Review DO NOT get plastic hub centric rings. My were melted. (PICS inside)

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11-28-2015, 02:01 AM

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DO NOT get plastic hub centric rings. My were melted. (PICS inside)

Just swapped out to some new wheels and I notice the plastic hub centric rings from my current wheels were all melted and deformed. This explain the steering wheel shakiness when driving from 50-65mph.

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(left is the melted one, right is a brand new one)

Bought a set of aluminum hub centric rings from Amazon for about $10 and hopefully they will last a while.

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11-28-2015, 09:57 AM

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Look like mine over time, they're only good if you remove your tires like NEVER!

And the aluminum ones cost about the same

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11-28-2015, 10:28 AM

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Yeah, aluminum all the way.

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11-28-2015, 01:19 PM

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I've run plastic ones the last 3 years over 3 different vehicles without issues. I only run them in winter though which may help keep it from melting.

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11-28-2015, 04:32 PM

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Actually mined never melted, just got cracked & shredded pretty good

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12-18-2015, 01:41 PM

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And if you plan on taking your car to the track you DEFINITELY want metal hub centric rings. I used plastic rings once and the wheels moved around so much that they screwed up the threads and the base of the lugs to the point that I had to break off the studs just to take off the wheels. Not cool!