Do you need hubcentric rings on aftermarket wheels?

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Anyone with aluminum rings have issues with them corroding or sticking to the hub/rotor? Any tips or tricks to keep them from corroding and sticking?

Sand paper, then anti-seize.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by DuMa

it distributes stress and forces across the hub/studs and the wheel/lugs evenly on bumps and dips rather than just the lugs/studs

Negative ghost rider.


They help those who aren't careful mount the wheels correctly to eliminate vibrations. I run them on some wheels and don't on others, but it's out of laziness not a perceived benefit.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by wparsons

No they don't. If they were actually taking any force, the plastic would be smashed after the first bump you hit.

Have you ever looked at how tiny the lip on the hub is, and how far offset it is from the centerline of the wheel? If you were to set a car down without lug studs in place, but the wheel properly lined up against the hub with centering rings, it would very quickly pop the wheel off the hub long before the full weight of the car was resting on the wheel.

With conical seat lugs, the only way the ring takes any force is if the lugs aren't seated and torqued down enough, or if the studs are bending.

Hey I have cracked both plastic and aluminum ones.










From heat.

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Hey I have cracked both plastic and aluminum ones.


From heat.

Dave!

How's the world going? I heard you finally sold your BRZ.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Dave!

How's the world going? I heard you finally sold your BRZ.

Nope. Getting ready to but I haven't even posted it for sale yet. If it didn't cost as much to insure as any two of my other cars combined I'd maybe keep it even though I never drive the thing. 4k miles in 1.5 years... 25k miles in 1.5 years before that

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Nope. Getting ready to but I haven't even posted it for sale yet. If it didn't cost as much to insure as any two of my other cars combined I'd maybe keep it even though I never drive the thing. 4k miles in 1.5 years... 25k miles in 1.5 years before that

That's the damn truth. Of the three cars I insure, this one costs the most.

<30k miles in three years is not bad mileage at all. Hopefully when you do list it, it goes quickly.

[Curtski96]

Ok so from reading the whole thread this is what I got out of it.
The only real reason for getting hub centric rings is if don't have studs in your hub.
Our cars have studs therefore we don't need the rings.
On my Jetta I had to bolt my rims on because my hub just had holes to bolt the rims into.
I'm hoping this is correct???

[MrDinkleman]

Originally Posted by Curtski96

Ok so from reading the whole thread this is what I got out of it.
The only real reason for getting hub centric rings is if don't have studs in your hub.
Our cars have studs therefore we don't need the rings.
On my Jetta I had to bolt my rims on because my hub just had holes to bolt the rims into.
I'm hoping this is correct???

Without reading most of this thread: yup.


Edit: You might want to add: If you have alloy wheels that use shank style lug nuts, hub centricity helps. You'd be amazed at how easy it is to screw up installing shank-style lugs when the "wheel tech" abuses/misuses an air-impact gun...

[The Sentinel]

Hi guys. I've just put together a video explaining exactly how this works. The answer depends on the type of wheels you have....

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5jKRLtJUgY"]Do you need Hub Rings / Choosing Lug Nuts - Complete Wheel Fitment Guide - Part 3 - YouTube[/ame]