Preferrable ones that wont melt when racing.


[Modified by Steve91, 1:00 PM 10/31/2002]

 

Gorilla has many sizes, but they are plastic

Warren

 

THis is one of those parts that you have a choice on. Actually I get them from my American Racing/Motegi dealer in Pittsburgh in plastic-then again that is the brand of rims I use. They go for about $12 for 4. Which leads me to the next point.
You can have aluminun ones machined from billet that will slip fit on the inner bore of the rim and the center bore would have to match the stock hub. I will suggest you contact a tire store that sells aftermarket rims and see if they can order you a set for your specific car based on the rims you have or are planning to buy. The bore on the rim will be the dimension you have to deal with as some companies do not use the same as others.

 

Is there a good source to buy these online?

 

Discount Tire has the plastic ones, and though they may melt slightly if you are seriously racing (HPDE hasn't really melted mine yet), they work fine, plus they're cheap. I think it's about $3 for a set of 4.
http://www.tires.com

 

I've always bought the metal ones from Tire Rack.

 

Tire rack wouldnt sell me them... since i didnt buy the wheels from them. Said it was some sort of liability...

 

Tire rack is really starting to **** me off. Everytime I call to order tires that are not the standard size that came on the car, i have to hear a ration of ****. A few days ago, the guy tried to tell me that to get a size other then original I had to say they were for competition use only, and void my warranty.

 

I got my K1s used and they sent me hubcentric rings the next day. Odd.

 

I was told by TR that they didn't have any when I asked. keep calling back until you get someone who isn't a ***head.

 

I got some from Prestige Wheel:
http://www.prestigewheel.com/mainHubRing.htm

They have just about every size imaginable. They're some sort of composition, not metal, but I haven't been able to melt them yet through the HPDEs at Lowes and VIR.

BTW. Most Honda hubs take a 56.15mm ID ring.

 

I would try again. I bought mine wheels off brett@soloracer.com and they came with the plastic ones and they got lost. So I order the metal ones from tire rack and they came in about 2 days. 6 dollars a piece If I remember correctly.

 

Thanks Geezer, That place has everything

 

Is there a specific size I should ask for? I have Rota Group-N wheels.

 

If they sell you rims tell them what rims you have and they should know, If they don't sell your rims. I not sure

 

I just got off the phone with the Tire Rack. They told me they could no longer get the aluminum hub centering rings for my ITR (K1's). So, I have yet another set of plastic one's coming. I'm sure I'll burn those to the ground at the Expo! Oh well.

 

Is there anywhere to buy rings for my application? The wheels are hubcentric for a VW: 57.1mm, and my hubs are the Mazda/Toyota 54.1mm. Any ideas other than getting them custom made from a machine shop?

 

I got mine from Tire Rack about 6 months ago.

 

How odd. I just received 4 aluminum rings from Tire Rack for a 4 lug K1 (sent in error). Then I received 4 aluminum rings from TR for a 5 lug K1. This was w/i the last 2 weeks.

Also, you can take plastic rings to a machine shop and have them fabricate metal rings.


[Modified by pcorad, 2:12 PM 3/21/2003]

 

Yeah.... I'm thinking about calling TR back to talk to a different sales person.

 

Do you even need them? I've been running non-hubcentric wheels on my RX-7 for years without any problems.

 

<< Do you even need them? I've been running non-hubcentric wheels on my RX-7 for years without any problems >>

I second this; I use Rotas with no centering rings. no problems if you use the correct lug nuts, and torque carefully in stepped sequence. The lugs center the wheels, and the clamping force provided by the lugs is what keeps the wheels from moving around, not the hubcentric rings. the rings do nothing except help line up the wheels on the hub before the lugs are tightened.

 

OK... just got off the phone again with TR... Here's the deal:

Call and tell them which wheels you have. They will need the model, type and year of your car. They will need to know, the style, color, size, and offset of your wheel. Some of this info may seem unnecessary, but it takes the salesperson to the correct menu. Then have them look under the code for the plastic rings for "Accessories" or options This will give them an alternate code for the aluminum rings which are $6 a piece. The salesperson didn't give me the code for K1's as they are different numbers depending on color, offset... etc. Weird...

 

which sales rep did you deal with? If we ask for him by name it might save a lot of hassle

joel

 

Talk to Neal at ext. 624