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hub and lug centric wheel spacers

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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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Default hub and lug centric wheel spacers

this may be a stupid question but im gonna ask it.
i have non hubcentric steel 8 rims and was wondering if i installed wheel spacers that were hub and lugcentric would that then make my rims fit better on them making them hubcentric?
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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minor hijack......Is hub-centric really superior?
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by RubiZealot
minor hijack......Is hub-centric really superior?
yes, yes it is
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by roguejk
this may be a stupid question but im gonna ask it.
i have non hubcentric steel 8 rims and was wondering if i installed wheel spacers that were hub and lugcentric would that then make my rims fit better on them making them hubcentric?
The only what that it would be hubcentric is if there were a "hub" on the wheel spacer that was the same size as the inside of your wheel. But, I believe that the wheel spacer is lug centric in the way that your wheel is secured and hubcentric to the JK hub only.
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by roguejk
this may be a stupid question but im gonna ask it.
i have non hubcentric steel 8 rims and was wondering if i installed wheel spacers that were hub and lugcentric would that then make my rims fit better on them making them hubcentric?
I just got new wheels and was extremely limited when looking at options - so I ended up w/NON-hubcentric.
Hubcetric is not a requirement and suggest you pass if you want a selection of options to pick from. On the other hand - I hear that it is going to be the standard in a couple of years...but for now you do pay the price.
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Calypso
The only what that it would be hubcentric is if there were a "hub" on the wheel spacer that was the same size as the inside of your wheel. But, I believe that the wheel spacer is lug centric in the way that your wheel is secured and hubcentric to the JK hub only.
The Spydertrax wheel spacers are hub centric.

A few aftermarket wheels are also hubcentric like the AEVs. I don't know of any steel ones though.
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