Bootstrap navbar width / max-width

Question

My bootstrap navbar links are many, so it wraps (I think at 970px).

I don't want it to wrap, the width of the links in total are about 1020px. I've searched high and low for the answer :(

When I add a width of 1020px to .navbar .navbar-collapse the nav bar is now a little off center.

How can I get it to be 1020px width and stay centered?

 .navbar .navbar-collapse {
  text-align: center;
      width:1020px;
} 

Then how do I get the navbar to not wrap but to collapse for tablet?

Edit:

Here's the html - basically (link names removed).

<!-- NAVIGATION -->
<div class="container">
    <!-- Fixed navbar -->
    <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
      <div class="container">
        <div class="navbar-header">
          <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="navbar">
            <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          </button>
        
        </div>
        <div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
            <li><a href="#welcome">LINK 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#who">LINK 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#benefits">BLAH BLAH</a></li>
            <li><a href="#outline">BLAH BLAH BLAH</a></li>
            <li><a href="#package">THE BLAH BLAH BLAH</a></li> 
            <li><a href="#faq">BLAH</a></li> 
            <li><a href="#testimonials">BLAH BLAH BLAH</a></li>
            <li><a href="#bonuses">BLAH</a></li> 
            <li><a href="#buy" class="buyNow">BLAH</a></li> 

          </ul>
          
        </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
      </div>
    </nav>
<!-- End Fixed navbar -->
</div>

Here's the additional css:

.navbar .navbar-nav {
  display: inline-block;
  float: none;
  vertical-align: top;
}

 .navbar .navbar-collapse {
  text-align: center;
      width:1024px;
      white-space: nowrap;
        border: 3px dotted #ff00ff;
}


/* navbar */
.navbar-default {
    background-color: #f2b32a;
    border-color: #C89321;

    font-size: 13px;
    letter-spacing: -0.9px;
}

/* link */
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a {
    color: #fff;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
    color: #333;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a, 
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover, 
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus {
    color: #555;
    background-color: #E7E7E7;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a, 
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:hover, 
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:focus {
    color: #555;
    background-color: #D5D5D5;
}
.navbar {
 box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #C89321; 
/*   visibility: hidden; */
}

.buyNow{

    font-size: 19px;
}

Answer 1

Have you tried: white-space: nowrap; Also if you reduce your html/css to a minimum that still has a problem and post it - others will be able to check and confirm the solution.

Answer 2

Why 1020px and not a standard 1024px, you can decrease the font size a bit to see what happens. But there isn't really much I can help you with, without a screenshot