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Will an aftermarket wheel with a hub bore of 72.6mm fit on our truck?
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The stock bore is 2.75" or 69.85mm. :wink:

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Thanks Steve.

So I have to assume that if this wheel was mounted on our hub that the gap of 2.75mm would be a bad thing???

Should I investigate installing custom wheel spacers that are hubcentric for our stock 69.85mm hub and made to fit these aftermarket wheels with 72.6mm hubs?
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Matching the hub and mounting the wheel "hub centric" is a good idea, but not absolutely necessary.
I am running spacers that are not hub centric.

Lug centric relies on the wheel lugs to center the wheel. That is what you will be doing running a wheel with a larger center bore.

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HenryJ wrote:I am running spacers that are not hub centric.
Me too and I haven't had any problems. :wink:

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are you buying the wheels new?? Cause i bought my wife a set of aluminum rims for her car, and it came with a spacer for the inside that was vehicle specific. the dealer said once the rims are torqued, its a pain in the ass to get the spacer out.
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Come to think of it I have seen those rings too. I think I had a set of Centerlines with a hub ring to match the application.
I wonder if they might have one to match the application in this case?

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The rims are new and I will call the supplier to see if they include a vehicle specific adapter/ring.

now that you have mentioned it, I am running spacers that are not hub centric in the rear. Thanks I see what you are talking about. The only negative I can see is extra force being applied to the wheel lugs.
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there is not a lot of side load on your studs. your center is sandwiched between the hub and the Nut. that what takes all of the weight.
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The wheels I was looking at, the XD series 795, were backordered and the supplier told me they do not have an ETA. It's back to the drawing board for a different wheel.
Has anybody had luck with locating a black alloy 16" wheel?
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