Spacer ring for wheels?

[Cabriochris]

I have 17's on my car and when they were fitted they had spacer rings put on the wheels.
Now im not technical minded and dont really know why or what they do etc.

I am replacing one alloy as it is f*cked but the spacer ring i had originally on that rim was broken so that went in the bin. Now the new alloy i have has no spacer ring.

Do i need to get one, what do i need it for etc and what kind of places will sell them?

 

[Cabriochris]

And they were little crappy plastic spacers by the way, nothing special like these...

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pa...aultclio;manufacturer=hrwheels;sub_category=1

Im just looking at previous posts to see what i can find out.

 

[ChrisPearson]

plastic spacers?

 

[Cabriochris]

I guess they are spacers.

Just round pieces of plastic that fit in the centre of the wheel when you put it on the car.

 

[Fred@BTM]

spigot rings they're there to centre the wheel to the hub

 

[richy22]

Yep as Fred said spigot rings... what make are your wheels?

You need one that goes down to 60.1mm but I cant tell you what outer diameter as dont know what wheels you got.

 

[SlowLow&Sideways]

i need 1 of these for my wolfrace alloys but don't no what model they are as they where on the car when i bought it

 

[Cabriochris]

spigot rings they're there to centre the wheel to the hub

Oh yeah, thats what they are, never knew that lol.

How do i know what size i need to buy for the new wheel without taking one of the other ones off?

 

[Cabriochris]

Innovite Velocity 17's, ET38.

 

[Cabriochris]

http://www.nice-wheels.co.uk/pcdandoffset.html

Umm interesting. So are they saying you are basically putting the weight of your car on 4 bits of plastic? I dont get it.

 

[Cabriochris]

Hub hole 72.6 is says on the box!

 

[richy22]

So you need to get some spigot rings that are OD 72.6- ID 60.1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/72-6-60-1-SPI...66:2|39:1|72:1683|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

 

[richy22]

http://www.nice-wheels.co.uk/pcdandoffset.html

Umm interesting. So are they saying you are basically putting the weight of your car on 4 bits of plastic? I dont get it.

The weight of the wheel isnt on just the plastic spigots though... They just help centrelise (sp) the wheel onto the hub to stop vibrations. Once they are on/in they aint gonna move!

 

[Struggler]

the spigot is meant to take most of the weight of the car,

the bolts are to hold the wheels on against the spigot,

driving around without spigot rings is ill advised.