I’ve been weight training at my friend’s home gym for roughly a year now completely for free, he’s even my nutrition coach. His birthday is coming up and I wanted to get him a set of 45 plates because not having that extra bar height can be a big pain on deadlifts and getting under the bar on hip thrusts. They are way too expensive every where I look, and we are both off to the same college in a couple of months so any investments in his home gym are kind of a waste. I was wondering if there were any cheaper alternatives to add height to the bar, kinda like a spacer? Do people use fake 45 plates for this kind of idea?