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Re: What are the centering rings for? (archive)
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Posted by ///Mikey on October 12, 2000 at 12:18:03:

In Reply to: What are the centering rings for? posted by Stuart S on October 09, 2000 at 23:42:47:

I hope this post gets thru; I apologize if there's any duplication but my last post on this disappeared. Anyway, first, I seem to have forgotten to post the last word on my last post, which should have been "clean" as in "easy to clean".

Second, centering rings come with the wheels (I didn't know what they were and threw the first set out). They're simple aluminum strips bent into a circle and they fit, easily, into the new wheels' hubs. They create a precise fit with the hub and prevent shaking at high speeds. Frankly, I'll bet that many of the "front end shake" problems mentioned on this board by those who have aftermarket wheels forgot to install the centering rings. This isn't a problem with BMW specific/OEM wheels because they're already "hubcentric".


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