Longer Lug Nuts?
08-30-01, 10:14 AM
#2
Senior Member
Longer Wheel Studs?
Don't you mean longer wheel studs?...
SpeedSource Inc carries them for FC's.
I think I paid nearly $5.00 each for them so be prepared to blow $200.00 for a full set.
I had to have them because some aftermarket racing wheels I purchased had a thicker face than stock. There is a safety standard (a tire/wheel shop told me this) that you must have at least 6 full turns on a lug nut for it to be safe. With out the longer studs I was only getting 2 or 3 turns, now there is 2+" of studs sticking out from the opened ended nuts.
The fronts were an easy install (once you get the old ones out of the hub). The rears were a complete pain. Because of the disign of the rear hubs you have to pull the actual hub part away from the carrier assembly to get the longer studs in there. And in turn you are most likely going to destroy your rear wheel bearings.. Beware the rears will not be an easy job. After destroying both wheel bearings and having my local dealership tell me the would only sell me a new hub for (? $200+ each?) I shipped both of my rear hubs to SpeedSource and for what I remember was under $100 in labor (+ parts from MazdaComp). They installed the longer studs, replaced the bearings and installed the rear toe elimator bushings.
SpeedSource can be found at www.speedsourceinc.com
SpeedSource Inc carries them for FC's.
I think I paid nearly $5.00 each for them so be prepared to blow $200.00 for a full set.
I had to have them because some aftermarket racing wheels I purchased had a thicker face than stock. There is a safety standard (a tire/wheel shop told me this) that you must have at least 6 full turns on a lug nut for it to be safe. With out the longer studs I was only getting 2 or 3 turns, now there is 2+" of studs sticking out from the opened ended nuts.
The fronts were an easy install (once you get the old ones out of the hub). The rears were a complete pain. Because of the disign of the rear hubs you have to pull the actual hub part away from the carrier assembly to get the longer studs in there. And in turn you are most likely going to destroy your rear wheel bearings.. Beware the rears will not be an easy job. After destroying both wheel bearings and having my local dealership tell me the would only sell me a new hub for (? $200+ each?) I shipped both of my rear hubs to SpeedSource and for what I remember was under $100 in labor (+ parts from MazdaComp). They installed the longer studs, replaced the bearings and installed the rear toe elimator bushings.
SpeedSource can be found at www.speedsourceinc.com
Last edited by CarmonColvin; 08-30-01 at 10:22 AM.
08-30-01, 08:43 PM
#6
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My "Fuzzy Math".. oops
Yea.. I really was not clear in my previous post. I do know that $5 x 20 is $100 but at the time I was also thinking about the extra ~$100 I paid for the parts and labor for the work I had done on the rear hubs..
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