Hello everyone,

I have an '06 xA and I'm looking to buy some nice, light aluminum wheels. I saw some rotas (here, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/15-NI...Q5fAccessories) w/ tires on eBay for $619 w/ shipping brand new. The only problem is that the centerbore is 67.1mm, which is much larger than the stock xA's wheels. So my questions is, would these wheels work for the xA?

Also, my goal for the wheels I'm looking for is that they're relatively inexpensive, light than stock by more than 2 pounds per wheel, and come with the tires mounted and balanced. That's why the rota's interest me. However, if any of you have any suggestions as to where I can find wheel's that meet my criteria, please give me suggestions. As a final note, I'm not interested in wheels that are larger than 16". Since I'm looking to reduce rotational weight and keep my speedo accurate at the same time, larger wheels are out of the question.

Thanks,

Charles

 

Yeah. They'll work fine. The lugs will center them out. While the wheel is in the air, you tighten them as much as you possibly can. If you can get someone to step on the brakes, you'll be good. If not, you can lower it to the ground & finish it up.

 

That's a relief. I'm planning on getting hubcentric rings, since I've been reading up on this more on other forums and I learned that if the wheels aren't aligned hubcentrically then there's a big chance that they'd rattle. I'm planning on buying some hubcentric rings and was wondering what the ID needs to be? I think our center bore is 54.1mm but I just wanted to double check that that's the ID that I would need to get.

Thanks for the help!

 

You don't really need hub centric rings. All they do is center the wheel, but all the load goes onto the studs. The hub area doesn't really do much. The hub rings will eventually melt if they are plastic or get jacked up anyways. They're more of a hassle.

If you tighten the wheel enough while the car is up in the air, the lugs will center out the wheel. No vibrations or anything of the sort will be felt.

Yeah. The hub center bore is 54.1mm.

 

Please don't offer bad info. Hubcentric rings do not melt. They should ALWAYS be used with aftermarket wheels that don't have the right sized hub center. It's NEVER a good idea to rely only on the lugs to do the work. Sure he might get lucky and not have a vibration but why chance it? Def. pick up the correct rings.

 

^ No. They don't melt all the time. but people that that beat the crap out of their cars on a twisty tarmac road, on a road course, or autocross course will melt their rings if they are made out of plastic. Heat transfer from the brakes to the hub.

I can also give you the load calculations for the lugs on the wheels. Hub centric rings do not take load at all, they only center the wheels when you tighten them. Outside of that, there is no use for them as far as loading goes. All the load gets transferred onto the lugs & studs. The rings wouldn't be able to take the load anyways. They're too flimsy to take a load. Heh!

But like I said, if you can get someone to step on the brakes while the wheels are in the air, they will center out. that or tighten as much as you can while in the air & then bring the wheel to the ground & finish up. That's only if you don't have hub rings & the wheels have larger centerbores. I have run many wheels with larger centerbores at road courses, autocross events, & canyon roads without any issues whatsoever & so have thousands of other people. Just go to www.miata.net & do some searching. You'll find thousands of discussions & all of them come to the same conclusion: hub rings are worthless & annoying. Hahaha! (^o^ ) <3