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icon5.gif  AE86 wheel stud, wheel nut queries, what (cheap) longer wheel studs definately fit? Tue, 20 January 2004 13:22 Go to previous message
hi all,

recently i bought a set of wheels for my sprinter, they are 15 by 6.5 inchers, +20 offset.

they seem to fit perfectly, but i am having a few issues and don't know which way to go to sort them out.

one (small?) issue is that the centrebore is slightly too big for my hubs, is this a huge problem? i am going to see about getting some rings machined up to fit in between the hub and wheel to fix this. (anyone done this before?)

also, the wheels have been drilled to suit tapered wheel nuts, but i think my wheel studs are only long enough for the standard type wheel nut system (where the wheel nut itself fits inside the wheel and "grabs" more wheel stud thread)

basically i'm trying to decide between two options,

1. drill/ream holes in wheels to suit standard wheel nuts (can you get lock nuts to replace standard sprinter wheel nuts?) and just use original wheel nuts, as there seems to be a large enoguh flat section before the "small" hole for this to work.

2. fit longer wheel studs and use tapered wheel nuts

a friend of mine mentioned that he used mitsubishi sigma studs as a replacement, i might give them a go.

which one is less dodgy?

[Updated on: Wed, 21 January 2004 01:36]

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Read Message   AE86 wheel stud, wheel nut queries, what (cheap) longer wheel studs definately fit?  shinybluesteelTue, 20 January 2004 13:22
Read Message   Re: AE86 wheel queries (NOT about offset, i have that sorted out) mrshinTue, 20 January 2004 13:30
Read Message   Re: AE86 wheel queries (NOT about offset, i have that sorted out) shinybluesteelTue, 20 January 2004 23:00
Read Message   Re: AE86 wheel stud, wheel nut queries, what (cheap) longer wheel studs definately fit? slydarWed, 21 January 2004 11:41
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