can someone kindly explain the purpose of extended wheel studs?
thanks so much!

 

They provide room for spacers behind the wheels and make wheel changes easier during pit stops.

K

 

I heard they look pretty slikk too.

 

What else ... could an extended stud be for?
Ahhh ... nevermind.

 

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What you do with your wheel studs is one of our business

 

I dont remember the exact rule but the nhra requires that the studs go so far into the lugnuts. Or that they pass all of the way through the lug nuts. Something like that

Because when you run a wider rim with a different offset you need a longer stud depending on the brand of rim.

 

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Well, for roadracing, it gives you a little more time before a wheel comes off, if it has not been tightened properly. After your car starts shaking violently (oops, wheel coming off) the extended studs may give you enough time to get back to the pits before the wheel comes completely off. MAY being the operative word.

 

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Well, for roadracing, it gives you a little more time before a wheel comes off, if it has not been tightened properly. After your car starts shaking violently (oops, wheel coming off) the extended studs may give you enough time to get back to the pits before the wheel comes completely off. MAY being the operative word.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry to bring this back from the dead but in the event of the lugnuts loosening... they dont need to come off, once there is play the studs will just sheer off.

 

I want them just so I can be like those evil cartoon villians who have the knifes that come out of there hubs so they can attack everyone else's cars. I'm also working on the oil slick option too...

 

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sorry to bring this back from the dead but in the event of the lugnuts loosening... they dont need to come off, once there is play the studs will just sheer off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Got hobbies? Just messing with you man!

 

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it is 1:21am...

 

...and on a VW, they replace the gawd-awful wheel bolts that they come with.



This is with 5mm of spacer.

K

 

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bmws have those too must be good

 

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VW and porsche should be shot for that design.

i hated that when i had my 914.

 

The Aluminum hub on an RS Racing wheel is too thick for stock length Civic studs, even without spacers. Well, I guess you "could" use the stock studs, but I like the lug nuts to grab more than 2 or 3 threads...

 

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thanks so much!</TD></TR></TABLE>
to make you mad when you have to replace one... .grumbles: $5/ea and hub separation.

 

dont longer studs help with balancing the torque i not sure but i remember something like that on old school muscles they would put them on so they dont snap them

 

No difference, if they are the same diameter and quality.

K

 

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and early BMW's! no fun at all

 

I think the first BMW with lug bolts was the e21 3-series. I remember trying to convince the dealer I needed lugnuts for my 2002, and the parts guy wasn't having any of it - 'No BMW ever came with lugnuts!'

EDIT: And agreed, lugbolts = world of pain. I can't even imagine having to line up a rear drum and a wheel with lugbolts.

 

are there strength advantages/disadvantages to these extended wheel studs?

One may think that the longer studs would be weaker and more prone to snapping?

Just a thought...

 

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most all aftermarket studs are stronger than OE studs.

disadvantage:
-takes longer to run the lugs on and off.