Yea, but unfortunately I NEED tires right now, and nothing else is in the budget. Next will be some of Aldive's modifications for my fuel economy. And I thought they shouldn’t rub with a 265/75/16? Or are your referring more to the change of rim?
Thanks NYMount. I'm in East Islip, how bout you?
Thanks JCUZ, you’re always the best at giving the most detailed explanation. I guess my measurements were off, I would rather my wheels not stick out because that is a sure fire way to get a ticket where I live. Plus I don’t really like the look of it without fender flares. Can you tell me exactly what the difference is between and hub centric wheel and a non hub centric wheel? Also, not that I question you, but where did you get your specifications on the studs? Those seem like pretty weak studs. Are they Grade 5, Grade 8, or something else? I was going to just get my rims powder coated or paint them, but I figured I can buy new rims and sell my old ones to offset the price a little.
So you think I "waffle" LOL!
OK, here goes. Hub centric means the centre bore of the rim locates exactly (or with a little help from a plastic hub spacer approx 1/16" thick, but that depends on the rim) onto the sticky out part (hub) of your axle. The hub therefore supports the weight of the wheel (or the truck, whichever way you want to look at it), all the wheel nuts do is keep the wheel from flying off.
For non-hub centric, the centre bore is either too large to snug onto the hub, or doesn't come anywhere near the hub, so only the wheel nuts hold both the weight of the wheel and the car and they secure the rim to the car. I'm not exactly sure what grade studs are used, but I have had one stud bent, and one broke within 80kms of getting my hubcentric rims fitted - all because they forgot to tighten the nuts right up, so the wheel was being supported by the studs only, as it was not securely located on the hub. others have also had broken wheel studs, and my bet in 90% of cases it's because they are running non hub centric rims.
Now, some cars/trucks come with non-hub centric rims, but then they are designed for it. You will find that these are usually smaller type cars that have 5 studs to bear the weight, or larger trucks that have 6 or 8 studs to take the weight. The explorer being a big heavy 5 studder, with hub centric rims from factory is obviously done that way (to me) because the studs just can't support the weight on their own, and my loose wheel nut has proven that to me.
Your 265/75/16s may just hit the back part of the plastic inner shield under the guard (on the front only, and only when turning) - but if you use just one cable tie each side to pull it back, it won't rub at all.
Here's the little plastic hub rings i was talking about (these are different to hub adapters):
http://www.asianproducts.com/product_1/Wheel-Hub-Centric_P12136371096081723.htm
These are hub centric adapters:
http://www.bernardembden.com/xjs/hubcentric/index.htm
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