cool =)
get some pics!! =)
-mike d.
---> Yorktown, Va.
88 Dakota LE: slammed, painted, and PARKED =(
miggitymike@juno.com
http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
On Fri, 04 Feb 2000 23:22:38 -0500 durling@attglobal.net writes:
> I was originally going to do that until my tire shop showed me these
> custom lugs for these applications. It is basically an aftermarket
> version
> of the factory lug with a twist....There is a shank machined onto
> the end
> that is placed toward the wheel that is threaded and it inserts
> inside the
> hole on the wheel. I got the ones that extend an extra 1/4" exactly
> the
> same as the spacers. This way even though I lose a 1/4" of stud
> sticking
> through the wheel the design of the lug still grabs exactly the same
> as
> the stock ones did. These things are made heavy duty. I liked them
> so
> much, and sense the lug hole on the wheels are more than the depth
> of the
> lugs, I got a set for the rear also. I figured it was time to get
> rid of
> the cheap pot-metal lugs that came from the factory. If you want to
> see
> what i'm talking about go to www.mrlugnut.com and then to the new
> products
> page and look at the lug centric bulge nut combination lug.
>
> Jeff Durling
>
> "mike d." wrote:
>
> > you may wanna look into longer studs... MP has em'
> >
> > -mike d.
> >
> > ---> Yorktown, Va.
> > 88 Dakota LE: slammed, painted, and PARKED =(
> >
> > miggitymike@juno.com
> > http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
> >
> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 23:47:12 -0500 durling@attglobal.net writes:
> > > I thought I would share this with the list. A long time ago I
> had a
> > > line
> > >
> > > on a set of R/T wheels for my '96 dak but let them go due to the
> > > price
> > > and the fact that the offset doesn't work. We'll to make a long
> > > story
> > > short last week when I went to have my tires rotated and
> balanced I
> > > was
> > > talking to the guy at my local tire shop and he offered me a set
> of
> > > R/t
> > > wheels for $500 bucks and would do what he had to do to make
> them
> > > work
> > > or he would take them back.
> > >
> > > They have some junk tires on them but you can still get a few
> > > hundred
> > > miles out of them so we are experimenting with them on my truck.
> The
> > > rear fits fine but to get them to work in the front you have to
> use
> > > a
> > > 1/4" spacer to get them to clear the upper a-arm and the center
> caps
> > > that I always felt stick out 5 miles anyway. We tried some ETA
> lugs
> > > which go into the lug hole on the wheel to make up for the
> shortned
> > > stud
> > >
> > > sticking through. The problem is that they don't make them in a
> wide
> > > enough seat so the lug itself digs into the rim and keeps
> loosening
> > > up.
> > > What we have found to do is drill out the holes a 1/16" of an
> inch
> > > so it
> > >
> > > will not weaken the wheel and use some special lugs from enkei
> that
> > > are
> > > open all of the way through and have a piece that looks like an
> > > extension to a ratchet set that fits on the inside of the lug
> and
> > > hooks
> > > up to your standard 21mm socket. I have to tell you these lugs
> grab
> > > more
> > >
> > > of the stud than the factory lugs did on the original wheels. I
> know
> > > there are some of you who don't agree with the spacers but I
> must
> > > say
> > > from experimenting that this setup is really solid. Hope this is
> > > useful
> > > for future considerations. When I get a chance I will take some
> pics
> > > for
> > >
> > > Jon to update for older pics on the pics page. The only thing I
> am
> > > goin
> > > to have to do is find some good looking fender flares to coverup
> the
> > > 1/4" of tire that sticks past the top of the wheel well.
> > >
> > > Sorry for such a long post but I thought it might help
> > >
> > > Jeff Durling
> > > '96 RC Sport 5.2
> > >
> > > BTW, tires are damn expensive!!! Looks like around $800 bucks
> for
> > > Pirelli Scorpion Zeros or Michelin Pilot H/T's mounted and
> > > balanced.....ouch!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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