my buddy omniman did most of the hardwork (pressing out wheel bearing, spot welding the studs)... these studs have one cool feature - self aligning threads...

now i can finally put the 10 mm hub centric z.speed wheel spacers to good use. making my 15x6.5 et 43 z.speed rnr's effectively et 33. i've increased the track by 20 mm front and back. wonder if it'll be noticable. perhaps i'll corner weight and lower the car before TH next weekend...



i'm going to add another 5 mm spacer and see, that would be 15x6.5 et 28. es tarmac has a 14x6.5 et 28 rim that weights 8.8 lbs. they would be awesome... i think it should be right on the edge but no need to roll the body/fender.

 

how do you like those tires?
street and track use?

 

be careful
i have snapped a few and some have had their teeth shaved off by the hub

 

are the z speed studs the same as the skunks
thats another thing the tech guys asked me to do for this year
is run extended studs as I run a 5mm spacer to clear the calipers
i guess its a safety thing
if you broke some then what are you using?
I pray not Moroso or something
i dont feel like machining the hubs again

 

how did you snap 'em off?? teeth shaved off by the hub?? what?? please elaborate.

i was just on comptech's site and saw:


"High Strength Wheel Studs, 2.5" long (set of 4)
$24.95
Made from 190,000 psi heat treated,
8740 chromoly steel. 12mm x 1.5 thread
Sized to fit Honda/Acura hubs without
modification. Sold in sets of 4.
Due to the nature of usage, these studs
cannot be guaranteed against breakage!"

 

Lugnuts, both aluminum and steel would gall and sieze on the studs(even with
antiseize) forcing me to cut them off. The teeth that keep the stud from spinning
and hold it in the hub were rubbed off like they were made of Al. I had to pull the
wheel off with the hub to remove the lugnut. Basically headache and then some.

Those comptech studs look like ARPs.
ARP = 5 for 12 bucks.

Each corner of my car has 3 studs right now because of those POS zspeed/skunk
crap.

 

ahh sorry to hear that. if you take a close look at where the skunk2 studs are knurled they are not at the exact depth as stock... anyway it is recommended to spot weld it.

as for the studs seizing up with lugnuts... ouch.

man i feel your pain, welp, we'll see how my holds up. the race cars don't see to have problems though (skunk2 teg, and roger foo's eg...).

 

hope they work for you, but i will never use nor recommend skunk2 studs.

 

dude, i think you got bad mojo! wassup with you and broken parts in the last 2 years...

 

perhaps......

but im not the only one who has had this happen with these studs...

 

they're pretty good. can't say they're better than falken azenis though. but when i ran azenis it was on a warm track very grippy. it's been cold lately. the tires are chunking somewhat. i'm going to call the BFG rep to see what he thinks.

tirerack sells 205/50/15 KD's for $146 each (ouch). the azenis is a much better buy.

 

i will take that into account
one of my warehouses have the azenis for like 1/3rd of that

 

god, i want those rims frank....
trhe $$$ is burnin a hole in my pocket hahah

 

that looks like the front left tire.... cause of the big caliper and stuff... in that case, isn't the tire on wrong? the rotation goes ->

 

yep it was on wrong briefly, but the directional is for rain anyway...

 

Frank, how much do those hubcentric spacers run for? I've been lookin for a set. was gonna go for H&R.

 

Frank,

those z.speed rims are nice, do they still make those rims ?

 

I'm with steve on this one.. Everyone I know has had bad experiences with these studs.

They're junk. Imagine getting stuck at a track and not being able to remove a lug nut because the stud was spinning...

-Mike


[Modified by SlowTeg, 6:55 AM 2/4/2002]

 

same here. i have some gsr hubs sitting in my garage right now with the zspeed studs spinning in the stud holes. talk about a pain in the *** getting lugnuts off when that happens.

 

the z.speed spacers are no longer produced... the H&R one should be good. i have their 5 mm spacers, it's not true hub centric (no raised part, but the center is correct diameter) but that's not a big deal.

are for studs spinning. i guess not everyone knew they should be spot welded. no matter which ones you get i would recommend doing a spot weld to be sure. you can always grind it off anyway.

 

I had problems with the teeth as well. but after i rethread them i haven't had a problem since with that. ok....i'll spot them next time but you would think it wouldn't need it just like oem's don't.

 

yah because the factory knurles are machined pretty much for a perfect match, i doubt the aftermarket ones are close. most seem to be oversized.

 

I broke one of them when I tried to loosen it.
Then broke a few more when I tried to tighten them a little over spec.

 

oversized isn't a bad thing. that would mean one hell of a press. but then its a matter of the material used to make the studs. The material shouldn't give and strip. either way like you said a spot weld would definitely do the trick

 

These went in A - OK without a press, did need an impact gun though . . .





Plus $12 for 5, not $5 each!!