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DRCorsa 30th December 2011 08:09 AM

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!

twinturbo 30th December 2011 08:46 AM

Available , just tricky to find.

http://www.switertrading.com/product_view.asp?id=558

twinturbo 30th December 2011 08:49 AM

or custom UK.

http://www.customspigotrings.co.uk/

DRCorsa 30th December 2011 01:13 PM

Thanks a lot!

snapper 30th December 2011 03:29 PM

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

alga 2nd January 2012 04:26 PM

[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.

twinturbo 2nd January 2012 04:29 PM

I used to run some Pug offset wheels on our old Mondeo. It cornered very well but steering was a bit skittish...

TT

DRCorsa 2nd January 2012 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alga (Post 69333)
[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.

AnguS 2nd January 2012 09:02 PM

get some rings laser cut........
i have a contact if you havent

dave

DRCorsa 2nd January 2012 10:05 PM

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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