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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Question curious question

ive got an 02 250 xl with the hubcaps and if you look at the covers there is only 7 "lug nuts" showing but the rim is acctually 8? i was just curious if anyone elsa has noticed it and has any idea as to why ford decided to make it that way??
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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the caps are probly off of a light duty F-250,made from '97 to '03
they had 7 lugs
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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^^^ thats what i was thinking, i even have a buddy with a f150 4x4 that has 7 lugs.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:47 AM
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^^^ thats what i was thinking, i even have a buddy with a f150 4x4 that has 7 lugs.
are you sure it's an F150 or a light duty f250 with 150 badges
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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he said it was a heavy duty f150, that all i know
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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it was hard to tell the two apart if both had long beds,they both had same sheet metal
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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In 2000 they stopped calling it the light duty F250 and started calling it the F150 with Heavy Service Suspension, or High GVW package, something like that. There was too much confusion between the Super Duty F250 and Light Duty F250 in 99.
 
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