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Old 17-11-2004, 12:41 PM
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I bought these of Ebay a few months ago......



They were advertised as fitted to a rally saph cossie and i thought they would be perfect for my S2 track car. Anyway, i tried to fit em and designed for studs and not bolts.

I thought the saph cossies were bolt fitterment and 3 doors were studs ???
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Saphs have studs!!!
Old 17-11-2004, 12:52 PM
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Ok, so is there any way i can get these alloys to fit ? longer bolts ?

I saw Tim's old bean tin with std saph alloys on, how did he fit them ?
Old 17-11-2004, 12:56 PM
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u might b able to use longer bolts adam!
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Change the wheel bolts mate. You have to have special ones with collets or something. Or get a stud conversion.
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http://www.graystonengineering.com/wheelnutmenu.htm

Is it safe to use longer bolts ?
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rally design or speed shack can sort you out with a stud convewrsion. not just to get the wheels on but it makes life much easier.

or you can get bolts with collars on them to fit.

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Old 17-11-2004, 02:43 PM
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can get some long High Tensile bolts from a normal bolt supplier and get 4 tapered collars machines up, that will do the job, or sell the wheels to me
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i had a stud conv on my old S1.... came from Rtec for about Ł30 from memory
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Originally Posted by xr-stu
or you can get bolts with collars on them to fit.
what do you mean by that ?
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Get a stud conversion!

Nothing worse than bolts if you want to change the wheels over trackside........
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you need use tapered collars on nuts/bolts for use in alloy wheels. the bolt/nut face tightens up against the flat of the collar and NOT the alloy, so when u tighten and undo the wheels you are not gauging into the alloy each time. this not only can cause cracks in the alloy, but cuts through the paint/laquer and caused the ally to furr up and corrode.
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