What stud conversion is every one running

[bjz!]

Wow. You’re braking hard from 140 to 60 and taking over 1G lateral over and over again on back roads? Where is this amazing piece of tarmac? I need to experience it.


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Canary island, Spain, my friend. and... Is the opossite, the tarmac is not good, thats why i say what i say, not because the car o the driver are good.
U can say whatever you want, i drive off the road, potholes, no matter what is in the road, the m3 is a trash car to do whatever you want. Bigjae got the studs perfect. Maybe he is right and the problem is the ppl installing them. In most cases.

[George Hill]

I too am using Core4, they also manufacture lug nuts, pricy but worth it. https://www.core4motorsports.com/pro...core4-flug-nut

I agree

[repoman89]

Canary island, Spain, my friend. and... Is the opossite, the tarmac is not good, thats why i say what i say, not because the car o the driver are good.
U can say whatever you want, i drive off the road, potholes, no matter what is in the road, the m3 is a trash car to do whatever you want. Bigjae got the studs perfect. Maybe he is right and the problem is the ppl installing them. In most cases.

It sounds like you’re not really following the conversation and don’t understand the root cause of the problem. Potholes and impacts on back roads have nothing to do with it until you’re exposing the studs to 600 degree brakes repeatedly.

[bigjae46]

Was this a couple years ago at a texas track? Likely my clients car that I am literally putting Core4 hubs on today.

it was a couple of years ago ago at Cresson.

[bjz!]

It sounds like you’re not really following the conversation and don’t understand the root cause of the problem. Potholes and impacts on back roads have nothing to do with it until you’re exposing the studs to 600 degree brakes repeatedly.

Maybe bigjae is not breaking enough...

I understand your point, just trolling.

[SandeepM3]

What are your thoughts, do I have to get longer studs?

Pic shows how far the nut goes hand tight. The black mark is where the top edge of the nut is. Tape is where the bottom of the nut is. But this is not torqued so should go down a little bit more.

[Slideways]

What are your thoughts, do I have to get longer studs?

Pic shows how far the nut goes hand tight. The black mark is where the top edge of the nut is. Tape is where the bottom of the nut is. But this is not torqued so should go down a little bit more.

Is that 75mm? One wheel manufacturer says that 12mm is max on a 75mm stud.

[SandeepM3]

Is that 75mm? One wheel manufacturer says that 12mm is max on a 75mm stud.

Yea they are 75mm MSI studs. On most studs you can. But the MSI studs for some reason stop there threads really early. And this is only with a 5mm. Here is a pic of apex studs next to MSI.

I think I'm going to exchange them just to be safe.

[Slideways]

Yea they are 75mm MSI studs. On most studs you can. But the MSI studs for some reason stop there threads really early. And this is only with a 5mm. Here is a pic of apex studs next to MSI.

I think I'm going to exchange them just to be safe.

For bullet nose, it looks like you'll need the 90mm.

[SandeepM3]

For bullet nose, it looks like you'll need the 90mm.

They have 85mm and 95mm. Will go with the 85's

[cobra]

I recently went with ARP studs along with Core4 nuts as a preventive replacement. They are not listed as a package for the E46, but you can buy them individually. M12x1.5 75mm studs.

Interestingly, the last studs I had were red Loctite'd in and they came right out. I marked the new ones with a paint pen to make sure they don't back out.