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Anybody know a reputable wheel nut & bolt supplier in UK? I'm finding it very hard to source M14 radius/ball seat (R14)! I believe these are Porsche specs, but I need longer than OE and obvious both Nuts and bolts

Thanks

Try here

https://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod1388 ... ---Cayman/

I haven't bothered checking the seat design. I'm confused as to why you need nuts as well as bolts (unless it's for spacers), but if you search for 911 wheel nuts up to about '96 as that's when they moved away from studs you'll get what you need.

937carrera wrote:Try here

https://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod1388 ... ---Cayman/

I haven't bothered checking the seat design. I'm confused as to why you need nuts as well as bolts (unless it's for spacers), but if you search for 911 wheel nuts up to about '96 as that's when they moved away from studs you'll get what you need.

Thanks, I'll give them a go - I came across them in a search. I need Nuts and Bolts because T3s use nuts at the rear and bolts at the front!
I'll need to check the escat lengths and hope they do them

Not if you buy a stud conversion kit for the front from brickwerks.

T3s use nuts at the rear and bolts at the front!

chris7ian wrote: because T3s use nuts at the rear and bolts at the front!

Ha Ha ! Good enough reason I suppose. I have never noticed, though I did note that the front bolts are very short.

More options here, Porscheshop is generally expensive, though they do have the steel motorsport nuts at £2.99 which doesn't seem too bad.

https://www.porscheshop.co.uk/porsche-w ... rsche.html

R0B wrote:Not if you buy a stud conversion kit for the front from brickwerks.

T3s use nuts at the rear and bolts at the front!

I'm not keen - I've had screw-in studs on other vehicles come loose when removing wheel-nuts. Consequently I have a single stud on each front hub of my bus purely for the locking nuts

937carrera wrote:

chris7ian wrote: because T3s use nuts at the rear and bolts at the front!

Ha Ha ! Good enough reason I suppose. I have never noticed, though I did note that the front bolts are very short.

More options here, Porscheshop is generally expensive, though they do have the steel motorsport nuts at £2.99 which doesn't seem too bad.

https://www.porscheshop.co.uk/porsche-w ... rsche.html

Thanks - I'm happy to spend the £ if it means keeping the wheels on safely!

I don't know what the Brickwerks kit is but Porsche studs are splined hammer in, they don't come out I suppose it depends what front hubs you have. The motorsport ones are better because they are steel and it doesn't matter if the studs are longer than normal, which can accommodate varying spacers / offset if you're playing about.

I'd be far happier with the press-in splined studs as is standard on Bay windows and T3 rear hubs!
What are these 'Motorsport ones' you mention? I've only ever seen one design of T3 front hubs offered by different manufacturers.
I've only got a 3.5mm spacer (measured with calipers, although it might have been sold as a 3, 4 or even 5mm) on the front

Motorsport nuts on the Porscheshop website - open at the end, unlike the normal closed type used for Fuchs wheels

ah ok - I thought you were referring to hubs

https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/conversion-stud-40mm.html

Is this what you are on about ?

Can you remove the hub and from the back either peen the stud in place or put a spot weld in place ?

937carrera wrote:https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/conversion-stud-40mm.html

Is this what you are on about ?

Can you remove the hub and from the back either peen the stud in place or put a spot weld in place ?

Yeah - I'm not a fan of those! Spot welding from the rear is something to investigate