Purchasing Wheels and Tires

[TwinsPoppa]

Thanks inky for the clear explanation.

Originally Posted by inky

hub centric rings are exactly that. they are a ring that center your rim on the hub rather than centering off of your lug nuts. Your hub is 72.56 on an e53 and say for instance your rim inside diameter is 74(i don't know what the i.d. of the rep rim is) than you would need a hubcentric rim with a 72.56 i.d. and 74 o.d.
If you tighten it down with no ring installed it may not be perfectly centered on the hub and give you a nasty little vibration mutch like a tire being unbalanced or out of round.
no you don't need longer lugs with the rings, they don't mount between the wheel face and hub so the lugs length is just fine.

[CaliColin]

Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa

Can someone clarify whether or not this hub-centric ring is required with these replicas? What's the purpose of the ring? Thanks.

A hub centric ring was NOT required with my style 168 replicas. When I asked him the question, he looked in book and confirmed that they were not needed. So some wheels require it, but the 168 replicas do not. Eurotech will be able to confirm whether they are needed for any other styles that you may want.

[kennoli]

I also recently bought aftermarket wheels. The hub centric ring was not required,in fact it was removed for a better fit.

[Ldiggs910]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=200262351751

[javierh8]

do you guys know where can i get used or replicas 20s for my x5?

[BMWLOVER]

Originally Posted by kennoli

I recently bought my new wheels from 1010 tires. I bought new tires a month ago and decided to upgrade my wheels. I bought TSW, Estoril hyper black, 19'' staggered. I know, where are the pics? Coming soon, once I figure out how to upload!

Any pics yet?

[LightWerkz]

is everyone still happy with their replica 168's?

Im considering a set if I purchase the 4.4i.