"Mazda Screws Car Owners on Lugbolt Choice"
 

"ARRRRRGGG!"

Went to an autoparts place looking for studs to replace my lugbolts with. I need long studs for the wheels I have. They did have metric (I congradulated them, and welcomed them to the twentieth cetury:) ), but they had nothing over ten mm. I need 12mm by 1.5 TPM. So it came as no suprise that they might have to be ordered. I figured even if they had some, they probably would'nt have enough.
Their supplier does'nt have them!.

Ok, so back to the shop I go. Anyone familiar with the company "MSC" (Machinest Supply Company)? Well their catalogue is about five-six inches thick!
They have studs in all kinds of sizes. But the 12 mm ones go from 1.25 TPM straight to 1.75 TPM...NO 1.5!!! WTF?!

Soooo, I need to know where y'all got yer studs.
I want to use threaded studs as opposed to the splined "pull-tight" inserts. With them, you have to pull the axel, and then you forever ruin the threads on the axels.

I got mine at the local Pep Boys. They were the only ones to have it. It was about 1/2" longer and was originally for a GM. It was also one of the hardened studs, not one of those cheap silver looking studs. I just had to go searching through their stud bins. I've had no problems with them and have had them on the car for about 2 years.

Mazdamotorsports.com :boink: $80 for 16 studs and lug nuts. :boink:

Ryan

80 BUCKS?! Holy Bagueezus!
I was expecting more along 2 bucks each.

David, do you remember what GM car they were for?

Thanks.

Yeah probally 2 bucks each for the studs and 2 each for the nuts...

Thats 16X2=$32 studs
Thats 16X2=$32 nuts
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$64

Guess $80 isnt far off?

When in doubt on prices use the Mazda Rip Off Rule Of Thumb

I found that ALL lug bolts have the correct 12x1.5 thread.

The ones for my SA's wheels were far too long to use with my steel race wheels. I didn't have any studs, and the Mazdacomp studs don't work with SA wheels anyway. So I went to the auto parts store and asked for 8 lug bolts with thread X long, and 8 more with thread Y long. (Fronts having to be shorter than rears since the fronts don't have to go through a drum) The guy brings out a whole collection and I choose which ones I need. I think it cost a total of $20 or $30.

I think the fronts were originally for a Pontiac LeMans (the Daewoo wannabe), not sure about the rears - maybe some sort of Volvo?. They all are 19mm hex so they're definitely not from a VW (17mm hex).

The MazdaComp studs will work with the '81-up cross wheels, it looks like. Definitely not the SA's waffle wheels.

All that background info said.... go to a junkyard and hunt down an SA and steal its lug bolts. :)

Don't remeber what car they were for - just make sure you get the same knurl on the stud.

I probally have some SA lug bolts, but it would be a major pain in the arse to find them. They are probally in a 5 gallon bucket full of bolts. But if you grease my palms with $$'s I might look for em... :D

shit when i got the studs put in on my 81 gsl they were 16$ including install and a locking nut with the key. just go to a large wheel shop they have all kinda studs

I paid $40 for mine... a racer got them for me at Mazda Comp prices :) I never used 'em though, since they're not long enough for SA wheels, and now that I have the FB, I discovered that one can use steel wheels with the factory FB lug bolts no problem.

Make friends with your local Mazda dealer's parts guys. I got as many used ones as my pockets could carry for FREE. They had a whole bucket full of them to look through for condition too... ;)

you can get the lug studs that are a little longer than stock at
www.jdwheels.com
They ran me $2 a piece, and I still have 8 left