quick Q about spacers etc etc

Post by **kathyshack** » 27 Jun 2006, 08:05

Hi,
Just a quick question about alloy wheel fitments. If you have to fit spacers, longer wheel nuts, or stud conversion kits etc to put your alloys on, will normal standard wheels fit over these also, or will you have to remove these to fit?
thanks,
kathy

Post by **kathyshack** » 27 Jun 2006, 17:32

no-one know?

Post by **T'Onion** » 27 Jun 2006, 17:43

if you fit spacers then you can take them off to fit the spare with standard bolts or nuts ( make sure you carry 5 of each)

Post by **kathyshack** » 28 Jun 2006, 07:40

thanks Mark

Hopefully gonna figure out a way of getting those alloys on in the next couple of weeks

Post by **shepster** » 28 Jun 2006, 08:27

And make sure you have a wheelbrace/socket that is deep enough to allow for the longer stud sticking through.

Post by **kathyshack** » 29 Jun 2006, 07:26

ah, good call!

Post by **guz** » 29 Jun 2006, 08:32

shepster wrote:And make sure you have a wheelbrace/socket that is deep enough to allow for the longer stud sticking through.

i carry one of those telescopic
extending jobbies, just right.

Post by **dubaroo** » 29 Jun 2006, 22:04

hi there, have just fitted alloys to my van and still intend to use the standard steel spare wheel. couple of problems I came across were, when using extended studs at the rear, and replacing the front bolts for studs, the closed end wheel nuts I bought bottomed out on the end of the studs before tightening the wheel, so these had to shortened to fit, so I kept the old open ended nuts to use with the spare, and also the first few mm of the replacement front studs are un threaded, so you need your spacers in place otherwise with the thinner steel spare in place the wheelnuts run out of thread before tightening the wheel up, not good!!
hope this is some use to you. Kevin