06-09-2009, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by sh8dybizness
When you add spacers, you are moving the wheel out further onto the stud therefore adding stress to them. You're not bolting wheels onto the hub, you're bolting them onto the studs, which in turn are held by the hub, not the other way around.
Edit, you're not riding on the hub, you're riding on the tires. What do you really think is bearing the weight of the car?
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umm no. the hub bears the weight of the car and studs merely hold the wheel on. that's why he needed...dadadadada HUB CENTRIC RINGS.
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06-09-2009, 04:20 AM
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 Look it up. The studs hold the majority of the vehicle's weight! |
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06-09-2009, 04:25 AM
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looks good
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06-09-2009, 04:54 AM
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Yeah the hub supports the weight of the car, but the lugs keep it tight and also receive some of the force . This isn't always the case, some cars are lugcentric meaning the lugs totally support the weight. The hubcentric rings are only for my aftermarket rims, the stock wheels would bolt up without the need for the rings.
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06-09-2009, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sh8dybizness
Look it up. The studs hold the majority of the vehicle's weight! |
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CENTER BORE DIAMETER
The center bore diameter is the size of the center hole at the back of the wheel. This hole centers the wheel on the hub of the car and is machined to match the wheel hub exactly. This design allows precise positioning which reduces the chance of vibration. With this hub-centric system, the lug hardware does not support the weight of the vehicle, but merely presses the wheel against the hub of the car.
http://www.fastco.ca/content/view/40/64/lang,en/
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06-09-2009, 08:09 AM
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06-09-2009, 08:23 AM
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Mrmike, what is the the offset and width on the wheels?
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06-09-2009, 09:37 AM
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If that's what you want to believe then go ahead, but trust me, do you really think the studs are there to simply 'press' the wheel onto the car? Now I know why there's more maintenance talk than anything else here!
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06-09-2009, 09:40 AM
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Lugnuts are for attaching wheels to the vehicle (preventing them from falling off outwardly, not supporting the weight of each corner vertically). The large "hub" in the center of the assembly is what the wheel's centerbore slides over. Notice that the wheel's center and the hub are, stock, tightly against each other, allowing the force exerted on the wheel to be transferred to the hub assembly via the centerbore. This is the ideal method. Using aftermarket wheels sometimes yields wider centerbores than stock, requiring the use of hubcentric rings to tightly fasten the wheel to the center hub so the weight is distributed to the hub via the wheel centerbore, allowing for zero vibration risk and maximum strength.
Our hub/wheel assemblies are designed from the factory to be hub-centric. Although other manufacturers may use lug-centric designs, ours is hub.
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06-09-2009, 10:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sh8dybizness
If that's what you want to believe then go ahead, but trust me, do you really think the studs are there to simply 'press' the wheel onto the car? Now I know why there's more maintenance talk than anything else here!
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keep smoking that california chronic.
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06-09-2009, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jackal2000
keep smoking that california chronic.
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06-09-2009, 11:58 AM
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there websites not working for me  how much?? |
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06-09-2009, 12:10 PM
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Looked like $220ish when I went through their menus.
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06-09-2009, 12:22 PM
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not horrible, how would it look with stockers?
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06-10-2009, 12:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vic28
Mrmike, what is the the offset and width on the wheels?
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They are 18x8 with a +35mm offset. In order to get the same offset without using the wheel spacers, I would have had to find a wheel with +10 offset.
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Looked like $220ish when I went through their menus.
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It would come to $145 for the two (in America. Canada gets raped on the exchange rate, shipping and border fees), select wheel adapters -> one piece -> hubcentric
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06-10-2009, 08:42 PM
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not a fan.......staggered looks like that are for RWD cars....
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06-11-2009, 01:14 PM
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They aren't staggered they are the same wheels front and back.
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06-11-2009, 01:54 PM
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Quote:
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keep smoking that california chronic.
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chronic? ewwww hahaha |
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06-11-2009, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jabartram
i've got the same thing from http://www.skulte.com/ but the place you got them is less expensive.
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there is a shop in lafayette that has them for $25 eachfor a 2 inch spacer |
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06-11-2009, 08:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmike
They aren't staggered they are the same wheels front and back.
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If you read what I wrote I said the staggered look, meaning your rear wheels are set out farther than your front wheels, you are trying to make it look like a RWD car, which is stupid IMO....unless you are doing an OSV replica, like oldsman, and even then I think GM made a bad decision..... |
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