What size hub rings and lug nuts do I need?
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What size hub rings and lug nuts do I need?
I bought some 17" rims today for my winter tires.
The guy gave me his hub centric rings for Toyota and told me it will fit many other brands but could not tell me if they would fit my rx-8.
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What size lug nuts do I need? He gave me tuner lug nuts for 12x1.5 thread. Will they work?
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The guy gave me his hub centric rings for Toyota and told me it will fit many other brands but could not tell me if they would fit my rx-8.
ALSO!
What size lug nuts do I need? He gave me tuner lug nuts for 12x1.5 thread. Will they work?
Thanks!!!
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Since they're aftermarket wheels, you should be fine as long as you get the proper Mazda hubcentric rings. Aftermarket wheels have larger hub bores so you can add the rings for the right fit.
If they were OEM Toyota wheels, you'd need to get the hubs machined out to 67.1mm.
If they were OEM Toyota wheels, you'd need to get the hubs machined out to 67.1mm.
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Since they're aftermarket wheels, you should be fine as long as you get the proper Mazda hubcentric rings. Aftermarket wheels have larger hub bores so you can add the rings for the right fit.
If they were OEM Toyota wheels, you'd need to get the hubs machined out to 67.1mm.
If they were OEM Toyota wheels, you'd need to get the hubs machined out to 67.1mm.
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Never use a plastic hub ring. They melt from brake heat. They also tend to be cheaply made POSs. I have had them cause a shop to rebalance a wheel set three times without eliminating a shake. Aluminum rings were a clean kill on the problem, because they were made better.
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just center it on your own and torque it down. you dont really need those hubcentric rings. i have 17s with a 70.1 hub over the rx-8 67.1 and its is not an issue even without hubcentric rings.
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Wow. I have better things to do than debate this, but I have to disagree. It falls under the "I've been doing it that way for ten years" argument.
I looked for my melty plastic hub ring last night to post a picture, but I guess I got tired of having it live in the top of my toolbox, so no pic.
But here's another good one:
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/pr.../photo_06.html
I looked for my melty plastic hub ring last night to post a picture, but I guess I got tired of having it live in the top of my toolbox, so no pic.
But here's another good one:
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/pr.../photo_06.html
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