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loosecannon
03-24-2010, 01:40 AM
If I got rims from another automaker (i.e. Nissan), and the center hub doesn't fit, where can I get it bored out (assuming that the hub is smaller)? And if it was bigger, then... I'm sh*t out of luck, right?

Thanks
Thrizzl3
03-24-2010, 01:47 AM
bore has to be 67.1 if its smaller than it can be bored out if its bigger than yes you are SOL
loosecannon
03-24-2010, 01:54 AM
bore has to be 67.1 if its smaller than it can be bored out if its bigger than yes you are SOL

That's the diameter in millimetre, correct?
blankets3
03-24-2010, 01:55 AM
wait cant u get a ring to make it smaller ...
Thrizzl3
03-24-2010, 01:58 AM
That's the diameter in millimetre, correct?

yes it is.


wait cant u get a ring to make it smaller ...

unless your talking about hubcentric rings?
Burner
03-24-2010, 11:28 AM
wait cant u get a ring to make it smaller ...

Yeah you can get hub centric rings to make the bore smaller. You can do it lug centric too. Just need to be careful when installing them.
seelsy
03-24-2010, 11:49 AM
Yeah you can get hub centric rings to make the bore smaller. You can do it lug centric too. Just need to be careful when installing them.

I;ve heard lugcentric is a bad thing, basically just companys trying to justify not having hubcentric wheels. Basically they assume that the lug will pull the wheel into allingment with the hub, but most times itll tilt the hub slightly making the wheels superficially out of round. Thats why a lot of people complain about vibration or pulling with aftermarket wheels due to these lugcentric wheels and kits.
Burner
03-24-2010, 11:54 AM
I;ve heard lugcentric is a bad thing, basically just companys trying to justify not having hubcentric wheels. Basically they assume that the lug will pull the wheel into allingment with the hub, but most times itll tilt the hub slightly making the wheels superficially out of round. Thats why a lot of people complain about vibration or pulling with aftermarket wheels due to these lugcentric wheels and kits.

That's why I say you have to be careful when putting them on. My winters are lug centric and I haven't had any issues.

Hub centric rings are like $20 a set so it's cheap insurance if you want to make it easy on yourself.
midnightfxgt
03-24-2010, 11:55 AM
You can have them bored out to fit. If you want, you can have them bored out to 73mm. This is what most aftermarket wheels are. Then you would run a hub-centric ring. The benefit to this is resale....

The best thing to do it have them bored out to 67.1mm (MZ3 Hubcentric) and slap them on.