extended studs..no spacer?

[screaming6]

whats up all

i had some 350z wheels i was gonna run with like a 20mm spacer so i bought a full set of 60mm extended studs..

but i got new wheels with much better fitment and im not going to run spacers anymore..so my ? is this

would there be any real benefit to installing the extended studs without spacers...or is it just excessive/pointless...

im thinking that regardless there should be more "clamping force" keeping the wheel on..probly an extra 3/4 inch of thread....with closed extended lugs. As open lugs would sorta be pointless...

if i put the extended studs i was thinking muteki extended lugs..

or should i just sell the studs and keep the stock size with regular lugs..\?

[fliprayzin240sx]

I got extended studs with open ended muteki lugs, I'd keep it if I were you. You could eventually need em in the future. You'd never know. Pretty much, if you ever need anything more than 6mm spacers, you'd need the extended studs.

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by screaming6

whats up all

i had some 350z wheels i was gonna run with like a 20mm spacer so i bought a full set of 60mm extended studs..

but i got new wheels with much better fitment and im not going to run spacers anymore..so my ? is this

would there be any real benefit to installing the extended studs without spacers...or is it just excessive/pointless...

im thinking that regardless there should be more "clamping force" keeping the wheel on..probly an extra 3/4 inch of thread....with closed extended lugs. As open lugs would sorta be pointless...

if i put the extended studs i was thinking muteki extended lugs..

or should i just sell the studs and keep the stock size with regular lugs..\?

Lol there's no extra clamping force. I ran into tons of problems actually when I had Nismo 60mm studs and switched to better-fitting wheels and took off the spacers - I couldn't get my lugnut key all the way on the nut at the end! Ended up having to buy different nuts lol.

So in my opinion, I'd sell them... but...

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

I got extended studs with open ended muteki lugs, I'd keep it if I were you. You could eventually need em in the future. You'd never know. Pretty much, if you ever need anything more than 6mm spacers, you'd need the extended studs.

Ray has a great point - might as well keep them, because you might want to add some 10mm-15mm spacers down the line, and instead of having to dump cash on bolt-on spacers, you could get some sandwich-style ones and be sittin pretty for 1/4 the cost.

In your current situation though, pointless.

[clark]

def keep the extended studs broski.

but like jordan said, there is no benefit without spacers. well actually maybe they're stronger than your stock ones lol depending on what brand they are.

[screaming6]

they are nismo 60mm....i doubt id ever want spacers...i got pretty decent size wheels on there now and im super happy how it sits.

so i guess ill sell them if there is no benefit...and then save some cash and get either local mcguard or muteki....sound good?

[renegade_ewok]

Open ended mutekis on extended lugs shouldn't be a problem, the key is big enough. You need them for D1 too if you ever plan on competing btw

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by screaming6

they are nismo 60mm....i doubt id ever want spacers...i got pretty decent size wheels on there now and im super happy how it sits.

so i guess ill sell them if there is no benefit...and then save some cash and get either local mcguard or muteki....sound good?

If youre gonna be just like every typical Zilvia member, you'll be a wheel-a-holic, you'll atleast go thru 3 more set of wheels before you wreck the car. Atleast keep the fronts, just in case you get some wheels later down the road that doesnt clear the brake calipers (happens alot).

[screaming6]

excuse my ignorance because i just wanna make sure cause ill probly sell them

considering Im never gonna run spacers...It would be pointless to use extended studs.