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post Jan 4, 2005 - 11:56 PM
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Why are some cars four-lug, while others are five-lug? To me, it seems like a lot of nicer cars have five-lug.

For example, the third gen. Integras are all 4-lug, except the Type R which is 5-lug.

The fourth gen. Celica GT and ST in the US are 4-lug, but the nicer GT-S and even nicer All-Trac are 5-lug.

The fifth gen. Celica ST is 4-lug, while the nicer other models are all 5-lug.

So why do manufacturers decide to make some cars 4-lug and others 5-lug? It seems to me like 5-lug maybe adds a bit more weight, but is marginally safer because it's one more lugnut for protection in case others fail. It also seems slightly more expensive to make a 5-lug setup because of more materials. But I dunno...anyone have any good explanation for this?


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- Coomer   Why are some cars four-lug and some five-lug?   Jan 4, 2005 - 11:56 PM
- - Hanyo   the more lugs you have the sercure you can attach ...   Jan 5, 2005 - 12:41 AM
- - biglipzit   The manufacturers do this for power considerations...   Jan 5, 2005 - 12:43 AM
- - Akimbo   Aren't most Honda's 4?   Jan 5, 2005 - 12:44 AM
- - mr_dude   Plus the big factor - weight. I have a feeling we...   Jan 5, 2005 - 12:58 AM
|- - Kwanza26   QUOTE(mr_dude @ Jan 5, 2005 - 5:58 AM)Plus th...   Jan 5, 2005 - 1:04 AM
- - Kwanza26   It's because of parts sharing... IMO Toyot co...   Jan 5, 2005 - 1:01 AM
- - mr_dude   QUOTEThe ITR is the lightest of all of that gen...   Jan 5, 2005 - 1:09 AM
- - 97sccelica   QUOTE(Kwanza26 @ Jan 4, 2005 - 10:04 PM)QUOTE...   Jan 5, 2005 - 2:25 AM
- - neoklis   All of you have a point. but why JDM preludes are...   Jan 5, 2005 - 10:30 AM
- - mr_dude   And by F = MV I meant P = MV... oy. Walked by abo...   Jan 5, 2005 - 2:30 PM
|- - turboinduction   QUOTE(mr_dude @ Jan 5, 2005 - 1:30 PM)And by ...   Jan 5, 2005 - 3:45 PM
- - Digndoug   even thow its covered simple rules. Wieght- power-...   Jan 5, 2005 - 2:57 PM
- - mr_dude   I don't know about you's, but I'm gett...   Jan 5, 2005 - 3:48 PM
|- - turboinduction   QUOTE(mr_dude @ Jan 5, 2005 - 2:48 PM)I don...   Jan 5, 2005 - 5:27 PM
- - Andason   QUOTE(Coomer @ Jan 4, 2005 - 10:56 PM)Why are...   Jan 5, 2005 - 10:34 PM
|- - Kwanza26   QUOTE(Andason @ Jan 6, 2005 - 3:34 AM)QUOTE(C...   Jan 6, 2005 - 2:50 AM
- - Andason   mine was a 92   Jan 6, 2005 - 5:37 AM
- - Clipsetuner   4-5lug has always been strange. like on full size ...   Jan 6, 2005 - 10:18 PM
- - Chrobis   QUOTEAlso, 4's are abundant on even cars that ...   Jan 7, 2005 - 12:04 AM


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