2008 styled steel wheels lug centric??? - Toyota Tundra Forums : Tundra Solutions Forum

PPosey · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009, 11:14 AM

Havn't had mine off myself and need to get new tires,,, can somebody tell me if the 2008 styled steel wheels are lug centric or not?

PPosey · #2 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 06:09 PM

well thanks for all the replies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

DJ · #3 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 10:42 PM

Try searching for answers. This subject has been hacked to death, and perhaps people were just not willing to hack it again.

That being said, I suggest reading this post and the whole thread it is part of. You can find out for yourself whether it's lug-centric or hub-centric, assuming you have one to look at, and it's quite easy. That thread will teach you how.

wildbill129 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 08:45 PM

Toyota has changed from what I hear. They are still Lug Centric. Look at the lug nuts. If they have a short shank that goes inside the wheel, then they are lug centric.

DJ · #5 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wildbill129

Toyota has changed from what I hear. They are still Lug Centric. Look at the lug nuts. If they have a short shank that goes inside the wheel, then they are lug centric.

If the lug nut has a short shank that goes through a hole in the wheel such that a flat surface (usually a washer) on the nut fits up against a corresponding flat surface on the wheel, then the wheel must be hub centric, because such a lug/hole arrangement cannot radially locate the wheel with precision. If the lug has a tapered end that meets up with a corresponding tapered perimeter of the hole, then the wheel is lug centric, because such a lug/hole arrangement does radially locate the wheel with precision. That's what this post, which I linked to in the comment just below yours, explains in detail.

Note that some Toyota wheels are hub centric and some are lug centric, and you cannot tell by looking only at the lug nuts. You have to look at how the lug nut holds the wheel onto the hub. For example, my '00 Tundra has Toyota OEM alloy wheels, and the lug nuts mount them in a hub centric manner, as I described above. The spare is a Toyota OEM steel wheel, and the same lug nuts mount it in a lug centric manner.

SE2000 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 04:59 PM

the steel wheels are hub centric primarily and lug centric secondly. there are very few ever stock wheels that are lug centric even though most are tapered lugs for steel wheels. many alloys are also tapered lugs