wobbly alpina replicas?

Post Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:07 pm

read on a few posts comments about replica Alpinas being wobbly, is this true?
Just bought a 325i cab with 17's on and think the balancing needs doing but now im thinking might it be this common problem?
cheers

Post Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:22 pm

usually the shite spacers the wheels come with mate

Post Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:27 pm

Spigot rings !!

Post Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:30 pm

proper hub eccentric spacers is what u want alloy ones with just 4x100 drilled in them, not one size fits all monkey metal/ plastic sh!te

Post Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:17 pm

Simon13 wrote:proper hub eccentric spacers is what u want alloy ones with just 4x100 drilled in them, not one size fits all monkey metal/ plastic sh!te

any pics of wht you talk about or any idea where to get them from?

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:12 pm

i got some mickey mouse plastic ones from (cough) Extreme and its still no better! Replaced both wishbones, ball joints and tie rod ends has anyone got any ideas?

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:16 pm

are the spigot rings u got the correct diameters m8.

73mm outer and 57.1 inner.

i have a spare set of plastic ones the same as the ones currently on my car and the wheels are perfect .

possibly u have a misshaped tyre ?

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:21 pm

bigdek wrote:are the spigot rings u got the correct diameters m8.

73mm outer and 57.1 inner.

i have a spare set of plastic ones the same as the ones currently on my car and the wheels are perfect .

possibly u have a misshaped tyre ?

57.1 inners can still be very slightly loose, but 57 are normally to tight.. little cowboy trick I did that worked..... with 57.1s, I wrapped insulating tape neatly one or two times around the hub bore lip, to hold the spigots on there tight... and don't laugh.... it worked!!!! straight away they were as smooth as they should be!!!

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:25 pm

when i got my bkÃƒ”šÃ‚´s home the first ride was wobble free. then i had them off for some caliper painting

, when i put them back on i was getting wobble at 50 mph, and v. badly too!

took them off, and put them on again. now i dont get a sigle wobble, and ive had them up to 120.

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:47 pm

glenbat wrote:i got some mickey mouse plastic ones from (cough) Extreme and its still no better! Replaced both wishbones, ball joints and tie rod ends has anyone got any ideas?

the plastic spigot rings are the problem they crush andwarp etc

better off with proper metal ones that O.Z use and ronal and compomotiv

thing is you cant get metal spigots for bk alloys ive tried everywhere looking

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:50 pm

yeah, anyone know where I can get decent off the shelf alloy spigott rings? Had a 4 hour drive back from Ipswich today and the wheel shake does my tits in.

The journey was made better by spotting a mint E reg Tech 1 sport on the A14 and then chatting with the owner across the lanes whilst we were stuck in a jam. Told him about the zone too

Then on the A1 past Ferrybridge I came across a ferrari 355, pulled up alongside him at about 50, he had his window down and i stuck it back in 2nd and gave it a quick squirt past him. A while later I saw him coming up my right hand side so put my window down and he didn't disappoint, giving it full beans past me. We played around like this for about 10 miles just blatting past and then pulling back in, it was thumbs up in both cars. The fezza sounded absolutely awesome, especially the blips on downchanges and then turning into something almost F1 in sound. AWESOME

Post Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:11 pm

Hi chaps

Try these guys Wheels UK at www.wheels.uk.com or tel 02476 342999. They sell Aluminium Spigot Rings and spacers.

Post Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:46 pm

thanks for that mate, Just spoken to John, nice bloke

this was his reply from an email I sent him.

"I offer a Black plastic one with a smaller taper giving more land on the nose of the hub.

Ãƒ”šÃ‚£18.99 delivered

You can order by phone on 02476 342999

Regards,

John

Wheels UK

So I have ordered a set and will see how it goes

will post up on here to see if it stops shaking itself to death!

Post Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:49 pm

If you get sick of your wheel vibration, you could always sell them to me!

Post Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:50 pm

If you get sick of your wheel vibration, you could always sell them to me!

Post Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:54 pm

Daz has first dibs on my 'pinas, I may be taking them off anyway as I might be getting some mims if my old fella ever sorts out this bloke who has an E30 sitting there in his barn doing nowt. The bloke owes my old man Ãƒ”šÃ‚£450 notes so my old man wants to get this off him before asking about the e dirty.

Post Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:33 pm

If u can't get em and you know the sizes get a place to machine em... I am doing my own. but then again I have a lathe to play with

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:26 am

Glad to have been of service.

I had aluminium ones on my 318i with OZ alloys and the car handled fine.

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:20 am

I ordered some new spigott rings from John, nice bloke, credit card job over the phone and they arrived a day later. Gonna fit them over the weekend and see how they do. they are plastic ones again but John said the problem with the green rings that are fitted on my car and that come with the BK alloys is that they are too deep so the wheel does not offer up flush to the hub.

Will give a report on them whem I get them fitted and go for a quick blast

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:34 pm

Jos wrote:If u can't get em and you know the sizes get a place to machine em... I am doing my own. but then again I have a lathe to play with

Sorry to go off the subject here... I past you last week Jos on my way home from work, car looks well mate.