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Posted by sydewayzLX50 (Member # 10217) on :
 
I picked up some chrome 99gt wheels theyre original ford rims so if i put 3/4" spacers my axle studs will hit the mounting flange of the rim. Has anyone else tried drilling 5 more holes in 99gt wheels to use thick spacers?
 

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Posted by 70mach351 (Member # 7528) on :
 
drilling 5 new holes in the wheel? probably a bad idea. Get longer wheel studs.
 

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Posted by sydewayzLX50 (Member # 10217) on :
 
Its because the thick wheel spacers have their own studs but when you bolt them to the axles the original studs stick out past them so theres 5 studs full length and the 5 tips of the original studs. In aftermarket wheels theres 5 extra holes in the back of the wheel but these original ford rims dont have that.
 

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Posted by 70mach351 (Member # 7528) on :
 
what about shorter wheel studs?
 

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Posted by sydewayzLX50 (Member # 10217) on :
 
Then i wouldnt be able to run my 18x10 bullitts with a 1/4" spacer
 

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Posted by a302juGRnuat (Member # 10163) on :
 
cut the tip of the studs and see if that works...it should give you another 6 mm maybe and the its only the tip of the studs where theres no thread.

had to do that when i installed 3 inch long studs so i could run spacers all day without dealing with those bolt on spacers. my lug nuts had closed end and couldnt snug the wheel in place before the tip of the stud would hit the end of the nut!

[ April 03, 2011, 05:57 AM: Message edited by: a302juGRnuat ]
 

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Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
um, they sell spacers that bolt on to your lugs, and have a new set of lug studs in the spacers, so your wheels bolt to that. They're usually 1" thick.

don't drill the wheels or cut your studs down, that's just asking for a wheel to go flying off and kill someone on the freeway

[ April 03, 2011, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: Blind ]
 

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Posted by a302juGRnuat (Member # 10163) on :
 

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Originally posted by Blind:
um, they sell spacers that bolt on to your lugs, and have a new set of lug studs in the spacers, so your wheels bolt to that. They're usually 1" thick.

don't drill the wheels or cut your studs down, that's just asking for a wheel to go flying off and kill someone on the freeway

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