just swap the rails, right?

 

yes sir.

 

eh, you don't even have to swap the rails. 3 out of 4 bolts isn't bad h:

 

:slap:

 

I was in a wreck when I rearended the pickup truck h: I was in a brake-dive, probably had it down to about 20-30mph, and I didn't have issues with them popping out or something.

I had another friend with some gsr leathers in his hatch, and some lady ran a red light and plowed right into his drivers front 1/4 panel doing 40ish, and he didn't have issues either. (other than a totalled car poor hatch)

besides, teg rails lower your seats, and make you look straight-up gangsta :woowoo:

if you want to feel more secure, you can tap a hole and make them fit correctly.

 

Whatever safety margin you're willing to live with. Good thing those two incidents just happened to not exceed the limit of the 3 bolts.

4 bolts gives you original engineered safety margin (or close to it). 3 bolts means you are cutting it down by (actually more than) 25%. The reason why it's more than 25% comprimised is because the 3 bolts are not spread evenly over the base of the chair. Thus you have a enbalanced secured base which weakens it in certain circumstances.

TO SUMMARIZE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET OR REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND THIS: you won't die in every situation of course. But you significantly reduce the safety margin that the engineers built into the design. Your choice.

 

True, I'd rather have 4 bolts

 

soo, this is for my GFs EK so imma go ahead and keep her as safe as possible and just swap the rails. kthx

 

I've always fear HIGH speed collisions, like some head-on shit. But then again, I disabled my airbags, too, so its not like my car is exactly safety-oriented. But like you said, its your choice.

for riceburnins girl, sure, 4 bolts is cool :thumbup: I'm just too lazy to swap the rails when 3 bolts works just fine. How many of you have driven on 3 lugs before?

 

never, i wont even drive on 4 lugs, too dangerous
i'd just swap the rails as well, better safe than sorry