Haha well now they will be purple! Should fix the issue.

:eek: RoZy will be jealous!

This thread needs updates... :icon14:

I will have some updates hopefully by the end of the week :tup:

Your car looks like it eats other cars

What seat mounts do you have on the seats?

Thanks lol

Wedge engineering seat bases and status side mounts. Can't remember who makes the sliders.

mmmm.... sliders...... :bowrofl:

Well I did promise an update, so here it is:
Got the 6 troublesome wheel studs drilled out after a two day battle with them:
http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...rilled-out.jpg

Now I'm waiting on the ARP wheel studs to come in so I can cut them down to a reasonable length (probably 50-55mm) and then install those. Then I'll throw the tires back on, with some Project Kiks lugs this time.

My main project as of late has been my winter 370Z:
http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...-cockpit-2.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...-cockpit-1.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...8-winter-z.jpg

Gotta drive something nice for the other 7 months of the year :wtf2: Actually looking at a 458 italia later this week. :tup:

Stop playing with toys and install a turbo!


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Started tackling the front wheel hubs today, planned to put in the ARP studs in the front and test the fitment with the R40's. However when I exposed the wheel hubs, I found that the splines had stripped out on the hubs, not on the studs :shakes head:
FML. So I will be ordering new front wheel hubs tomorrow. Trying to get a feel for what is on the aftermarket, but it looks like the OEM's will be the easiest to source/best bet. Once those are in at least it will be easy to install the studs!

Trying to get the wheel hub assembly's off has been a nightmare, they are completely seized in there. I was looking back at the DIY for installing the ARP wheel studs, and it simply says 'remove wheel hub' i LOL'd a few times. If only it was anywhere near that easy!

After this nightmare is finally sorted out, I think I'll take it to Nissan to change out the rear studs. Maybe I'll just go the whole 9 and buy new rear hubs while I'm at it, then everything will be brand new. Total cost of running the pretty aluminum nuts so far: $800/12 hours of my time. BIG MISTAKE!

Wow. That sucks Ed.

But they were such a pretty pink.... X)


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Ouch. Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Think of it as preventative maintenance. :| Those hubs have a tendency to fail eventually.

That is true, it's not all bad.

I bought a slide hammer on sale today, and with that at my disposal the hubs came out of the front in like 30 seconds a side. New hubs are on the way from courtesy parts (at literally 50% of the price the local dealer wanted - you Americans are spoiled rotten with your car part prices!!) so once those get here I can press the new studs in and reassemble! I'm still not sure if the studs will poke out past the R40's, I really hope they do not but based on these pics I have a bad feeling:
http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...h-r-stock.jpeg

The stud on the left is ARP, then the stud that H&R ships with 15mm spacers, then the stock stud. The ones that ship with the H&R 20mm spacers, which are in the rear right now are 5mm longer exactly than the 15mm replacement ones.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...omparison.jpeg

This pic shows the difference with the old lugs and the new ones, and the old studs and the new ones. Now with the old Work lug nuts there was no danger of the 15 or 20mm H&R stud replacements poking out, probably had an extra 10mm. But obviously the ARP studs are quite a bit longer, and the R40 lugs are a bit shorter than the Work ones. I'll have to see the final fit once everything is back together and then decide if I want to run some small spacers to hide the stud back in the Lugs. The stance sure would be wide then.. :ugh2:

As far as the rear studs go, I pulled off the brakes and looked, it really does look like if i want to put the ARP studs in I'll have to pull the rear hubs. I'm a bit worried about doing the rears myself so I asked Nissan what they would charge for labour, and they quoted 5 hours :icon14: Now the dilemma is if I tackle it myself and hope for the best or if I just run the stock studs in the back until I eventually pay Nissan to change them.