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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/05 14:54:54 (permalink)
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Tapered nuts will centre the wheel, but if you don't run the rings all the vertical load is being put through the wheel studs. Thats not what they're designed to do, and can break.
A decent grade of plastic should be fine, as they're only in compression, but ally ones aren't very expensive in the scheme of things.

 
This has always been my understanding of them.
 
Hub-rings have been on my to-do list for some time but it's not particularly important for a car that doesn't move. The scenario in the above picture is what happens when you don't tighten your lug nuts, but I imagine snapped wheel studs would end much the same.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/05 16:00:39 (permalink)
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this thread has gotten completely off-topic. ah well, guess ill just try and massage the wheelworx pricing down a bit.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/05 16:26:31 (permalink)
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Bringing it back inline. I had a quote done for me by a Tyrepower over in NSW, good store and they always looked after me. They were going to cost the same as you've been quoted.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 09:47:00 (permalink)
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Got some cheaper poly ones from Tempe tyres. I figure if they do end cracking, I'll just replace them somewhere down the line.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:19:58 (permalink)
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What tyres you getting?

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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:20:32 (permalink)
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Take a guess ;)
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:25:42 (permalink)
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hmmmm
....595 RS-Rs?

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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:26:24 (permalink)
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lol just waiting for them to come.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:39:15 (permalink)
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they're good...too good for me/street infact.
what sizes?
post edited by MRTurbo - 2012/06/06 10:58:54

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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:41:45 (permalink)
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215/40R17 F
235/40R17 R
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 10:43:19 (permalink)
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^copycat ;)

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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 11:15:22 (permalink)
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Yeah I reckon, get your own tyre profiles Maxim.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 11:23:21 (permalink)
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Lol

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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/06 11:34:16 (permalink)
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Now I know who to steal tyres from.
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Re:Local source for spigot/hub rings 2012/06/15 20:44:00 (permalink)
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That awkward moment when you realise you didnt torque up the wheel nuts before you left the garage...
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