aftermarket wheels with lug-centric design
Considering adding some aftermarket Dick Cepek GM7 wheels to my otherwise stock Ram1500. I've been doing quite a bit of research on the concerns of going from the factory hub-centric wheels to an af...
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jus2shy wrote:
Is this different from Hub-piloted versus Stud-piloted rims? I thought all passenger vehicles were stud-piloted rims and that hub-piloted rims were found on vehicles usually in commercial service?
maybe in days gone by, but currently the vast majority of passenger cars and light trucks are hub centric not lug centric. Among other things, it has way less stress on the studs/bolts since with hub centric wheels, the flange/hub takes the vertical load and the studs take the horizontal load. In lug centric, the stud must take vertical and horizontal loads. Or, maybe more correctly radial and axial loads. One issue in going from hub to lug centric rims is that now the lugs must take all the loads, which may or may not be a issue with the loads the studs are designed to take.
TT seem to be another story, most of them are lug centric.
