Hub Centric rings are not required if you're properly installing the lug nuts when installing the wheel. Hand tighten them down in a star pattern, then torque them down is a star pattern. I've done this on every truck I've ever owned without an issue. Current truck is a 2014 Ram with 22x12 wheels with 325/50 tires. No hubcentric rings.
I’m confused by this post. The reason wheel manufactures sell rings is so they can sell a lot of different wheels that will fit on multiple vehicle applications with only the addition of hubcentric rings. You are essentially buying a “one size fits all” without adding an vehicle specific adapter.
Hubcentric wheels or wheels with the addition of hubcentric rings means that the hub and the wheel studs are sharing the load and the stress of the vehicle. If you are relying just on the studs and lug nuts you are altering the design of the vehicle.
If you do a search on this site, or any other vehicle site that manufactures hubcentric vehicle, you will find hundreds of posts about studs breaking, lug nuts falling off, wheels breaking, vibrations, and so forth. That’s because people are installing wheels that aren’t made for their vehicle.
I think the only way to get around this would be to replace the studs, but lug centeric wheels (not hub centric and not buy the proper rings), and get proper lug nuts.
Can you get away without having any issues if you somehow manage to carefully install your wheels just so that they fit on the hub centered? Yeah probably, but the first hole you hit, first curb you bump into, or the first load you pull or haul will start moving that wheel. The acorn lug or the wheel will eventually shift then start resting on the wheel stud.
Even the OP admitted he had a vibration at higher speeds. Now he’s towing a trailer with wheels coming loose, improperly installed wheels (hubcentric wheels designed to have spacer rings without rings installed), and damaged wheel studs.
Point of the story. Ram designed a truck, put a hub on it with a lip, put a wheel on it that is supported by the hub and held on by lugs, and then handed out payload and hauling specs. By removing the hub support you are simply bolting 2 pieces of metal flushed together, setting a 5,000 pound truck on it, and praying the lug nuts and wheel don’t shift at all while driving. Yes, depending on the wheel material, lug nut material, lug but design, and how you drive you may never encounter an issue.
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