I'll try to get a better picture - this is all I could find

 

Yeah, definitely looks like the concave face 17x9 +63... I had a set of 4 17x9 +63 and one had a more concaved face... I noticed when I installed my lug nuts and it stuck out more on one wheel.

 

http://honda-tech.com/wheels-119/wtb...4-3-a-3009280/

See how the lug nuts don't stick out like yours? They're the same rays lug nuts too.

 

Thanks - so the only solution is to run the GT High Type centers - or get a pair of non-concave 17x9 +63 ce28n's for the rear.

hmmmmm

 

I know for certain that the Type A flat caps fit standard CE28N 17x7.5 +50 and 17x9 +63. I've had them on 00, 03 and 08 cars.

 

They won't if his axle nut is sticking out an inch...

 

They fit the standard Volks. His are either not standard or they've been milled.

 

Or I just have larger nuts

Seriously though, I'm curious as to why the flat caps don't work just for posterity's sake (I've already ordered a set of high type caps).

Either my wheels are "special", they've been modified, or my hub/axle/nut just sticks out further than normal.

The wheels are an older set (2002) so they could be "special", or have more concavity.

I didn't buy them new, so a previous owner could have modified them (will check the mounting surface when I change tires soon).

I can live with those 2 possibilities.

But the possibility that something is abnormal about my hub/axle/nut does worry me. FWIW, both left and right sides are the same, so any abnormality is symmetrical.

Any thoughts on what would make my axle/hub/nut stick out so far? From the pictures it looks like the axle nut has been retorqued tighter (restaked), and it's not the actual nut that sticks out the most, it's the thing(hub/axle?) that the nut screws onto.

 

I dont think you have any issue. It seems there are 2 different style volk rims.

 

Thanks Billman for weighing in