I did the exact opposite. I bought my 1995 R Model Miata in 1998. This car was driven by Diane Moores to the SCCA C Stock national championship in 1995. It still had the longer studs and spacers when I bought it. The original owner traded it in on a newer one. With the spacers the wheel is only centered by the lug nuts not by the hole in the center of the wheel not good for a street car. I worked in a machine shop so I used a press instead of a hammer. I still have the car and it has just been a street car all these years for me.
That’s not really better or worse than a street car or a track car or vice versa. The hubcentric lips help place the wheel, but they don’t take the load when tightened. If your studs are presumably centered and the nuts are presumably conical then you can draw the wheel on straight and true every time. Just don’t gun one lug on tight before the others, lol. Motorsports is more intense than daily driving, it’s so much more abusive. Spacers, long studs, etc. are run at professional levels, in endurance competitions, all the time. What matters is the person behind the wrench knowing what they’re doing and buying. Most goons I see having catastrophic spacer experiences don’t take the wheel off to check torque specs after a little drive around, or don’t use proper torque specs period which is the same thing I guess as over torquing the snot out of it. If you’re using adapters that’s definitely a route to a bad time. If you know this though, a car on the street or track will be just fine, it cares not.
The only thing about the long studs is that you have to use open end lugs? Am i right about that, maybe I'm missing something? I've got autoexe lugs that are stock specs, don't want to change them.
@@AlexPerrucci when I ran open end lugs I started getting corrosion on the studs. It was getting bad so I went back to the stock studs. And now have the autoexe ones. After it started I dug around and saw that other people were having the same corrosion
Thanks for the video looks really easy! I bought some bbs ra and was sad to see my lugs dont even poke out of the wheel hub.
I did the exact opposite. I bought my 1995 R Model Miata in 1998. This car was driven by Diane Moores to the SCCA C Stock national championship in 1995. It still had the longer studs and spacers when I bought it. The original owner traded it in on a newer one. With the spacers the wheel is only centered by the lug nuts not by the hole in the center of the wheel not good for a street car. I worked in a machine shop so I used a press instead of a hammer. I still have the car and it has just been a street car all these years for me.
That’s not really better or worse than a street car or a track car or vice versa. The hubcentric lips help place the wheel, but they don’t take the load when tightened. If your studs are presumably centered and the nuts are presumably conical then you can draw the wheel on straight and true every time. Just don’t gun one lug on tight before the others, lol.
Motorsports is more intense than daily driving, it’s so much more abusive. Spacers, long studs, etc. are run at professional levels, in endurance competitions, all the time.
What matters is the person behind the wrench knowing what they’re doing and buying.
Most goons I see having catastrophic spacer experiences don’t take the wheel off to check torque specs after a little drive around, or don’t use proper torque specs period which is the same thing I guess as over torquing the snot out of it. If you’re using adapters that’s definitely a route to a bad time. If you know this though, a car on the street or track will be just fine, it cares not.
Good vid, I guess you did now really need to lengthen the studs just for a 5mm spacer.
Yeah I’d really recommend it. Stock studs only had 3 or so turns on the lugs. Feel much better with these!
I did this a couple years ago
The only thing about the long studs is that you have to use open end lugs? Am i right about that, maybe I'm missing something? I've got autoexe lugs that are stock specs, don't want to change them.
Correct, open ended lugs with extended studs.
@@AlexPerrucci when I ran open end lugs I started getting corrosion on the studs. It was getting bad so I went back to the stock studs. And now have the autoexe ones. After it started I dug around and saw that other people were having the same corrosion
How did you trim ?
Air saw/grinder