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Title: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Ben Lessani on 27 November 2010, 11:28

I'm going to have to put winter wheels on the Mini Golf, as the big wheels will be rubbish in snow. Considering I've got a few spare sets of alloys from the Golf, I was wondering if I could get away with using some of them?

Golf 4x100 57.1
Mini 4x100 56.6

Does that 0.5mm make a big difference, last thing I want is dangerously fitted wheels. But if its okay, then I'll get some winter tyres on my 14" P slots ... and throw them on the Mini!

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Wayne on 27 November 2010, 20:31

Yes it makes a difference as the wheel is then only located with the bolts which can lead to vibration prolems.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Ben Lessani on 27 November 2010, 20:49

Shucks, looks like all the MK2 bits are for the skip then.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: danny_p on 27 November 2010, 21:12

cheep plastic spiggot ring fixes it.

once wheel is bolted up tight it takes a LOT to make it move ( like a wheel bending type inpact ) 

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Ben Lessani on 28 November 2010, 01:44

Doesn't look like a 0.5mm spigot ring exists! http://spigot-rings.com/shop/features.asp

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Wayne on 28 November 2010, 09:32

A good machine shop should be able to make some, is the Mini on bolts or studs.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: Ben Lessani on 28 November 2010, 12:25

Not sure yet, I'm going to be taking a wheel off today to try and find out what make/model they are.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: danny_p on 29 November 2010, 01:12

ummm 0.5mm 

i bet a lot of wheels arn't round to within 0.5mm TBH well after theyve hit a good pothole or two anyway.

a pikey may suggest spinning a few turn of tape onto the hub to assist in locating the wheel.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: fishnchipsx2 on 30 November 2010, 19:27

A couple of layers of paint would probably make up the difference tbh.

Title: Re: How important is the centre bore 56.6mm vs 57.1
Post by: massao on 27 April 2013, 21:00

This may be useful for some viewers. I ordered from here:
http://pdt-services.com/en/hub-centric-rings-for-alloy-wheels/hub-centric-ring-57-1-mm-to-56-6-mm-colored