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thats all fine and dandy what you are saying if you want to run the stock wheels or pay 1000-1500 per wheel for a custom set cut for your truck.  the aftermarket wheel manufacturers make the wheels almost always overseas where its gonna be a crap shoot on uniformity.  They also make the wheels for a number of applications otherwise they would have a ton of dead stock as people are constantly changing auto manufacturers and whats hot today isn't tomorrow.   a lot of us are running aftermarket wheels without any problems and no hub rings.   if the tires are balanced properly and the lug tightening pattern is done correctly…….there may be an issue with the drilling of the lug holes in wheel.  if the wheel balances on a machine that mounts through center bore, and is then correctly installed and torqued and shit is still going sideways, then that could be the only possible problem.  hypothetically if you located a hub ring after all this an then started torquing down lug nuts and the lug holes are off but the hub ring is holding rim in its centered position-wouldnt you now be creating sideways shear force on the studs?   I would think so.   aftermarket wheels have been around for a looooooong time.  its possible he just got a bad set.  it happens!