The stealership wants 5.19 a stud... And 3.20 per nut. Anyone know where I can get this ALOt cheaper?

 

I am pretty sure the dealer is the only place you can get them......

 

sounds about right looking at those prices...wow.

 

someone bought them in ARP a while back I believe

 

Napa sells grade 8 metric studs for a lot cheaper. If you take one in they can match it up or order what you need. I went that route and it worked out just fine. I checked a Carquest and they wanted twice as much as Napa. I've used the Napa grade 8s quite a bit and never had a problem including V6 Pathfinders and Hardbodys. Good Luck!

 

Hint: read the stickies!!! I know I didn't pay close to that for those parts.

 

I did. Thank ya buddy.

 

Wow, I'll give that a try. Thanks.

 

if you need studs, i have 6 studs i MUST get rid of....brand new from the stealership..... it was like $30 for 6 PM if u ned them... I MUST GET RID OF THEM!!!! they are only studs, no nuts

 

I paid $89 shipped for turbo studs,nuts and gaskets from Courtesy Nissan.

www.courtseyparts.com, 800 527 1909.

 

get them from courtesy. Very good prices.

 

$89 is a hell of a lot for some studs and bolts.

 

I bought a rod of 8 x 1.25 mm (metric!) from a local fasteners company here and it cost me like US$12-13 for all 12 studs. I cut them into 50mm (2") pieces with an angle grinder and then rethreaded every end. They have regular and high strength rods, so I bought the later one. The nuts were from Nissan, they are like 50 cents a piece IIRC.

Thanks to a guy who did my manifold studs - he pointed me in the right direction for the source of studs.

 

Not when my local Stealership wanted $179 not including tax!!

 

Napa small stud kits( 2 studs and 2 nuts) I'm going to give that a try. Their 4.80 per kit.

 

got the ones that napa had. Totally wrong. I did find hardened studs just a Tad longer on the nut side. They ran 1.19 a piece.

 

The ones I got from NAPA for my VE were a bit longer but worked fine. I think they were about that price.

 

ARP info : http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ight=ARP+studs

 

If anyone, for any reason, has their heads off the car, do the following. Ditch those wimpy Nissan studs, take the heads to a machine shop, have the stud holes drilled out and tapped for a 10x1.25mm Toyota exhaust stud. WAAAAAYYYYY beefier than those Nissan studs, only 8x1.25mm size. I'd already done the stud/gasket replacement before w/ nissan stuff. But I had the opportunity to do this (engine rebuild), and it's worth it. And yes, the stock manifold holes fit the bigger studs without mods, you just have to open up the stud holes in the gaskets.

 

I will be replacing my exhaust studs on my current engine as soon as the weather fairs out and me having ample of time on my hand. As for the toyota studs, I think I will have to start saving up for a used VG so that I can completely rebuild it from the ground up, learning things as I go along. BTW, thanks Dillbag for the info.

 

Yeah, that's what I did. I bought a 60k mile junkyard engine and rebuilt it. It was pretty sweet too, the engine had EVERYTHING on it, like it just came out of the car. I've got a spare almost everything now.

BTW: I'm Not 100% about the thread pitch of the Toyota studs, it may be 10x1.50mm. Can't remember. I'll check and edit if nec.

 

I have a parts max that has 217K and you can have the engine cheap if you want. pm me

~Alex