I purchased the BlehmCo 300zx BBK with 04-05 Maxima rotors......now the wheels i use for Auto-X are 300zx wheels and they require a 1/2" spacer....would anyone recommend getting longer wheels studs because of the spacer...i will prolly use the spacer for my 17s as well just to keep in on....i know u should have so many turns of the lug nuts to be safe but since its january in Buffalo i dont feel like going out in the cold to count turns on my lugs with a spacer behind the wheels that are in storage

 

anyone....not even a tittle

 

Studs are mandatory arent they since the other ones will not fully put the lug into the stud

 

this is what i am asking......i dont who how big of a spacer u can go befreo needing to use longer studs or using spacers with studs in them like eibachs and others....i did a search and it seems most people running 15mm spacers would suggest longer studs.even though i really will only need 13mm but thats an odd size....so i guess i will go that route as wheel.....i will prolly jsut get teh NISMO 50mm studs from courtesy unless i can fin a set of 15mm spacers with studs for a good price...i have a spare stock stud at home ill have to measure to determine which NISMO studs to get 50mm or 60mm

 

5mm wouldbe the minumum I would go without longer studs. You say your planning on using a 1/2 in spacer? If so, you definately should use longer studs.
.50in = 12.7mm, almost 13mm so i would go with the longer studs.
A 10mm spacer is really pushing it wiith no spacer.

 

i gonna try to find the spacers that have new studs already in them if i can....if i cant oh well new studs is no big deal...now i have a new problem...i have hex drive tuner lugs...i have to have a tuner lug now my only concern if having enough thread depth in the lug to fit snug against the wheel....i am sure i will....i would get spline drive but i tried those and had really bad luck with them so i dont want to go back...i still haev them if i absolutely need to but i wont if i dont have too...i will just have to take really good measurements before i start buying stuff if i cant find spacers with studs

 

10 mm is max for stock anything larger it is unsafe on stock studs but can be done, just unsafe.

 

i have been doing some measurements here at work and if i gowith 15mm spacers (little bigger than 1/2") and the 60mm studs i will only have like 3mm of extra thread than i would with stock studs and no spacers....which is like 2.5 turns...so 60mm studs and 15mm spacers is what i have decided to do

 

15mm H&Rs come with the longer studs. Just get those and install the studs and be done.

 

i was checking a few websites and its says ythat they are like 120 bux....is that for all 4...a pair..or one....the site doesnt say

 

They sell by the pair and they should be more like $90 a pair. Let me check again

 

Here. $96. Not shure if they are in stock. Go check http://www.optionsauto.com/products.asp?dept=417

 

thank you...i suppose 96 is cheaper than 60mm NISMO studs and 20-30 bux for 15mm spacers

 

imo anything over 7mm needs longer studs. do your rims have the clearance to use the spacers that bolt on? thats the way to go.

 

Bolt on spacers that screw in are dangerous. They can unscrew and come undone at speed. Be safe and get the Eibach or H&R type. Oh, and open ended tuner lugs should work for those special wheels on long studs w/o spacers.

 

they arent open eneded....the key goes right in the center......i will get the H&Rs they seem like the best bet

 

huh? you lost me. they make both. for H&R the longer stud ones are DRS and the ones that bolt on to the hub and have new studs are DRM. which ones do you not like?

 

i am confused too

 

I meant spacers where you screw a longer stud into the hub, then slip the spacer, wheel, and nut over that. Kinda like these (quickest pic I could find)



The danger comes from untorqing wheels off and the lug bolt unseating itself a few threads from the hub and no longer remaining fully engaged.

 

ahhhhhh.....but the H&R DRS are good

 

Hey please please please take it from me I went through this headache go with H&R or Eibach (come with longer studs). Take the time to read my domain on the BBK kit: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/560141/5
The cheap non hub centric spacers with studs built in are crap

You really need longer studs with anything over 5mm.