Hub Centric Wheels

[Bill71]

I'm having a difficult time picking out wheels that are both appealing to me as well as not too terribly expensive. I like the VWW V45 wheel in an 18x11 but I just found that they are lug centric. Why would they go to the trouble of making wheels and then use this crutch of an attachment??? I used to have wheels like this and I hated taking them off and remounting them due to this. Also, you hope the person balancing them uses the proper adapter. Beyond my complaints, is there any reason I should consider buying the V45's or continue searching? Which wheel vendors make hub centric wheels?

[dontlifttoshift]

Forgeline and Formula43 are two manufacturers that can do hubcentric wheels. Anybody cutting wheels should be able to do it for you.

Hubcentric is great but I would let it dictate my wheel choice. I have never had an issue with lug centric wheels and the only ones that are hard to take on and off are the old unilug styel wheels.....like a cragar ss

[BonzoHansen]

i'd think a good supplier can get hub centric rings

[Wheel Werkes]

Hey Bill, if they wheels are very well priced, then you can have them done the way you want. A machine shop or a dedicated wheel shop with the proper equipment can make it happen. You can buy hub-centric rings or have them made of billet by the machine shop, and then have them widen your lug wholes just enough to buy a tad of wiggle room. Get quotes to have this work done and add it to the price of the wheels and see if its still under the cost of custom wheels by a decent amount. If so go for it, if its close or the same cost, I would then go with custom wheels.

[Bill71]

Hey Bill, if they wheels are very well priced, then you can have them done the way you want. A machine shop or a dedicated wheel shop with the proper equipment can make it happen. You can buy hub-centric rings or have them made of billet by the machine shop, and then have them widen your lug wholes just enough to buy a tad of wiggle room. Get quotes to have this work done and add it to the price of the wheels and see if its still under the cost of custom wheels by a decent amount. If so go for it, if its close or the same cost, I would then go with custom wheels.

I didn't know that was an option. Thanks for the advice. I will look into it.

[dontlifttoshift]

http://www.motorsport-tech.com/hub_rings.html any size you want.

[csouth]

http://www.motorsport-tech.com/hub_rings.html any size you want.

I was going to post that link. I'm ordering hubcentric spacers for my rear wheels from them since I need spacers for my rears to clear Z06 calipers.

[DarkoNova]

Forgeline and Formula43 are two manufacturers that can do hubcentric wheels. Anybody cutting wheels should be able to do it for you.

Hubcentric is great but I would let it dictate my wheel choice. I have never had an issue with lug centric wheels and the only ones that are hard to take on and off are the old unilug styel wheels.....like a cragar ss

Yeah, it's a nice thing to have but I wouldn't base my decision on it. Look at all the millions of cars and trucks running ugly chrome wheels that aren't hub centric. They're driving around just fine. As long as it's the proper bolt pattern and torque, it'll be fine.

And when they balance wheels it has nothing to do with the bolt pattern, so that shouldn't even be a concern to you.

[Bill71]

http://www.motorsport-tech.com/hub_rings.html any size you want.

Wow! I'm learning all sorts of things here. I did not know these thing existed.

[Daren]

My knowledge is very limited, but I will spew what i can.

As a safety parameter, most aftermarket wheels have the ability to mount lug-centric to the spindle should the consumer not be bothered to figure out what those ring-hub-things do. In addition, the old muscle car like things we in the PT community screw with lack the ability to run a hub-centric wheel from the factory. All this combined means most aftermarket wheels can be mounted in a lug-centric fashion by default.

You know, lowest common denominator and such.

Can your old muscle car like thing run a hub-centric wheel mounted hub-centrically? No idea. Can a 1976 trans am run a 5X120mm hub-centric "BMW" aftermarket wheel provided the wheel retains the ability to be mounted lug-centric? Sure can.