[s-cars] RE: [BIRA] I'm finally studly... (long)

[steve powers]

Your studs may vary. My aftermarket wheels (HRE 3 piece) do
not have hub covers. I used the same length lug bolt on my stock
wheels, my snow wheels and the HREs. I'm very sure that the
length I chose will work. On the HRE wheels, there's about 5mm
stud which sits out of standard nuts.

What happens if they're too long? Either they stick out of
the lug holes, they don't allow you to use the hub covers, or
in the case of acorn nuts, bottom out before they get tight.
Hub covers also allow you to get away with standard nuts.

H&R studs come in lengths with 10mm increments. 40mm is the
shortest ones they made in 14x1.5mm thread.

I'd order one in a couple of lengths and get a single lugnut
from H&R (the open kind). This will allow you to determine
what length you want.

Maybe BIRA could start a list of wheels, SYS #s and stud lengths
as a table.

Steve

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>  Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:56 PM
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>  Subject: [s-cars] RE: [BIRA] I'm finally studly... (long)
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>
>  Steve-
>  Much thanks for the informative post- I've been meaning to
>  get studs for my car for the longest time now and I've never
>  been able to resolve the big question of which length studs
>  to purchase.
>
>  Now that you've posted this info, I can rest assured that I
>  will have the correct studs. One question, though- will the
>  40mm length allow for adequate leeway in case one runs
>  non-stock wheels?
>
>  I have some ET30 wheels as well as some ET35 that run very
>  long wheel bolts, so I'd like to know if the extra 10-15mm
>  may pose a problem or not.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Taka
>
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