Did I make a big mistake

Not sure I understand. You just need the right size of plastic hub centering rings.

Exact size bore is preferable, but not essential.

macnut wrote: ↑ Not sure I understand. You just need the right size of plastic hub centering rings.

Exact size bore is preferable, but not essential.

Ok, this is what I thought. But TBH, the more I read the more I got confused.

Sum_guy wrote: ↑Last winter I bought a set of new steel rims with the plan to get winter tires this fall. I made sure of the size, width, bolt spacing, offset and made sure the bore size was larger than the OEM bore.

I didn't realize that the bore needed to be exact too. The rims have a 72.5mm bore, the specs for my car are 66.9mm. Am I out of luck? I've researched spacers but I don't really understand how that works.

I bought the rims on Kijiji and they're brand new so I doubt if I'll be out cash if I have to sell them on.

McLaren__F1 wrote: ↑https://www.amazon.ca/Centric-Rings-72- ... B06XNKNZ7M

Can't use hub rings on steel wheels.

You'll be ok as long as you tighten your luggage nuts correctly. It is very common for people to have lug centric winters instead of hub centric. Wheel manufacturers make them big to accommodate a variety of models.

I run my lug nuts down by hand while continuously shaking the wheel. You'll notice they kinda find their center. Then I always torque them while the wheel is in the air to prevent any load that might shift them. I use a block of wood to chock my front and engage my park brake for the rear. I've never encountered any vibrations and I don't ever rebalance my wheels.

The con of lug centric wheels is that lug nuts are taking all of the load instead of the hub. This is why it is especially important to properly torque your wheels.

thisischris wrote: ↑ ......
I run my lug nuts down by hand while continuously shaking the wheel. You'll notice they kinda find their center. Then I always torque them while the wheel is in the air to prevent any load that might shift them.
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The con of lug centric wheels is that lug nuts are taking all of the load instead of the hub. This is why it is especially important to properly torque your wheels.

Important advice there - take a bit of extra time while progressively tightening the lug nuts and continually grasping the wheel to adjust slightly its position in the horizontal plane.
That way, it ensures the seat of the lug nuts engage perfectly centered in the wheel holes.
Important too that the style of the lug nuts and the holes in the multi-fit wheel are compatible profiles.

Not sure that hub centric wheels support all of the load at the hub.
Qualified engineers have been known to debate this and suggest that there would have to be an extremely tight fit with the centre bore of the wheel for this to be the case.
And then mounting the wheel on the hub would require a lot of pressure.
They argue that hub centric wheels just avoid the need to do the above noted juggling when installing the wheel.

thisischris wrote: ↑ You'll be ok as long as you tighten your luggage nuts correctly. It is very common for people to have lug centric winters instead of hub centric. Wheel manufacturers make them big to accommodate a variety of models.

I run my lug nuts down by hand while continuously shaking the wheel. You'll notice they kinda find their center. Then I always torque them while the wheel is in the air to prevent any load that might shift them. I use a block of wood to chock my front and engage my park brake for the rear. I've never encountered any vibrations and I don't ever rebalance my wheels.

The con of lug centric wheels is that lug nuts are taking all of the load instead of the hub. This is why it is especially important to properly torque your wheels.

Agree but bet you OP comes back in 6 months complaining if vibrations on highway drives lol. One of the things where going forward any wheels I buy are gonna be the correct centre bore, it's not that much more money but less headache (just annoying to find it).

thisischris wrote: ↑ The con of lug centric wheels is that lug nuts are taking all of the load instead of the hub. This is why it is especially important to properly torque your wheels.

You need to read THIS article - the hub does NOT carry any load.

warpdwhim wrote: ↑ You need to read THIS article - the hub does NOT carry any load.

This all the way