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08-01-2012, 06:53 AM
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#26 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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How about vw's when you're trying to put the wheel on and the holes in the rotors shift and they don't align in the hub? LOL frustrating as fuck
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08-01-2012, 07:17 AM
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#27 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by mangoo-  How about vw's when you're trying to put the wheel on and the holes in the rotors shift and they don't align in the hub? LOL frustrating as fuck | E-brake for the rear, and a brick or a friend to step on the brake pedal for the front.
I have a stud conversion for the MINI, makes it much easier to swap at the track.
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08-01-2012, 04:41 PM
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#28 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Hi, lol, I love that you guys are bringing this topic up, because I have so many questions that are driving me crazy lol!
I recently bought my GTI, and came from a Honda Prelude (M12 Lug Nuts).
I've actually done alot of searching for Stud conversions, so i found a few places or names to get them, incase anyone else here are also looking into this.
Also, if anyone here with experience can share where they bought them from? so the rest of us can know a good/reliable/durable option for these?
AND, here is my question lol! has anyone here done a M14 to M12 stud conversion? to run M12 sized lug nuts? since M12 nuts are so much more common, and have many more options? Any downside to doing this?
anyways, heres the list of places I have found. hope this lists helps people here ;D! add to the list! hehehe
EZ Accessory Wheel Stud Screw Type
JH motorsports JH Motorsports Inc.
Bildon Bildon Motorsport - Volkswagen Racing Parts
Wheel Dude Wheel Studs - Wheeldude.com - Professional wheel dealer.
034 Motorsport Wheel Stud and Nut Kit, M14x1.5 - 034Motorsport | Performance Parts for Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen
Raderwerks wheel stud | Raderwerks
Ringer Racing Wheel studs - Ringer Racing
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08-01-2012, 04:57 PM
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#29 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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Is very common, go check vwvortex
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08-01-2012, 05:06 PM
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#30 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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the only positive i know of using bolts vs stud + nut is when u strip the bolt, u can replace the bolt easily where as in a stud + nut case, ull have to re&re the rotors/calipers + whatevers in place to re&re a new stud in place of the stripped one
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08-01-2012, 05:40 PM
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#31 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Wheel bolts? The least of your problems with German cars, you should check out German interior clips, fuck that shit.
But it's also why I love owning MK2's, lots of character.
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08-01-2012, 06:48 PM
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#32 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
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Originally Posted by TOPEC the only positive i know of using bolts vs stud + nut is when u strip the bolt, u can replace the bolt easily where as in a stud + nut case, ull have to re&re the rotors/calipers + whatevers in place to re&re a new stud in place of the stripped one | what if you pull the threads out of the hub when you strip the bolt. then what?
stud/nut you can hammer the studs out and replace them.
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08-01-2012, 09:04 PM
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#33 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by WolfGang germans always like to do the opposite of what everyone else does. This is the thing that pisses me off the most,
in manual mode, gear up is actually gear down. 
when in domestic/imports its normal.  | Actually, if you ever have driven a car with an actual sequential dogbox, you would realize that your "right way" is infact the wrong way. Up shift is always a pull. Downshift is push.
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08-01-2012, 09:18 PM
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#34 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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I used to love german cars when I was young, didn't own my own car, and didn't do any work on cars. As I grew older and started learning more and more about cars, actually started working on them, I started to really hate german cars.
Germans do have some great drivers cars though.
Personally hate working on VW/Audi the most.
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08-01-2012, 10:10 PM
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#35 | | OWNER/C.F.O./MONEYMAN
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learned a cool easy trick by my tech to put wheels back on german cars fast...
leave 5 lugs in the wheel lug holes, lift wheel onto hub while keeping wheel as vertical as possible and one hand with fingers spread over the bolt holes, put a socket on one of the lug bolts, turn the wheel onto hub a little bit until the lug bolt pushes through, tighten, and done.
tried it myself to proove it couldnt be that simple, but it works. fails only if you run aftermarket wheels with different hub sizing.
i still like my japanese wheel studs...
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08-01-2012, 11:24 PM
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#36 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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I do my own summer and winter wheels change over and never have a problem.
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08-01-2012, 11:54 PM
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#37 | | SardaukarMod
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Originally Posted by falcon Actually, if you ever have driven a car with an actual sequential dogbox, you would realize that your "right way" is infact the wrong way. Up shift is always a pull. Downshift is push. | I agree. But unfortunately on my 2012 VW golf wagon, it's push UP and pull DOWN. Frustrating and irritating as it's so counterintuitive. They probably did it to cater to the North American market. 
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08-02-2012, 01:11 AM
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#38 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by FOB Mainlander I do my own summer and winter wheels change over and never have a problem. | Nothing too hard about it, Just a pain in the ass compared to american and japanese cars that have lugs.
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08-02-2012, 07:17 PM
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#39 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by Peturbo Nothing too hard about it, Just a pain in the ass compared to american and japanese cars that have lugs. | x100000
a bit more of a pain in the ass and a bit more time spent lining stuff up if you don't have hangers or adapters, rather than you can just throw it on and spin the nuts on studs
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