hubcentric rings for wheels?
05-07-2008, 11:00 AM
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hubcentric rings for wheels? Well Hp design discontinued the HPR5 hyper silver wheels in our bolt pattern 
. So im looking at the TSW wheels. Thing is the bolt pattern is 5x120. Our are 5x120.65 if i remember. Could i use Hubcentric rings on these?????? If so where are some places i could purchase them?. Thanks in advance for any help. Also anyone have any issues with TSW wheels????????.
The wheels im looking at. Love the fact there are no rivets.
. So im looking at the TSW wheels. Thing is the bolt pattern is 5x120. Our are 5x120.65 if i remember. Could i use Hubcentric rings on these?????? If so where are some places i could purchase them?. Thanks in advance for any help. Also anyone have any issues with TSW wheels????????.The wheels im looking at. Love the fact there are no rivets.
05-07-2008, 01:03 PM
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I ran a set of 5x120's on my f-body for years, be advised that because it is not a perfect fit, it is even more important to regularly recheck your wheel nut torque until they stabilize (do NOT overtorque these because of they slight mis-fit you can damage the wheels in the lug seat area very easy, as well as the usual stretch of the studs and the resultant stud failure.) F-bodies are not designed for hub-centric mounting, the axle flanges in particular are not designed to center the wheels so hub centric rings really won't do anything for you. F-bodies are designed to be lug-centric so the wheels indicate off the lug holes.
05-07-2008, 07:54 PM
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then don't get them. i'm not liking how the spokes bend either. tsw snettertons look good. i've seen them at les schwab. a little pricey for me though.
but for anyone reading, you can get the wheel to center when you bolt them on. you need to go to each lug 2- 4 times before the last tightening with the tires loaded on the ground. use a lug wrench and not air tools.
with hub rings, you can tell that the wheel is center almost perfect if not perfect. there is maybe 1/2 mm of play if that. les schwab has hub rings for $10. i got some made by coyote in a blue plastic or polycarbon. saves the time of having to carefully tighten each lug 2- 4 times.
but for anyone reading, you can get the wheel to center when you bolt them on. you need to go to each lug 2- 4 times before the last tightening with the tires loaded on the ground. use a lug wrench and not air tools.
with hub rings, you can tell that the wheel is center almost perfect if not perfect. there is maybe 1/2 mm of play if that. les schwab has hub rings for $10. i got some made by coyote in a blue plastic or polycarbon. saves the time of having to carefully tighten each lug 2- 4 times.
