probably had the WRONG size rings!

If you live in a Northern climate, DO NOT get metal rings. The salt will weld them to your wheels like nobody's business. Been there, done that, will never use metal rings again here in Michigan.
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