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Old 02-28-2013, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ACademic View Post
Please educate me. Structurally speaking, wouldn't adding another hole to the wheel hub actually weaken it? And if six is truly superior to five, then how come every OEM, including the 200mph cars (ZR1) still use five lug nuts instead of six? Maybe I'm comparing apples and oranges (lugs vs. pins clamped by a central spinner), but I'm all ears.
The problem is not six versus five, with six being better/stronger. Rather, the problem is with the mechanism that turns bolt-ons in to apparent pin drives. Six lugs are probably about the same as five lugs; six pins are probably about the same as five pins. Bolt-ons that are kludged in to appearing that they are pin drives are inferior because of the kludge. They are, in other words, a cur.
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