crazy D Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 i was just looking at the new rally car for wrc and the imp has 4 lug rims on it? am i high or is nobody else seeing that? type in 2008 subaru wrc rally car in youtube and look at the wheels man!!!!! -Dalton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 The WRC car has had 4 lug hubs for a few years now. If you take a look at the hub and spindle on one of those you'll see that it's somewhat different from what's on the showroom model. here's the best picture I could find 08 WRX is still 5x100 08 STi is still 5x114.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82glsw Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 i was just looking at the new rally car for wrc and the imp has 4 lug rims on it? am i high or is nobody else seeing that? type in 2008 subaru wrc rally car in youtube and look at the wheels man!!!!! -Dalton The car on you tube definatley has four lugs. They are still a 5 lug car though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerFahrer Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 If memory serves me correctly, the WRC car has 4 X 140 hubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 It has 4x136mm hubs. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericem Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I guess they figure its faster to remove and install the wheels. Also faster to torque down correctly and evenly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towel Rail Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Also faster to torque down correctly and evenly. Seems backward to me. 5-lug wheels should need a little less torque per lug, and you can just do every other lug until they're tight enough, as opposed to doing one, going across, doing the next, going across, etc. I could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy D Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 thats crazy. do yout think the 4x136 would still fit on 4x140 hubs? -Dalton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericem Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Seems backward to me. 5-lug wheels should need a little less torque per lug, and you can just do every other lug until they're tight enough, as opposed to doing one, going across, doing the next, going across, etc. I could be wrong though. Thats a good point actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatswhatshesaid Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 thats crazy. do yout think the 4x136 would still fit on 4x140 hubs? -Dalton No way. There's almost half a centimeter difference. But I would be interested in seeing if EA-car owners could re-4-lug their cars for WRC wheels. Maybe that's the next step in EA evolution. No more 5-lug...just WRC 4-lug patterns! Anyone want to slap them hubs on their car and write up the process for everyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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