Hello all, I am new to the forum and at my wits end trying to find a cheap alternative to the stock aluminum wheels that came on my wife's 04 Hyundai Elantra GT.
It seems she can't pass up a pot hole in the road without hitting it. While I know no wheel is pot hole proof, I am trying to find a cheap wheel that does not require a spacer or fitment ring, and have even thought about putting stock steel rims on it which if bought through Hyundai cost more than aftermarket rims.
I normally use Discount tire, because they are nation wide and there is one right down the road from my house, but they dont stock one when I do a search on there web site, and when I called them locally they told me they wont use a spacer or fitment ring.
I checked out some of the links given by other members and it seems they all use an adapter, spacer or fitment ring.
Surely somebody makes a rim that will fit the stock tire size with the right amount of off set so that the disk brake caliper does not interfere or rub with the movement of the wheel.
The reason given by Discount about the fitment ring or spacer is it could break and due to a liability issue they don't recommend using one, and wont use them.
It's been a really good car and now has about 62000 miles on it.
I rarely drive it, but when I do I hate the vibration. I know the rims are bent and its not a balance issue, while they are not bent real bad, I took it in to have the tires balanced and the tire guy called me out and showed me.
My daily ride is a BMW K1200lt motorcycle. Parts are expensive and the air conditioner only works in the winter time, the heater in the summer and when it rains I get wet, but I have been riding for 37 years now and just dress for the cold and rain.
Any help or suggestions would really be appreciated, and yes I have though about getting rid of the wife but we have been married for 34 years so thats not really an option. We are both to old and to ugly to start over, father time has been cruel and if I out live her which I doubt, I dont wont to have to train a new one.

 

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Alot of rims these days due come with hubcentric rings or require them, but spacers generally are used if you want to push the rims out from the body a little more. People who have fender flares or wide body kits like to push the rims out some so that they are even (vertically) with the body. Spacers do put a bit more stress on the suspension components and rims, and you may end up going through more wheel bearings due to having spacers on with your rims. If you are looking to go with aftermarket rims, what size do you want to go with? Stock, +1, +2 or +3? I'm assuming your wifes Elantra has no suspension mods done to it, correct?

Here's another thing to remember....if you go with a plus sizing in rims, you'll go down in sidewall height with the tire, so that the speedo stays calibrated to near stock rim adjustments. So by getting a tire with a small sidewall, you will feel bumps a little more, and if she absolutely loves potholes like you say....then you will take a BIG chance in damaging the rims, or blowing out a tire much more easier than the stock tire sizes. Otherwise, you could stay with the stock tires, and only swap out the rims for the same size.

Did you have a specific style you particularly liked? If you can post up what styles you like, we may be able to find some that look the same, but are different manufacturers and dont require spacers or hubcentric rings.

 

Want to stay strictly stock, tire size and wheel size, putting new stock size tires on it today. The car has no kind of mods on it at all, bone stock. I know it will still have the vibration till I put new wheels on it, but cant afford to do both at the same time, unless Discount Tire has a package of both tires and wheels that will fit. The local guy said to bring it in and they would look at it and see what would work and since it's past due for a tire change. Three of the original tires have over 60,000 miles on them.