Why are some cars four-lug and some five-lug? |
Why are some cars four-lug and some five-lug? |
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? -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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