Longer studs Options

[TomPoz]

I have an issue - in order to put beautiful Volk Racing rims I need spacers - 10-15mm.
In such case I also would need to change studs to longer ones.
I called one company producing spacers and studs and they said - no problem, we can
do it for you but reconsider longer studs as this is quite dangerous to put them on.
They rather recommended spacers with studs in them but they come only from 23 mm
thickness up, which is too much for me.

Anyone has experience with longer studs? I will drive with these wheels fast and hard
so need to be sure that everything is perfectly safe.

[6gsillyca]

If you do go with longer studs, seperate from the spacer, you can replace just the studs if you need to.

I am in a bit of a pickle myself regarding replacing studs. I now have jgreening's old celica and it has 15mm H&R wheel spacers currently installed. Problem is, last time it was in the shop, they either didnt torque the wheels down enough, or they over torqued them, and almost all the studs on one wheel sheared off. By the time I pulled over, there was just one bolt still attached to the hub, holding my front wheel on.

Now, becuase I have longer studs, they couldnt just replace them. I need to order a new set of studs from H&R themselves, because nowhere else carries studs that long, and it is going to cost me almost $100 shipped to canada. I think this is a bit steep for 5 studs.

At the moment I have OE toyota replacement studs on the one front wheel with the spacer removed. The other 3 wheels have the longer H&R studs, and the spacers still installed. I am debating ordering another set of studs from H&R or replacing all the studs with OE toyota's, and taking off all the spacers, and looking for a rim with "more proper" offset, probably something in the 18" 40-45 offset.


Consider this when looking for spacers

[TomPoz]

...looking for a rim with "more proper" offset, probably something in the 18" 40-45 offset.

Wow, you call ET of 40-45 proper? I have 42 and it is def too high.
Concerning replacement studs - I don't know the company but ICHIBA USA sells longer studs for Celica for 5 / 15 / 25 mm spacers. I think cheaper than H&R.

Anyway, I have ordered two cheapest 5 mm spacers just to check if I can get away with single 5 mm spacer leaving stock studs, or maybe 10 mm with stock studs. I will let you know the results.

Still the question is how much of a stud I need left out to safely put the lugs on?