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Old 30th December 2011, 08:09 AM
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Default Spigot rings

I have found a set of 15" wheels originally fitted to Peugeot cars. The center bore of the wheels is 65.1mm while the required for Ford hubs should be 63.3mm. I have done a search for spigot rings but found nothing. I assume that they are not available since the diameter difference is so small. There is always the option to make some alumimun rings on a lathe but if they are commercially available this would save quite some trouble and time.
Has anyone ever run into this problem in the past? Can i find these spigot rings somewhere?
Do you recommend (safety-wise) to use the wheels with spigot rings, or i should search for some wheels that fit without the need for them? Thanks!
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Old 30th December 2011, 08:46 AM
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Available , just tricky to find.

http://www.switertrading.com/product_view.asp?id=558
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Old 30th December 2011, 08:49 AM
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or custom UK.

http://www.customspigotrings.co.uk/
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Old 30th December 2011, 01:13 PM
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Thanks a lot!
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Old 30th December 2011, 03:29 PM
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Found some plastic ones on eBay a while back.
The wheels I had (Two Gates, Minilites replicas) had a tapered spigot hole so needed turning down
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[Granny eggs disclaimer], you're probably aware that the offset on PSA wheels is 15-25 mm instead of ~38 mm on Ford, so you'll get 3-4 cm extra track width, and it might negatively impact the steering. Extra load on the wheel bearings is probably irrelevant as the car is so light.
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I used to run some Pug offset wheels on our old Mondeo. It cornered very well but steering was a bit skittish...

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[Granny eggs disclaimer], you're probably aware that the offset on PSA wheels is 15-25 mm instead of ~38 mm on Ford, so you'll get 3-4 cm extra track width, and it might negatively impact the steering. Extra load on the wheel bearings is probably irrelevant as the car is so light.
Yes, i already knew that, but anyway i have bought a set of some nice Ford wheels. I would like a bit more offset to get a scrub radius closer to zero, but anyway you need a bigger budget to have things exactly as you would like them.
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Old 2nd January 2012, 09:02 PM
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get some rings laser cut........
i have a contact if you havent

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Old 2nd January 2012, 10:05 PM
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Thanks Dave but i don't need them anymore as i have already bought a set of wheels that don't need any rings.
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