<VV> Re: Hub Rings
vairologist@juno.com
vairologist@juno.com
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:58:47 -0500
> From: "Rick Loving" <ral1963@earthlink.net>
> Subject: <VV> Need help from VV to make custom hubcentric rings
> > I have a set of Dan Gurney/ Hands look-a-likes aftermarket 15x5.5
> rims that I want to put on my Sprint.
> > The problem is that the hub opening size of the aftermarket rims
> is 3.635" and the EM stock rim hub opening is 2.659"
> > I would like to someone on the list make me a set of 4 hub-centric
> rings.25" thick with an outer diameter of 3.635 and an inner opening
> size of 2.659"
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Smitty says: Rick I know machined rings would be nice but you can do just
as well by rolling a narrow strip of proper thickness metal into the
proper radius. If they were steel then they could be welded and ground
down to make solid rings. That would be a niceity rather than a
necessity though.