Actually Rugged Ridge and Fortec (same design, different name) makes a Hub-Centric wheel. Most companies don't make them because they are alot more to build this way bc they can't be massed produced and therefore less profit to be made. Uh, the difference between how a wheel is MADE and the color of the center cap is definitley night and day to compare.
There are many ppl that would agree, and have already agreed, that Hub-centric is better in design then lug-centric. Once again though, this isn't about that, it's about a company that has shown something about how their product is supposedly made that isn't correct. For many years. Anyway, I'm not going to go back and forth with you about the importance of advertising how a product is designed.

 

I think a quick look at the self-centering cones of the OEM lug nuts should convince you otherwise...

 

If Hubcentric "means nothing" why was AEV tooting it on their website for years!?!?

 

Agreed. They used it as an advantage over all the other wheels out there.

 

Is it possible that they use it as a way to extract more $$ from the consumer for their pricey (albeit very nice) wheels?

 

[QUOTE=planman;3816486]Seriously?

Hubcentric means nothing for a jeep wrangler wheel. It hasn't meant anything for JKs, TJs, YJs, etc.--at least since 1987.QUOTE]

Hard to believe that a member with over 750 posts can seriously make such a statement !?!?!? Thinking that you can go offroad with a wheel that is solely lug centric is being mis-informed.... Hub centric is everything and is responsible to keep the wheel centered on the hub. The lugs are there to keep the wheel snug against the hub !!!1

means nothing ?!?!? sheeesh !!!

 

[QUOTE=Da10A;3816517]Agreed. This is from a vendor of AEV Wheels in the description......"Hub-centric mounting takes the load off of your studs and places it squarely in the hub where it belongs. The result is a better ride and longer lasting bearings."
Yeah......That's what I thought I was buying.

 

Da10a,

I have more than 750 posts. If the narcissistic former owner of this forum hadn't deleted them, if have about 6,000 posts here.

My threads on Diagnosing Death Wobble have over 100,000 views on multiple jeep forums. My YouTube videos on the subject have a combined over 100,000 views.

I was asked to be a Forum Tech Advisor here.

I currently own 6 jeeps, a competition rock buggy, and an off road park.

AEV making hubcentric jeep wheels was gimmicky in the first place.

You don't need a "belt and suspenders" on a JK. The "belt" (conical lug nuts) is sufficient.

Please point to all the "dirty laundry" threads on jeepforum, jkowners, jk-forum, jeepfreaks, wranglerforum, pirate4x4, etc. of all the hoards of jeep owners that sheared off studs from hubs with wheels running 37" or smaller tires, or who had vibration problems from non-hubcentric wheels that were properly torqued.

 

I had to go and look and my 14 jkur rims are hub centric and lug centric lol. My 13 steelies were too. Not sure I have seen too many lug nuts that were not coned to some degree.

 

[QUOTE=Da10A;3816517]Are you really evaluating a person's expertise based on the amount of posts he's made on an internet forum?

The hub is responsible for centering a wheel ONLY on a hub-centric wheel. For a lug-centric wheel, the tapered lug nuts perform the task of centering the wheel. Neither method is right or wrong, and I'd be willing to bet you don't personally know a single person who has had a structural failure because of a lug-centric design.

That being said, I would be upset knowing that I spent the money that AEV asks for their wheels and didn't get what was advertised.