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Old 11-15-2018, 08:38 AM   #991
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Our GTI (and previously Golf TDI) sets of winter wheels required centering rings... They were MSW going on VW hubs. I ended up leaving the rings on the wheels with no ill effect, just make sure they don't get lost. They seem flimsy but they are not weight-bearing, never caused any wobbles.

Wheel/tire minutiae... The worst was the S4 where I went with BBS SR for winter. They required centering rings AND different bolts (conical vs. spherical). And they needed locks as I occasionally parked outside and they were more than decent for winter wheels. And that lock set needed to be different from the summer lock set. So two sets of wheels/tires, centering rings, two sets of lug bolts, two sets of wheel locks, none of them interchangeable.

Fun times at the tire shop during swapping... I go to a shop where I can 100% supervise/micromanage the process.
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Old 11-15-2018, 08:38 AM   #992
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PS: you need to edit your ride list of cars...
His list is cumulative, he keeps adding whatever he has owned. If I did that, I might break vBulletin.
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Old 11-15-2018, 09:53 AM   #993
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They required centering rings AND different bolts (conical vs. spherical).
Oh yes, these require different bolts too.

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I love the color. Isn’t that close to the color of your E46? Steel Blue?
The E46 is way more blue..
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Old 11-15-2018, 11:42 AM   #994
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"What Tesla’s ‘Delivery Logistics Hell’ Is Like for Model 3 Buyers":

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Old 11-15-2018, 01:50 PM   #995
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different bolts (conical vs. spherical).
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Oh yes, these require different bolts too.
Lug nuts are my personal hell, courtesy overthinking. The Focus and Camaro come with nuts covered in chrome sheaths that warp, twist and degrade with multiple on/off cycles, so they need replacement. Replacement nuts are not quite as long (tiny bit shorter), so my head thinks, "less clamping force, hmm, dunno, about that, seen a lot of wheels come off cars, don't want to be that guy" and this leads to inaction with the Camaro. The OE wheels and lugnuts have not been on/off that many times, but the nuts are showing wear and I can feel it when I put a socket on them.

And I just shake my head at myself.
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Old 11-15-2018, 08:41 PM   #996
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I truly don’t understand the hard on the NYT has for anti-Tesla stories.
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Old 11-15-2018, 08:46 PM   #997
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Old 11-16-2018, 01:28 AM   #998
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Matt, those wheels look great, how were they today in this snowy weather ?

Clyde you’ve got me thinking ... I’ve got to switch out the Porsche wheels for the winter ... do I need to change he lug nuts ? I’ve done the swap I think for the last 4 years ... how do you tell if a wheel bolt needs to be replaced ? I never had a car this long that I switched out the wheels so much ... Btw anyone can chime in it’s just that Clyde brought it up and got me thinking.
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Old 11-16-2018, 08:29 AM   #999
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AF I didn't drive on them yet. I kept it in the garage for this mess...


Regarding lug nuts... You've changed them 4 times. You're fine. Clyde & company are swapping there wheels every weekend or two for races so they get a lot more use.
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Old 11-16-2018, 08:47 AM   #1000
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C'mon man. AWD plus snows? Go out there, find some empty spots (not hard where you live) and have some fun. But I could see that your driveway may have been blocked, buried by your other not snow-tired vehicles.

This storm really came early. LI got a fair amount but not as much as the Northern and Western suburbs.
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