So long as you’re following what was originally intended, wheels with tapered lug nut seats get tapered lug nuts, or otherwise for other wheel mounting systems I wouldn’t worry.
The system was figured out when the vehicle was new and if you have problems with wheels falling off you either have it implemented wrong or severely overloaded.

The heavy truck world has moved to hub centered wheels by and large, but many cars and some trucks still use stud centered wheels. I view them as both OK and wouldn’t bother trying to make one system into the other for no good reason.

“Budd” wheels, stud centered, for heavy trucks have been around for well more than half a century (a whole one yet?) and still in use. Mike’s fire truck has them. The studs are quite large, obviously designed for the job at hand.


•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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