Wheel stud conversion question

[eacmen]

For what its worth I posted a DIY on installing wheel studs just now: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...ud-kit-install

[cozmo kraemer]

No one's given me trouble for them yet

I have gotten crap about them twice. I think I am just going to go back to bolts. I really like having them on there, but it isn't worth the risk to me now. The last time I was stranded I thought I was going to have to go buy tools to take the wheels off myself, to get America's Tire to put tires on the wheels. If you never end up stranded, it isn't an issue...but I dont think anyone ever plans on getting stranded.

[timmo]

I have gotten crap about them twice. I think I am just going to go back to bolts. I really like having them on there, but it isn't worth the risk to me now. The last time I was stranded I thought I was going to have to go buy tools to take the wheels off myself, to get America's Tire to put tires on the wheels. If you never end up stranded, it isn't an issue...but I dont think anyone ever plans on getting stranded.

Lol just remove the blown tire & rim in the parking lot, bring it into the shop and have them swap the tire, then re-install it on your own.

And if the shop is so insistent on removing the studs, what if you installed them with red loctite? Are they going to spend the extra time with a torch removing them, and make you pay for that extra labour?

I have 70 mm wheel studs so the standard lug wrench isn't deep enough. I keep a 1/2" ratchet (it's enough to get the wheel off as long as it's properly torqued) and a deep 17 mm socket in my car in case of a blowout. Both of those items fit in the cubby right above the NAV computer in the left compartment of the trunk.