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IMO, I'd rather have regular lug nuts like domestic and Asian vehicles use vs the lug bolts that European vehicles use.
SO much easier to just line up the holes with the studs, start the lug nuts by hand and buzz them on. And if a stud gets stripped or broken, just hammer it out and run a new one in with a few washers and a new lug nut.
OTOH, with lug studs you either buy the special tool that threads into one of the holes on the hub to help line them up easier, or you sit there with the wheel barely on the lip of the hub spinning it, trying to line up the holes. Plus if the hole gets stripped or the bolt breaks off, it might come down to replacing the hub instead of just banging out an old stud and installing a new one.
So, fellow techs out there, would you rather have lug nuts or wheel bolts? And what makes you prefer one vs the other?
Studs easier to line up tire especially if you have a big tire like the ones on a pickup with bolts you have to use your front toes to hold tire in position to line up with rotor.
I prefer lug nuts. I have personally never found any advantage to bolts. I especially am weary of bolts when having to lift my 60+ lb wheel/tire combo. It's not too bad in the garage, but out on the highway... on the side of the road, I'd prefer the studs.
Up until I did a little research today, I had never heard of wheel hangers... I definitely will be getting a set.
OTOH, with lug studs you either buy the special tool that threads into one of the holes on the hub to help line them up easier, or ....
I have one of those "special tools" aka wheel hanger pins, in the toolkit I keep in my car all the time. I think I paid $3 or $4 but a repair shop I use occasionally hands out free ones to customers. They now retail for $6 or so but in bulk they probably cost a dollar apiece.
Wheel bolts are the better option in terms of performance and strength. Galvanic corrosion is less of a problem, vs a lugnut. You reduce the number of components involved, and the number of components that can be a problem.
Almost all high performance vehicles utilize wheel bolts. For your average passenger car, it likely doesn't make much of a difference.
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