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My perspective is that the lugs are there to provide the clamping force that secures the wheel to the hub. The hub is there to provide the structural support for the wheel. I don't thing you should depend on the lug studs to hold the weight of the car/take all the force of braking, accel, bumps, etc. You never know, maybe some goof overtightened them and stretched the studs beyond tolerance, but didn't break them. And then you hit a particularly hard bump, which overloads and breaks the studs, and there's a problem.
I will definitely be running hubcentric rings if required with my new wheels.
When I bought a set of steel wheels for the Taurus for it's winter tires I went to Ford to get a direct fit set, instead of aftermarket multi-fit ones that rarely match the hub.
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