Hubcentric Rings

[ooharloo]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

Can't you measure it yourself with measuring tape?

indeed i could...lol. I have yet to get the wheels and just wanted to see if anyone would know.

[#87]

Should put the hub bore for our cars in the OP since im sure people will be clicking this thread looking for it.

[Rayme]

I once had a 94 celica with aftermarket wheels with heavy vibration at highway speed. It was going on and off and would start / stop when hitting certain bumps.
They were properly torqued/balanced, and hubcentric rings were the only thing that fixed the problem.

However that's the only car I ever owned that really "needed" these rings to fix an issue.

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by ooharloo

indeed i could...lol. I have yet to get the wheels and just wanted to see if anyone would know.

I just looked at both the Japan and US websites and didnt find anything. Maybe it's best to email them

[Innova]

Question guys-

I put some hubcentric rings on my BRZ - however since the rings have the small lip on them, when the wheels are mounted, there is now a slight gap (maybe 1mm) between the wheel and the hub.

Is this okay? I don't see any way around this since most of these rings have the lip on them.

[gmookher]

I got rid of my gorillas for mcgard and will never buy gorilla again...soft metal, mcgard design is superior

[Tt3Sheppard]

I've been having issues finding these rings for my snow rims. Sport Editions that I bought off of craigs list. They came from a Volkswagen Jetta

[NYC BRZ]

If I bought steelies from TireRack would hub rings still be required? I'm picking up some used TR steelies with snow tires today from a 2010 WRX. Forgive my ignorance.

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[NYC BRZ]

Originally Posted by Tt3Sheppard

I've been having issues finding these rings for my snow rims. Sport Editions that I bought off of craigs list. They came from a Volkswagen Jetta

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[smbrm]

Hubcentric rings have two dimensions: inside diameter and outside diameter. The inside diameter has to be correct for the hub and the outside correct for the particular wheel. I think if you had to force(hammer) fit rings in the wheel they may not have been the correct OD.

Having measured my hubs and OE wheels, I got these results: Hub centre bore outside diameter actually measured at about 55.98mm, stock wheel inside bore diameter at 56.2mm. Based on this, and other references the standard wheel bore size appears to be listed as 56.1mm.

If you are forcing a large circle into a small bore on the wheel you also run the risk of reducing the ID of the ring as well, so it may not fit the hub??

So hubcentric rings need to be properly sized for both the wheel and the hub. The rings allow alloy wheels to be made in one size but can also fit many hub sizes with the correct rings.

Steel wheels tend not to use rings as they appear to not have space for them. The steel wheels that close but not hubcentric appear to be about 57.1mm. You would need to have a hubcentric ring with a radial thickess of 0.5mm which would probably be way to delicate no matter the material?

There is lots of discussion on steel wheels in the threads on snow tires, and particularly in the CANADA subforum.

[Phaedrus29]

Originally Posted by smbrm

Hubcentric rings have two dimensions: inside diameter and outside diameter. The inside diameter has to be correct for the hub and the outside correct for the particular wheel. I think if you had to force(hammer) fit rings in the wheel they may not have been the correct OD.

Having measured my hubs and OE wheels, I got these results: Hub centre bore outside diameter actually measured at about 55.98mm, stock wheel inside bore diameter at 56.2mm. Based on this, and other references the standard wheel bore size appears to be listed as 56.1mm.

If you are forcing a large circle into a small bore on the wheel you also run the risk of reducing the ID of the ring as well, so it may not fit the hub??

So hubcentric rings need to be properly sized for both the wheel and the hub. The rings allow alloy wheels to be made in one size but can also fit many hub sizes with the correct rings.

Steel wheels tend not to use rings as they appear to not have space for them. The steel wheels that close but not hubcentric appear to be about 57.1mm. You would need to have a hubcentric ring with a radial thickess of 0.5mm which would probably be way to delicate no matter the material?

There is lots of discussion on steel wheels in the threads on snow tires, and particularly in the CANADA subforum.

I got some hubcentric rings for my Volks...the rings have a 56.1mm inner diameter and 65.1mm outer diameter. The 56.1mm inner diameter does appear perfect for our hubs. However, the outer diameter of 65.1mm was not exactly right for my particular wheels. I really should have gotten 65mm rather than 65.1mm. Since they were very close, I was able to hammer in the rings (although you aren't supposed to have to do this with properly fitting rings). For me, the hammering seems to have worked, and it did not affect the inner diameter at all.

[thatWESguy]

to the OP, where did you order your 65mm to 56.1mm hub rings?

[Draco-REX]

Originally Posted by thatWESguy

to the OP, where did you order your 65mm to 56.1mm hub rings?

I've always got mine from the same place I get a set of wheels. They should have hubcentric rings for any wheels they sell.

[seeclass]

to the OP, where did you order your 65mm to 56.1mm hub rings?

I have a bunch of Volk/RAYS 65mm to 56.1mm hub rings if anyone needs them...




Btw, when I use plastic hub rings, I always put some electrial tape on the inside of the ring and then install them on the car first. This makes them fit tighter and sometimes fills the gap if the hub ring is not 100% accurate in size.