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post Jul 24, 2003 - 10:36 PM
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Its time for me to get a new set of wheels, mainly because mine have dents in them I've already had them repaired once before.
I am looking into getting a set that will actually fit my car and not too concerned about looks. I know that most people that get wheels dont care about if they are HUB centric and they dont get the correct/same offset as the originals but I want to know if it affects the handling of the car or not or if you can get some kind of adapter to make aftermarket wheels to be hubcentric. I know you can get spacers to make negative offset wheels to come out more but I heard that spacers arnt recommended.

Any advice would be appreciated.
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post Jul 27, 2003 - 10:25 PM
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Zephyr, Ive done a bit of research on wheels, My current 17"s are NOT hub centric. They are way off actually. I havent really had the issues of vibration though at higher speeds. I only have that problem when my wheels were not balanced and my rims were buckled. I do think that its important to get hub centric wheels with the correct offset so the car will handle like its supposed to. I dont know if anyone else with aftermarket wheels are having the same vibration issues that you are having but it is bizzare that when you put your stocks wheels on, its all good.

Im pretty sure that you have got the wheels balanced and you are running correct tyres as well. I dont know what else could cause the vibration problems. Do any of your tyres have flatspots?

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