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17" Wheels and Tyres - More advice please! (archive)
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Posted by Philip on January 13, 2002 at 13:10:12:

I am still in the process of fitting 17x7.5 wheels to my car, and the help so far has been great - the thing is the further I get, the more this seems like a can of worms!

I have bought two wheels so far, which have a centre-bore of 74.1mm. I am aware I will have to reduce this to 72.5mm using rings , which should have came with the wheels, but did not (sorting this out with retailer). The problem here is if the spacer is just a thin ring, then in my opinion the hub that the wheel sits on does not protrude far enough for the ring to be effective - I have offered the wheel to the hub, and it confirms this. Are there such things as rings of greater width?

Another problem, is at the back, I intend using the same style of wheel, but for e36/46 fitment. This is so I can adapt the 38mm offset into a 28 or 30mm offset using hub-centric spacers, so there should be no clearance problems with the fenders. In addition to this, the centre-bore diameter (hopefully) should be exactly the same as the e28 (I will check). If they happen to be 74.1mm, however, are there such things as spacers which fit a 72.5mm hub centrically, but offer a 74.1mm lip?

As ever, many thanks,
Philip

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