Originally Posted by alan93rsa (Post 40142)

If you haven't had the pleasure of banging out and then inserting 20 studs you just don't know what you are missing.

Originally Posted by alan93rsa (Post 40463)

I'd rather use the tool made for removing the studs if possible. The amount of beating you have to do to get the studs out can't be good for the bearings and races. It's also a good idea to have a couple of open lug nuts to pull the new studs in with. I usually toast at lest 2 nuts putting in a set of 20 studs.

Originally Posted by semtex (Post 40694)

I did a little looking around on Google and found this: Wheel Stud Remover SA91107NE

Originally Posted by semtex (Post 41774)

^ I was kinda tossing the same idea around in my head. We could start a 'tool co-op'.

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 52183)

Anyone know of a So-Cal shop that would do the install on the spacers?
Someone that has the proper stud press tool and not a hammer. :tup:

Originally Posted by monthtrial (Post 52530)

I'll check w/ my buddy who has a shop (local to you) to see if he uses tools rather than brute force for this kinda job.

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 52183)

Anyone know of a So-Cal shop that would do the install on the spacers?
Someone that has the proper stud press tool and not a hammer. :tup:

Originally Posted by monthtrial (Post 52865)

Cobra,

My buddy also gets rough w/ it; he uses a hammer and forces the studs out. He said he's performed 50+ stud jobs and has never encounted issues. He does have a tool (more like a machine) that he uses but the labor costs render it too costly; he takes off the whole break assembly. He doesn't use anything like the e-bay tool mentioned above.

Originally Posted by VIP-STATUS (Post 45155)

I say 15mm front+rear will be perfect:tup:

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 54889)

15mm spacer installed :tup:

Originally Posted by semtex (Post 54915)

That looks good, man! :tup: Are you only doing the rear?

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 54889)

15mm spacer installed :tup:

Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z (Post 55046)

Great pics = rep point! :tup:

Originally Posted by semtex (Post 28020)

The spacers are a no-go. :crying:

I installed one on the front driver's side. I was even taking pictures every step of the way so that I could provide step-by-step instructions. Then when I went to mount the wheel back on, lo and behold, it wouldn't go in all the way. If you look at the second and third picture below, you will see that the way these are designed, the stock wheel studs stick out a bit. Now, this normally isn't a problem, because the nubs just go into the spaces/slots in between the holes on the back of the wheel (see fourth pic). Well guess what? Those slots in between the holes aren't cut low enough. The nubs from the stock wheel studs can't clear them! Take a close look at the last picture. To figure out what was going on, I laid the wheel down flat on the ground, then placed a spacer on top. The spacer's wheel studs are in through the holes of the wheel. The holes you see in the picture are where the nubs of the stock wheel studs would go through. You can see through the holes that they're about halfway blocked by the bottoms of the slots. Way to go, Nissan!

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 55280)

Semtex, I discovered today while installing the longer studs, that the rear wheel has larger cut-outs in the back. Your pics show the front wheel, and for some reason the fronts don't have as large of an opening as the rears. It looks like the the spacer you had with the studs installed would work for the rears, just curious if you tried them on the rear ???

Originally Posted by monthtrial (Post 55047)

Thanks for posting those pics... I like the subtle (yet noticeable) difference. Is that your car, and if so, are those the H&R's you had mentioned?

Originally Posted by semtex (Post 55376)

I was not aware of that. No, I didn't try the rears. The first wheel I tried was the front driver's side, and as soon as I ran into the issue with the cutouts, I packed everything back up. Thing is -- I wouldn't want to space out the rears without also spacing out the fronts. I'd want to keep the same proportions between front and back, if you know what I mean. I might actually re-order those spacers and just have my mechanic grind out the cutouts of the fronts as he had originally suggested. I mean, I've done so much other stuff to my car by now that it just doesn't seem like such a big deal anymore. Thx for letting me know about the rear cutouts!