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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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Wheel Stud

Is there anyone that sell wheel stud for our car? I am tired of putting in the lug nuts and matching them to the hole...
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 04:46 AM
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Check with www.Atkinsrotary.com I think they have a kit that is priced cheaply.
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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they are the standard aircool vw studs, but you can get it at mazdatrix, mazdacomp, etc, you might even be able to find them locally at rotorsport or mr mazda etc
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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We just installed studs in my son's GS. It is a standard thread and you can measure the length needed for your wheels. I did have to drill out each hole sightly. On another seven we did the job using a lugnut to pull the new stud into position. This time I opted to remove the axels and push them in with a 30 ton press. It went very quickly and now there is no more hassel to line up the holes. One of the better mods you can do for ease of use.
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 11:18 AM
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I bought mine from Pineappleracing mazda trix has them too cost is around $25 a set plus lugnuts
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cmsprofessor
We just installed studs in my son's GS. It is a standard thread and you can measure the length needed for your wheels. I did have to drill out each hole sightly. On another seven we did the job using a lugnut to pull the new stud into position. This time I opted to remove the axels and push them in with a 30 ton press. It went very quickly and now there is no more hassel to line up the holes. One of the better mods you can do for ease of use.

Did this to my car a few weeks ago. Previous owner's shop must have cross threaded one of the rear axle's threads and hit it good with an impact gun. Almost no threads left, I could literally push the lug bolt through the hole. Was probably a good thing I took the wheel off to check the wheel bearing noise.

I just drilled out the threads with a 15/32" bit, then got some press in wheel studs at Autozone. You can do this without pulling the axles if you remove the rear drum hardware, and rotate the axle to just the right spot, then you can pull the stud through. I then put on the spare tire and used a nut to pull the stud through. Worst part was as I was drilling, every so often the drill bit would catch some threads and jerk my hand around.

The part#s from AutoZone were
610.2691.1 Stud
611-063.1 Nut

I have not done the front as I am going to be swapping the front strut & brake assembly from my old 85 in.
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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12mm x 1.50 (I think) Very common wheel stud size, get them anywhere. I run 2.25 inch Gorilla studs with aluminum racing nuts. Check out the link, page 18.
http://www.daliracing.com/v666-5/dow..._lock_nuts.pdf
LUg nuts like these work with well. There's a gazillion types out there.
http://store.racinglab.com/hayligprolug.html
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 09:09 PM
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Cool

Here's another example.
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Here's another vote for the Gorilla studs. I just installed a set of 1.75 inch units on my car for use with my Revolution wheels and they worked beautifully. My only problem is that I probably should have ordered a set of 2 inchers for the rear. They threaded in much further than the fronts did. The fronts fit perfectly though, they sit flush with the outer edge of the wheel.

Just be sure and locktite the threaded ones. It wouldn't do for the threads to walk out on you...
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