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Offline davidhawkins_78

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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #20 on: 26 March 2008, 10:01 »
Going back to the original wheel wobble question - with your after market alloys do you have any spigot rings fitted to make sure they're centred on your hubs correctly? That's a easy thing to over look and can cause massive issues!!!

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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #21 on: 26 March 2008, 10:26 »
dont think so, never heard of em?
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #22 on: 26 March 2008, 10:32 »
The only after-market wheels I've fitted to a Golf wobbled like mad.  I took them off in preference for a set of Sebrings and everything went back to dead smooth.

Parts made for the job, rather than aftermarket 'might-fit' parts.
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #23 on: 26 March 2008, 10:39 »
Well with after market wheels they're either 'direct drill' and the centre of the wheel is a set size for a certain manufacturer . . . or in most cases the centre bore is massive and a adapter (called a spigot ring) is needed to set the centre bore to match that of your car.

The idea is to make sure the wheel is centred and spins in a 'Hub Centric' fashion (i think that's the right term?!?), otherwise it'll spin erratically and i.e.. up and down and wobble like crazy!!

Hope that makes sense . . .
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #24 on: 26 March 2008, 12:32 »
funny how people are saying "on a private road, lol :laugh:"

might as well say you were on a public road if you put the "lol" and ":laugh:" after it, silly silly.
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #25 on: 26 March 2008, 13:11 »
Hit 125 in the golf without issue and can quite happily cruise at it, but I don't make a habit of it, only on long open stretches.
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #26 on: 26 March 2008, 13:19 »
Had 115 from my Digi and 123 from my 16 valver. 
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Offline ginga

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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #27 on: 26 March 2008, 14:42 »
no i dont have a spigot ring can i buy one or best of with proper wheels?

alot of people get over a ton, i must be a wus!
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #28 on: 26 March 2008, 14:47 »
Quote from: tangonuts on 26 March 2008, 14:42
no i dont have a spigot ring can i buy one or best of with proper wheels?

alot of people get over a ton, i must be a wus!

ive only done it three times in 18 months... i dont fancy losing my license  :tongue:
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Re: how fast on motorway?
« Reply #29 on: 26 March 2008, 14:53 »
LOL, police better not see this  :laugh:
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