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[pjku79]

I am looking for a set of wheels in the US for track use and have not had any luck finding cheap minilites here. I am considering drilling out a set of 4x100 wheels to use for track. Has anyone tried this before? Did it work?

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

you can actually get nuts that go on at a angle and allow you to fit wheels of a larger pcd but cant for the life of me remember where you get them from

[Retro_10s]

Wobble nuts are built with a sort of floating washer attached, which can move around 2mm in a 360 degree circumference. This allows a wheel of correct centre bore size to fit a handful of other PCD applications - whilst still keeping the nut centralised and parallel within the recess pocket of the wheel avoiding cross threading the stud.

I have never driven with wobble nuts - and I never will - I'm irrationally biased towards never using them - The 'hole' (excuse the pun) idea seems wacky and dangerous to me.

Anyone driving them at them moment? Any previous experiences of them?

Here's where to get them from: >>Click me<<

[M44K TS]

I've heard of plenty of people using them, alot of people with Fiats run them as they are 4x98 i think and i've heard of no complaints

[Turbo Nick]

i plan on using them as i've got a set of 13" wellers that are 4x4" and i want to fit them to my 4x100 civic. as long as you use spigot rings to centre the wheel on the hub then you should be fine with wobble nuts.

[Retro_10s]

Quick google of spigot rings brings up plenty of results. Thanks Bud, i can see how they'd help.

[pjku79]

Quick google of spigot rings brings up plenty of results. Thanks Bud, i can see how they'd help.

I thought spigot rings or hubcentric rings (called in US) were used for bigger going to smaller not the other way around.

[redhotmini]

spigot rings are for centreing the wheel on the hub, they can be made from metal or plastic. you dont need them but they help especially if your wheels are held on with bolts (i.e. theres no studs on the hub to locate the wheel while its being bolted on)

[jayare]

Spigot rings will help on a more modern design of car as the wheels mostly mount to the spigot at the centre of the hub with the wheelnuts & studs holding the wheel to the hub with the spigot centring the wheel and taking the weight of the car - on a Mini, it's the wheelnut & stud combination which centres the wheel and takes the weight of the car. If you used wobble-nuts, how would you ensure the wheel is central on the hub before tightening and wouldn't there be a chance that when parked, the weight of the car would move the wheel on the hub?

OT, but the link that Retro-10's posted earlier has a bit of a bargain on the correct nuts for the 90's Rover Cooper type alloy wheels - £1.27 each compared with Minispares £2.92! Quite a difference if you are having to buy a full set!

JR

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

i know where u can get wheel nuts for 99p each for the mini

[captainjack15]

i know where u can get wheel nuts for 99p each for the mini

Yeah plastic ones LOL

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

nah in one of the halfords submenus i found em when i worked there they are still on the system too

[mike.]

nah in one of the halfords submenus i found em when i worked there they are still on the system too

Nowadays all they sell are locking wheel nuts...

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

yeh its an order only part and they keep ripspeed wheel nuts under the audio board or ripspeed desk trust me on that one

[mike.]

Well they'll be no use unless your fitting shoddy ripspeed wheels, as the angle of the shoulder on the nut needs to be the same as the recess in the wheel, otherwise they'll just work loose.

Not to mention the thread in the nuts. If thats wrong they won't even screw on.

Edited by minimadmike, 29 June 2009 - 10:12 PM.