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Old 1st August 2022, 15:55   #31
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Re: My 2021 Tata Nexon Diesel Ownership Review | Bring me to life

I see, I get it now. I have to ask a basic question here, are you saying I can still use my 195/60 profile tyre for the Factory made Alloy which comes in Nexon XZ+ variants? I was thinking that I need to replace my tires with 215/60 profile ones when I upgrade to Alloys. Can you share a closer view of your Alloy and Tyre for a better understanding?
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Old 1st August 2022, 16:29   #32
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While I understand each car has its own design, I'm just curious about the number of wheel nuts. By any chance, you researched why there are just 4 nuts wherein a few other cars are having 5 ? I'm inclined towards the other brand alloys such as Neo 16x7-techno-8x100-108-bm (It has got around 8 nuts, it could be just for illustration, perhaps a few of them are dummies)

Note: My previous car, VW Polo has got 5 nuts
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Old 7th August 2022, 13:31   #33
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Re: My 2021 Tata Nexon Diesel Ownership Review | Bring me to life

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By any chance, you researched why there are just 4 nuts wherein a few other cars are having 5 ?
The answer was given by you: Each car has its own design.

Here are some food for thought, some factors that decide those bolts.

1. The amount of load transferred between each wheel and end of the axle. A good portion of the vertical loads is transferred through the bolts, and entirely all the horizontal (or lateral) loads. These forces in turn depend upon design weight of the car, weight of the wheel+tyre, physical dimensions of the car and wheels, design speed of the car, forces considered while turning, type of rolling surface (tarmac vs off-road), incline or decline of rolling surface etc, just to name a few.
2. Physical dimensions of the bolts like diameter, length, number of threads per inch etc. A higher diameter and higher length bolt will support heavier load.
3. Material strength of the bolt (mostly steel for mango peoples' cars). A higher grade steel will allow greater loads to pass through.
4. Physical dimension of the hub at the end of axle. A larger diameter hub will allow more number of holes to be punched through it. Way too many holes through any material will make it weak.
5. Material strength of the axle and hub, for reasons similar to 2 and 3 above.

In short, Nexon probably has fewer bolts because the bolts are of higher quality/size than the cars in question (Polo/Brezza). The designers have already put their efforts in Nexon and the car has proven itself. We can now relax and enjoy the car

Happy munching!
Cheers,
Sayan

P.s. The Neo rim is probably a generic one that can be used for more than one car. Hence those many holes to cater to geometries of different cars.

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