Suspension/Wheels/Tires/Brakes

Rims don't fit, need longer studs?

Old Sep 22, 2005 | 06:34 PM
  #26  
dpeak's Avatar
Full Member
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: louisiana
Thumbs up I Found The Solution!!!!!!!

Gorilla makes an extended shank, conical seat, small diameter(tuner style) lug nut. Part # for a 5 lug kit (20 lugs) is 21133ET. List is only like $35 bucks. Which is a hell of a lot cheaper and easier than installing new wheel studs.
I had the same problem with the volk gt-c's. I just installed the rims/lugs. Both fit perfectly and the lugs gripped plenty of threads on the studs.
Attached Thumbnails Rims don't fit, need longer studs?-dsc01519.jpg  
Reply
Old Sep 24, 2005 | 09:16 AM
  #27  
aznpoopy's Avatar
strike up the paean
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,495
Likes: 2
From: fort lee, nj
ah someone beat me to it.

hard to tell from your picture, but with alot of aftermarket wheels the lug nuts actually sit inside the grooves of the wheel.

took it to a wheel shop and they straightened me out...
Reply
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 11:31 AM
  #28  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
Yes the nuts do fit inside the grooves of the wheel but doesn't catch the threads of the studs, i'm going the route of dpeak

Just placed an order with summit for the gorilla lug nuts, they do have an error in the description as 16PC, but it should be 20PC if anyone is curious. I was told that error will be fixed. Its backordered =o[

And I ordered a set of metal hub rings from discount tire direct
(67.1mm ID X 73mm OD) part #81981

hopefully this will all work, thanks dpeak! and thanks to everyone else !
Reply
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:07 PM
  #29  
93FD3S's Avatar
Big Snail
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 1,230
Likes: 3
From: San Antonio
The GTCs use a special lug nut that you can only get from Rays Engineering. To my knowledge there are no other lug nuts that fit those wheels. Your studs are fine. Call Rays Engineering @ 562-946-6820 and they can send you to an authorized Volk dealer for the lugs. The GTCs also use a special wheel lock of course only available from Rays. Last I heard the locks are on a 3-4 month back order. No other wheel locks will fit. I have the same wheels but in 19". The Gorilla lug nuts that you ordered will NOT fit. But yes you do need the hub rings for the wheels to fit. I don't know the size off hand but Rays can tell you. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Last edited by 93FD3S; Sep 28, 2005 at 12:09 PM. Reason: Add info
Reply
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 07:54 PM
  #30  
dpeak's Avatar
Full Member
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: louisiana
Originally Posted by 93FD3S
The GTCs use a special lug nut that you can only get from Rays Engineering. To my knowledge there are no other lug nuts that fit those wheels. Your studs are fine. Call Rays Engineering @ 562-946-6820 and they can send you to an authorized Volk dealer for the lugs. The GTCs also use a special wheel lock of course only available from Rays. Last I heard the locks are on a 3-4 month back order. No other wheel locks will fit. I have the same wheels but in 19". The Gorilla lug nuts that you ordered will NOT fit. But yes you do need the hub rings for the wheels to fit. I don't know the size off hand but Rays can tell you. Let me know if you have anymore questions.
The gorilla lugs shown above will definitely fit. I had the exact same setup and had the exact same problem as Kevin. I bought the gorilla lugs and they fit perfectly in the grooves and thread pretty far down on the studs. I'll post a pic tomorrow. Maybe the rays do fit, seems like they would have to have an extended shank to catch the threads since the studs don't stick out far enough.
Reply
Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:46 PM
  #31  
dpeak's Avatar
Full Member
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: louisiana
More pics.
Attached Thumbnails Rims don't fit, need longer studs?-lug.jpg   Rims don't fit, need longer studs?-lug2.jpg   Rims don't fit, need longer studs?-stud.jpg  
Reply
Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:54 PM
  #32  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
that third pic looks exactly like how my studs are seated in. unreachable by conventional tuner lug nuts. im confident dpeak's solution will work. waitin for my shipment to come in!
Reply
Old Oct 20, 2005 | 02:02 PM
  #33  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
Ok the nuts and ring finally came in, long *** time. I'm a little boggled as to see why there is a space between the hub and the rim using the hub-ring. Is this gap normal? It's wide enough to fit a quarter.





Reply
Old Oct 20, 2005 | 04:20 PM
  #34  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
nevermind, i just spoke with a discount tire direct rep and was told that the gap is a bad thing =oP I'll have to grind the flange down from the ring to get this to fit snug, ignore me!
Reply
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 07:43 AM
  #35  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
Update:

I didn't need hub-rings after all. The wheel sat perfectly centered on the hub.

Got the rims on, tires on, alignment, all done.

Lesson learned, GT-C use special lug nuts lol. Thanks Dpeak, 7racer, and everyone who has helped me.

Enjoy!




Last edited by kevinvr6; Oct 28, 2005 at 07:47 AM.
Reply
Old Dec 2, 2005 | 06:48 AM
  #36  
TRISPEEDFD3S's Avatar
FEED me
Tenured Member: 20 Years
iTrader: (26)
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,787
Likes: 0
From: Bay Area, CA
That is a clean car.
Reply
Old Dec 5, 2005 | 08:38 PM
  #37  
ericwarren's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 268
Likes: 0
From: Collegeville PA
that's my old baby! glad to see all is well with it Kevin...
looks great
Reply
Old Dec 5, 2005 | 10:41 PM
  #38  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
hey eric! you've finally visited the forum again! yes, shes still kicking!
Reply
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 07:55 PM
  #39  
ericwarren's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 268
Likes: 0
From: Collegeville PA
how many miles on her now?
looks like your rpm problem was fuel cut...i bet a product of johnny adding the exhaust on to the dp.
when spring rolls around we will have to meet up and go for a ride. you can check out my silver fd and i can revisit an old friend.
Reply
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 08:26 PM
  #40  
kevinvr6's Avatar
Thread Starter
Gremlin Hunter
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 630
Likes: 2
From: New York City
Originally Posted by ericwarren
how many miles on her now?
looks like your rpm problem was fuel cut...i bet a product of johnny adding the exhaust on to the dp.
when spring rolls around we will have to meet up and go for a ride. you can check out my silver fd and i can revisit an old friend.
ahh nice you are back in with the rotary brotherhood!
not sure what was causing the fuel cut, maybe overboosting but I couldnt tell since I had no boost gauge at the time. Installed powerfc and the problem went away. Did a whole vacuum line change, thread with all my problems somewhere in the gen 3 forum. She almost has 124k on her!
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Frisky Arab
2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992)
13
Aug 18, 2015 05:30 PM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:01 PM.