Wheel Spacers
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Thanks Sam! I wanted to space out the 50mm ZR-1 wheel just a little bit. If I use the other studs, can I still use my existing lugs and locking lugs? Just waiting on the Ground Control stuff to arrive!!!
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yeah the threading is the same, although it goes right to the end of the lug, unlike the stock ones that stop the threading ~1/2" short of the end.
The ARP lugs, in addition to being stronger, and having more thread on them, are about 1/2" longer than stock. as a result, closed-end lug nuts (like your typical chrome acorns from Gorilla or McGard) will not fit. I have the spline-drive McGard lugs and just test-fit them on the ARP studs... I need to hack off about 1/2" from each. The advantage over stock will still be the strength of the lug and the threading all the way to the end.
If you plan on using a 1/2" spacer, the ARP lugs are sweet. Of course if you needed that much, you could have just bought the true ZR1 wheels and had a 36mm offset.
The only way I'd go with ARP lugs now is if I cut them back to stock length, or if I go to open-ended lug nuts.
hmmm... I wonder if McGard makes a longer-than-normal closed-end nut?
If you're insane about weight loss:
http://emporium.markwilliams.com/pro...sp?prodid=1079
titanium lug nuts @ $25 EACH.
better yet: http://emporium.markwilliams.com/pro...sp?prodid=1086
titanium stud kit w/nuts... $290 for 2 wheels worth.... and you save 1.2 lbs over steel versions
The ARP lugs, in addition to being stronger, and having more thread on them, are about 1/2" longer than stock. as a result, closed-end lug nuts (like your typical chrome acorns from Gorilla or McGard) will not fit. I have the spline-drive McGard lugs and just test-fit them on the ARP studs... I need to hack off about 1/2" from each. The advantage over stock will still be the strength of the lug and the threading all the way to the end.
If you plan on using a 1/2" spacer, the ARP lugs are sweet. Of course if you needed that much, you could have just bought the true ZR1 wheels and had a 36mm offset.
The only way I'd go with ARP lugs now is if I cut them back to stock length, or if I go to open-ended lug nuts.
hmmm... I wonder if McGard makes a longer-than-normal closed-end nut?
If you're insane about weight loss:
http://emporium.markwilliams.com/pro...sp?prodid=1079
titanium lug nuts @ $25 EACH.
better yet: http://emporium.markwilliams.com/pro...sp?prodid=1086
titanium stud kit w/nuts... $290 for 2 wheels worth.... and you save 1.2 lbs over steel versions
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