Wheel Nuts Or Wheel Studs.

[Eug]

hey i've got a bit of an issue...

on my front hubs i have extended wheel studs 70mm to be exact because i run spacers with my street rims - now this is fine with my street rims as i use open ended wheel nuts.

for my track rims they have a centre cap design, which also requires quite a narrow socket. and thus i cant use an open ended wheel nut (which requires a socket), but will need a key design style wheel nut to really get in there. (i've never used my track rims yet)

here's my predicament. ultimately i'd like to use the 1 set of wheel nuts rather than swapping em over continously etc... since the open ended wheel nuts dont look too flash with the rims that dont have a centre cap.

there's a few ways to fix this:

1. cut the extended wheel studs to a more medium length, short enough for normal wheel studs, long enough to accomodate the spacer.

2. find wheel studs that are deep enough to take the longer wheel stud, and narrow enough to fit into the narrow designed rims. (problem with this is that they have to be a conservative design so that i can close them with the centre caps)

I'll need some brands? names? places to get them? measurements etc.

are you able to get wheel studs in a say 50mm length? 1.25 nissan thread?

are you able to get wheel studs that are narrow and yet deep enough to take a longer wheel stud?

most of my searchs come up with ricey anodized wheel nuts which are either too short or have no info on dimensions etc....

any outside insight/info is much appreciated!!!

cheers

eug

p.s - i think the safest way is getting medium sized wheel studs...

[DaFuca]

hey i've got a bit of an issue...

on my front hubs i have extended wheel studs 70mm to be exact because i run spacers with my street rims - now this is fine with my street rims as i use open ended wheel nuts.

for my track rims they have a centre cap design, which also requires quite a narrow socket. and thus i cant use an open ended wheel nut (which requires a socket), but will need a key design style wheel nut to really get in there. (i've never used my track rims yet)

here's my predicament. ultimately i'd like to use the 1 set of wheel nuts rather than swapping em over continously etc... since the open ended wheel nuts dont look too flash with the rims that dont have a centre cap.

there's a few ways to fix this:

1. cut the extended wheel studs to a more medium length, short enough for normal wheel studs, long enough to accomodate the spacer.

2. find wheel studs that are deep enough to take the longer wheel stud, and narrow enough to fit into the narrow designed rims. (problem with this is that they have to be a conservative design so that i can close them with the centre caps)

I'll need some brands? names? places to get them? measurements etc.

are you able to get wheel studs in a say 50mm length? 1.25 nissan thread?

are you able to get wheel studs that are narrow and yet deep enough to take a longer wheel stud?

most of my searchs come up with ricey anodized wheel nuts which are either too short or have no info on dimensions etc....

any outside insight/info is much appreciated!!!

cheers

eug

p.s - i think the safest way is getting medium sized wheel studs...

50 mm in a datto pattern, now that could be a little bit hard to find someone that would have them in stock.

Dunno about up there in brisvagas, but down here in adelaide we have a place called galaxy products, they are an engineering business that actually make custom wheel nuts to suit what you are after, a little bit pricey, but might be worth a call if you have no other luck.

You do know that most of the wheel nuts with the cap idea can be changed anyway, the caps on mos of the wheel nuts like that are only tacked on from the inside, with a hammer and a center punch you can take the caps off them. or wait long enough and chances are they will fall off them selves.