Pros and cons of a wheel stud conversion?

**A4F3V3R** · 02-10-2012 06:32 PM

I would just like to have your opinion on wether its a good idea or not? I do think it gets life easier when it comes to putting the wheels back on the car but i may not see the bad side of it?

**C_Yaco** · 02-10-2012 06:39 PM

I have 'em so my wheels work, but there pretty cool to have. they'll hold your brakes in place when putting your wheels on. that's about the only benefit i can think of.

**morzechowski** · 02-10-2012 06:40 PM

awesome mod. audi sucks for not doing this from the factory.

**A4F3V3R** · 02-10-2012 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by morzechowski

awesome mod. audi sucks for not doing this from the factory.

Thats what i think too!

I heard people putting 5X114.3 wheels with hubcentric ring and normal nuts, ever heard of this?

**coolgraymemo** · 02-10-2012 06:52 PM

Let me chime in.

If you go to any shop that will remove the wheels, they will give you shit. They say its not an OEM part, and that it is not safe. They wont want to work on the car.

**melomandn** · 02-10-2012 07:07 PM

One of the only downsides I can see is if you plan on running spacers, especially larger ones.

**Seerlah** · 02-10-2012 07:53 PM

Pros:
-Comes in handy if you are the type to take your wheels off a lot.
-Comes in handy when placing your wheels on
-If you choose the most common 2.5" stud, you can place up to a 15mm spacer
-Just makes things much much easier
-Running a 14x1.5 to 12x1.5 stud conversion allows you to use 114.3x5 wheels (better solution to wobble bolts)

Cons:
-People say that they can back out on you over time, but placing a good thread lock on before placing them on should prevent this.
-Does not give it that clean look as lug bolts would, if the stud protrudes (tuner lugs or lug caps help in this dept)

I personally run the Raven MS studs with 2.5" shank, 034 ball seat lug nuts (better than the Raven MS ones), Rad Lock lug nut lock kit, 8mm spacer up front, 12mm spacer on the rear, and am glad I went this route.

**king** · 02-11-2012 12:24 AM

it was done on my car by the po and it sucked. that first it was fine then the studs started threading out and eventually stripped my hubs causing my wheel to fall off. its not worth it in my opinion. lug bolts are better because its easy to change the size with them, if you want to run spacers its easy to just switch to longer lug bolts rather than having to remove and replace studs.

**revbjeff** · 02-11-2012 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by king

it was done on my car by the po and it sucked. that first it was fine then the studs started threading out and eventually stripped my hubs causing my wheel to fall off. its not worth it in my opinion. lug bolts are better because its easy to change the size with them, if you want to run spacers its easy to just switch to longer lug bolts rather than having to remove and replace studs.

With the studs when you get spacers you don't have to change any hardware if you get extended studs to begin with.

**A4F3V3R** · 02-11-2012 05:32 AM

I see more pros than cons, I'll start shopping for a nice nice right now thank you guyz!

**M-Hood** · 02-11-2012 08:05 AM

Been running them on my A4 since 2005, not a single issue with them even at 650whp and running Hoosier drag radials.

**A4F3V3R** · 02-11-2012 11:16 AM

While im there i already posted this question but with no answer, im looking into a nice set of 18" but here are the specs :

18x8.5 in front
et35
215/40/18 tires

18x9.5 in rear
et35
235/40/18

I know different tire sizes can mess up quattro but is there a way to make these work ? thank you!

**coolgraymemo** · 02-11-2012 12:39 PM

I would do 225/40 all around.

Or 225/40 and 255/35.

**A4F3V3R** · 02-11-2012 01:13 PM

But with the tires that are on right on would i screw the quattro ?

**coolgraymemo** · 02-11-2012 01:25 PM

You would be pushing it.

I think its around 2.8% difference in rolling diameter (max should be around 3%).

**A4F3V3R** · 02-12-2012 11:40 AM

I do have 2 225-40-18 tires at home, i could replace the 235 with them and should be alright? it would be stretch a bit and there will be less difference in tire sizes ?

**NeedingAnAudi** · 02-12-2012 11:53 AM

225/40/18 on a 9.5 is a good amount of stretch. That's what I currently run on my amgs.

Also I bought studs so I could run my AMG wheels, the hubs on the wheels are very long, stock lug bolts didn't even make it through the wheel. Got mine from Ringer Racing

**A4F3V3R** · 02-12-2012 03:12 PM

Nice! Any pics of the stretch ? Do you run 9.5 all around ?

**NeedingAnAudi** · 02-12-2012 04:01 PM

I do not run 9.5s all around because I still need to find 2 more 9.5s. I have 8.5s in the front.

**A4F3V3R** · 02-12-2012 06:45 PM

Nice setup!! But do you run 225 all around?

**NeedingAnAudi** · 02-12-2012 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by A4F3V3R

Nice setup!! But do you run 225 all around?

I did. But there was no stretch on the 8.5s and I wrecked my fenders. Everyone one told me stretch the front, but I just had to learn that the hard way.

**coolgraymemo** · 02-12-2012 06:56 PM

I have 225's on my BBS RC's (18x8.5) and there is a lot of stretch compared to other 225 x 8.5 set ups. I think it's because the tires run narrow (Bridgestone RE-something).

**NeedingAnAudi** · 02-12-2012 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by coolgraymemo

I have 225's on my BBS RC's (18x8.5) and there is a lot of stretch compared to other 225 x 8.5 set ups. I think it's because the tires run narrow (Bridgestone RE-something).

My front 225 were RE760s, no stretch.