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Old 05-02-08, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by RX469
So now, where do you order these rings from?
Would I have to go to Infiniti for these??
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Get the rings buddy. I have zero vibrations in the GS with the 19's on regardless of speed.
Do they have rings for stock rims?
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Originally Posted by Och
Do they have rings for stock rims?
The stock rims are hubcentric and do not require rings.. Did you go to the tire place I told you about?
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
The stock rims are hubcentric and do not require rings.. Did you go to the tire place I told you about?
Nope, never had a chance. I'll probably go there this weekend, and a carwash. Damn, I havent washed my cars since around land summer lol, they are filthy.
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Originally Posted by Och
Nope, never had a chance. I'll probably go there this weekend, and a carwash. Damn, I havent washed my cars since around land summer lol, they are filthy.
lol.. Trust me, after you get your tires balanced at this place in BK, vibrations will be a thing of the past
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Old 05-02-08, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
lol.. Trust me, after you get your tires balanced at this place in BK, vibrations will be a thing of the past
Well, I hope so. See, what happened is, when I bought the GS in 2005, I immediately replaced the 17" stock chromies with a brand new set of stock 17" for a 3GS. Obviously I put a set of new tires as well. It was riding nicely, until last summer I took it to a repair shop to replace brake pad and resurface the rotors. After I picked it up, it was vibrating like crazy, so I took it back to the shop thinking they did something wrong. Turned out they rotated my tires front front to back, and rear tires were out of balance. I replaced the tires last fall, and the car was riding butter smooth again, but now its developing some vibrations again. Its pissing me off, I think I might have bad bearings or maybe 2006 rims arent hubcentric with 2GS hubs.
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Originally Posted by newr
How so?

The contact area between the rim and the lug nuts have a matching angle. Once all the lug nuts are torqued equally and sit tight in the holes, the wheel should be centered. Now, I've explained why I think the hubcentric rings are not needed. Why don't you explain yours instead of calling me name?.
http://www.prestigewheel.com/Catalog/HubRings66_67.pdf

http://www.motegiracing.com/techzone...ame=wheeltech2

please read too lazy to find better links...
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Originally Posted by RX469
So now, where do you order these rings from?

http://www.justforwheels.com/index.j...=how&track=GHR
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Default hub centric rings

Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Get the rings buddy. I have zero vibrations in the GS with the 19's on regardless of speed.
Im looking to put some bmw style 95 wheels on my 98 lexus gs 400, what size rings should I get?
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