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DaMadScientist lugs that center the rim are only rims that are lug-centric...if your rim is hub-centric you need a hubcentric ring...or your rim will vibrate like crazy, it will feel like your wheel is about to fall off
I've gota related question. I bored out the center hole with a die grinder so the Honda wheels would go on my 2001 Saturn SC2. They ran perfectly there. I wanted to see if the tires that were on the Saturn rims would make my Honda wheel sound some hat quieter. they did much so. so I took the Saturn to the store with the Honda rims loaded in the car. Job outlined was change all tires from the two different sets and balance them. Go the Saturn back running get, with the tires that came to me on the Honda, Stock Saturn rims on the stock Saturn. ruin smooth and right and the Saturn has way more sound Some on here have said use a centering ring than the Honda so it didn't matter that the Hondas tires are loud. seems like every time they try it they put weights in different places (completely) and said they road tested and I'm driving home and have other things to do and it shakes like hell put front tires on back a little better shakes in seat of pants and and steering wheel if let go goes sides ways 3/4 of an inch, over 80 it feels like it's going to slide off the road as all the tires are bouncing as watching with a cell phone on a rod holder. all of them are bouncing other 55. all is well and good below 50 and 45 and less it's really smooth. test speed for out of round is 18-20 and it's smooth, no humps and no bumps. the tires ran true on the Saturn rims and my mags with 225-45x17 on 8 inch wide rims will go as fast as the car can, their hot summer tires and run badly on cold roads and rain is dangerous and the Continual true contacts that are not balancing right are best tires for cold weather I've ever rode on. On a late night find the fastest car on the interstate kind of ride and never shake. Yes I find cars that will pull away, but the car doesn't shake with those wheels and tires either and the store keeper, tire store said it's out of line, it'd be out of line with those mags too, but the Honda wheels came with the Honda when it was new. what do I do now? I bought a bubble type balancer and came up with they weren't balanced but changing where the weight s were attached made little difference. the Honda wheels fit the hubs so tightly before I ground them out that they had to be beat off and even cleaned up both the hub and rim to like new polish they still went on hard. (not now as they are bored out), go right on, everything wire brushed polished. Saturn wheels went on easy and didn't vibrate any. 2005 Honda is a fully optioned SE with 5 speed manual, sunroof and all the other goodies.
