Hubcentric Adapters?

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Hi all, I got these 18" bullitt wheels and they're not hubcentric.

I heard you can buy these little rings that go inside the hub "hole" of the rim, which turns them into hubcentric rims.

Anyone knows where I can buy these? Are they all the same size? Or is this something i need to measure?

I appreciate any help cause right now my rims are running as lugcentric and I'm not too comfortable with that.

 

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Never heard of this. Where did you buy them from? They must be replicas as well..correct?

 

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http://www.maximummotorsports.com/s...product_info&cPath=48_134_231&products_id=575

Is this what you're talking about?

 

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When i bought a set of wheels from TireRack.com they included a set of plastic rings that went on before the wheels did and they referred to them as hub centric spacers. They actually disinigrated over about 4 years time.

You could probably contact them and see if they will sell you a set. I believe they were made by Gorilla or something like that.

 

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DropTopPony said:

They actually disinigrated over about 4 years time.

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How did you detect this? Did you happen to inspect the spacers as they started going bad?

 

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40th GT said:

How did you detect this? Did you happen to inspect the spacers as they started going bad?

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They were chrome wheels so i used to take them off a few times a year to really polish them up and after a few years i noticed they were falling apart and deteriorating. They were only a thin piece of plastic though. I drove a year without them and noticed no difference.

 

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i think you will be alright without em, not many wheels actually sit on the ridge.. my enkei's dont, nor my truck rims that are 5 lug.

 

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Yup, I got 18" deep-dish bullitts, and they're not hubcentric.

I heard about them from a local car club, and I was told they were metal, so they would desintegrate like plastic.

And no, they're not like the ones in photos, those are spacers, I'm refering to simply the ring portion.

 

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here, this is it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD...007QQitemZ170195453560QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

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I'm just not sure which one I should order, the ones on ebay are for Mustang fox bodies.

 

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I bought some Konig wheels last year from Discount Tire. They came with hub centric rings. JEGs has a bunch of different sizes.

http://www.jegs.com/p/Detroit+Wheels/902543/10002/-1/152701

 

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they are not really necessary. our cars use the lug nuts to center the wheels

 

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I hear that lug-centric rims are not very safe for cars that are pushed hard (ie. road racing and stuff), so that's where my concern is.