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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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Just bought some second hand alloys, they are the correct offset and pcd but the plastic insert in the middle is not the correct size, is this plastic ring important or is it just there to align the wheels when fitting them

Will it be ok to fit the wheels without any ring fitted?
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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The spigot is there to locate the wheels, but realstically tapered bolts do that anyway, so you should be fine wihtout them, be better if you could find the right size spigot instead though.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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The spigot ring is there to locate wheel central on hub bolts dont always do this.Some tyre centres will not even balance a wheel with no spigot rings as it is a waste of time if wheel not put on car central.There needed for a reason.
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cheers for the rapid reply chip
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And wot wheels are there as i should be able to source correct spigots.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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They are Team dynamics Buccaneer and I am fiiting them to an Audi 80 the centre bore is 57.1 They will also be going on my XR4X4 when it goes back on the road, so I will prob be after some rings to fit them to that

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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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Ollie you have a PM
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Olliexr4x4
They are Team dynamics Buccaneer and I am fiiting them to an Audi 80 the centre bore is 57.1 They will also be going on my XR4X4 when it goes back on the road, so I will prob be after some rings to fit them to that

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All wheels need to be located properly as the bolts on their own will come loose, fracture and brake. How ever the rims you have are 57.1 mm centre bore, which will require no rings on an audi, as they are 57.1 mm already, and hence are a direct fit. Wheel bolts/ nuts are designed to pull the wheel to the hub, not to support the weight of the car. Shame on you Chip
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Originally Posted by cossymad
Originally Posted by Olliexr4x4
They are Team dynamics Buccaneer and I am fiiting them to an Audi 80 the centre bore is 57.1 They will also be going on my XR4X4 when it goes back on the road, so I will prob be after some rings to fit them to that

Cheers
All wheels need to be located properly as the bolts on their own will come loose, fracture and brake. How ever the rims you have are 57.1 mm centre bore, which will require no rings on an audi, as they are 57.1 mm already, and hence are a direct fit. Wheel bolts/ nuts are designed to pull the wheel to the hub, not to support the weight of the car. Shame on you Chip
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Originally Posted by Olliexr4x4
They are Team dynamics Buccaneer and I am fiiting them to an Audi 80 the centre bore is 57.1 They will also be going on my XR4X4 when it goes back on the road, so I will prob be after some rings to fit them to that

Cheers
All wheels need to be located properly as the bolts on their own will come loose, fracture and brake. How ever the rims you have are 57.1 mm centre bore, which will require no rings on an audi, as they are 57.1 mm already, and hence are a direct fit. Wheel bolts/ nuts are designed to pull the wheel to the hub, not to support the weight of the car. Shame on you Chip
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