This should help clear things up..



Lug centric lugs are either tapered or are rounded -- depends on the wheel you are working with. Hub centric use flat lugs. HOWEVER, most wheels these days don't use flat lugs, at least on the cars i've seen/worked on/owned.

I had a set of hub centric wheels that i ran on my 85' Vw Golf for a day without the hub centric ring (had to get them custom made) and any thing above 60mph, i got the shakes. This could lead to all sorts of problems down the road including the wheel coming off while at speed which is a no bueno situation.

I would rather squirt lemon juice in my eye then drive a car that didn't have a proper hub centric wheel / lug setup.

 

Well kinda like you, never ever have I seen a hubcentric wheel that also didn't have conical lugs. Never in my lifetime have I seen a flat lug nut. Weird. Oh yeah, I'm 62, Haa.

 

You must already have non-stock wheels, because stock lug nuts are flat lugs.

 

Hub concentricity is essential to any Landrover or any other vehicle come to that, just ask Landrover at source. When they balance wheels where do they locate them? on the central wheel hub of course. If you are lucky enough to locate exactly on the lug nuts concentrically it is pure luck and often never repeated. I use 19" RRS wheels on my D2 and have tried in vain without centering rings initially but was defeated in achieving wheel balance even with RRS lug nuts until I spoke to LR Technical directly in Solihull who confirmed it wasn't wise to use non concentric wheels especially oversized wheels such as mine. I since have used alloy centering rings, no problems even at 80 mph. So their you have it from the horses mouth.

 

Just to note, my wheel and tire guy centers my wheels with the bolts. Very hi tech machine that matches bolt patterns.

OK, so who has recommendations for where I can get hubcentric rings.

 

eBay had them last time I checked.

 

https://www.google.fr/search?q=disco...w=1280&bih=694

Lots here.

TIP: Avoid using the plastic rings as they never last and they distort/flatten under load.

 

Got my last set of hub centric rings to fit 06 RRS rims on my D2 from Lucky8

 

The plastic rings do not last may be a somewhat true statement but for reasons other than you have mentioned. The only load that they really see is while installing the wheel. Once it is torqued properly in place; the plastic should not be subjected to additional loads. But during tire rotation, service requiring wheel removal and tire replacement will all excellerate the deterioration of the plastic rings.

 

The ones I picked up from Lucky8 were Aluminium