more unexciting new wheel content

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 10/09/2020 at 14:21 • Filed to: BexTheTSX

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that a day prior I said I was going to. and then by some miracle the hub centric rings I ordered from Amazon came to me in less than a day, so now they are all mounted and such.

here be now a full shot of t he wheels on the car

see, rings, in a box, from china, somehow overnighted to me

ringless

enringened

MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 14:28

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I did weigh the wheels with tyres and they were within 4lbs of the original. which seemed ok for bigger wheels. Not great. I’ll aim for a better weight option for my summer wheels.

surprising me, the Nissan TPMS played nicely with the Acura and therefore no warning lights.

I did forget to measure the centre cap size so I could shop for some non-Nissan ones though. oops

flatisflat > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 14:34

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Oi, the TPMS working is a lucky win!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 14:39

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Enkei RPF1 ONLY.

MonkeePuzzle > flatisflat 10/09/2020 at 14:39

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no doubt. i was ready for the typical warning light to just be on all winter. is nice that won’t be the case. 

MonkeePuzzle > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 10/09/2020 at 14:41

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I... don’t actually like RPF1s

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 14:45

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Ban  /s

Do u like PF01?

MonkeePuzzle > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 10/09/2020 at 14:49

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eh. but better than RPF1

stuckMTB > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 15:06

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Make sure to put some anti-seize on those hub centric rings! Ask me know I know...

MonkeePuzzle > stuckMTB 10/09/2020 at 15:29

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where the hell were you yesterday!?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > MonkeePuzzle 10/09/2020 at 15:35

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Sp eaking of TPMS, I just found out from my service manager at my VW dealership (awesome guy btw, he’s super good with communication) that my 2018 GTI does NOT have TPMS sensors in the wheel. The sensor is now part of the hub, and through German black magic, can somehow determine if a wheel is flat or not.

Since I’m putting on new wheels with new winter tires soon , I was extremely pleased to learn this!

MonkeePuzzle > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 10/09/2020 at 15:44

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the wife’s 2016 CRV was the first year this was true for Honda too. and hers reads more accurate. its good tech to overcome the annoyance of my earlier 2008's design

stuckMTB > MonkeePuzzle 10/10/2020 at 09:47

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I t’s not too late! Do it now or you might find yourself borrowing a neighbors creme brûlée torch to heat the stupid things off  because you can’t find your propane torch and everything is broken. Not that that’s happened to me or anything.