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Old 04-28-2005, 08:26 AM
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Default Gary at Tirerack, Mike at PureMS or others - further to post below re: centering rings on OZs

I have mounted a set of 18" OZ Superleggeras on my B6 A4 with NO centering rings and have been driving on them for about 3 weeks now.

Should I have put them on? I did not notice any problem mounting the wheels and they have been fine for driving so far - speeds up to ~130kph so far. No vibration to speak of.

Do I need them?

Thanks in advance.
Old 04-28-2005, 08:44 AM
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Default The OZ SLs are not hubcentric, meaning

that hub is not perfectly centered you'll get some vibration. The bolts weren't meant to bear the load and forces of the wheel, so even if you're not having issues now, you'll likely have them later. Certainly get the rings unless you have some version of the wheel that is already hubcentric <I have not heard of such a version for Audi>
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Default Thanks Gary. I'll check them this weekend and see if they came with the rings attached

but I never saw them as separate pieces of hardware when I opened the boxes with the wheels.
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Default Just replied to your earlier post.

<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/wheel/msgs/79269.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/wheel/msgs/79269.phtml</a</li></ul>
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