Wheel locating rings/spigot rings

[YLD-16L]

Hello,

As most aftermarket wheels tend to have a centre bore much larger than the diameter of the spigot/locater on the hub it means that your wheels end up being bolt/lug centric and not hub centric.

Now I have looked around a bit and can't find much or any info in Aus for places that sell spigot rings/locating rings for your hubs to make the aftermarket wheel hub centric just like your original factory wheels were

A few places on ebay in the UK and US list these locating rings/spigot rings and the prices aren't too bad, but if possible I'd like to buy locally.

The other option is to have some turned on a lathe to suit my wheel and hub combo but this would be quite an expensive option.

So I'd like to hear from the safety/integrity conscious out there - where did you get your spigot rings/locating rings for your hubs and aftermarket wheels from? and what was the cost?

Thanks in advance,

Murray Fahquar

[RONA]

Cruzida would be the best person to talk to on this, hopefully he sees the thread, pretty sure he got some made for his brake upgrade on the Z10 soarer of his

[BMWTurbo]

Umm any decent tyre place should have these... I had a set fitted to my car on the weekend

[RONA]

Umm any decent tyre place should have these... I had a set fitted to my car on the weekend

My brother has some Nylon or Rubber ones on his echo, they were from a tyre place out penrith way, not sure about metal ones being readily available though

["Z" UTE]

I have purchased hub centric rings from "Quickfit" in Phillip. Many sizes available.


cheers Chuck.

[love ke70]

most tyre/wheel places should.
my mate got a set of 4 for 20 bucks i think it was.

[Norminator]

was discussed once-upon-a-forum, here;

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showth...ht=lug-centric

.. but it never really went anywhere.

i'm here to help, Mr. Fahquar... seriously.

[YLD-16L]

Thanks for the info guys, I had asked at a couple of tyre/wheel shops near my work when I bought tyres and got a response and was dismissed as not needing them so I didn't pursue the local scene any further.

Thanks Chuck, I'll check out a Jax/Quickfit on the weekend and grab myself a set.

If successful I will let you guys know and will post up the cost of the rings for the information of Canberrans

Umm any decent tyre place should have these...

Decent being the key word I think

Thanks again.

[love ke70]

if you cant find any around your way, let me know the size you will need and i will have a poke around up here for you

[oldcorollas]

they have heaps at autobacs etc is all manner of pretty sizes and colours...
lemme know what size.

they are also around $20 for 4, but shipping is a bitch (if not in a hurry, might be able to get someone to carry)

but should be available there.... tyre ppl are just stupid

[JP]

The last set of rims I got from Jax came with a metal set of locator rings.

[mrshin]

It's always easier if you have a lathe at home

Having said that, the tyre guy I go to will give you a set of the plastic ones if you ask nicely and buy something from him at the same time.

[takai]

Yeah, Jax/Quickfit have some. Or you can generally get a custom alloy pair made for about $20 or so.

Queanbeyan (now Fyshwick?) always had a decent range, and Phillip had a few pairs of varying sizes. I got some to pacify Dickson when i engineered the AE86 because the superlites and hotwires didnt have centre caps...

[MR22ZZ]

I got some while in Adelaide to fit the new rims I bought over Christmas, cost me $2 a piece (ie $8 all up) through Bob Jane for Nylon ones. Also went to City Discount Tyres who quoted $2.50 a piece for aluminium ones but they didn't have the right size.

Another idea is to try Wheel manufacturers like BSA, Speedy etc direct and see what they can do as they make them to fit multiple sizes any way.

[CrUZida]

FYI, NCOP states they need to be of metal construction.