2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Wheel Stud Kits?

Turner's or Bimmerworld's are the cream of the stud crop, for sure. I've had Turner's 75mm studs on my car for 3 years, and I'll be due to refresh them at the end of next season.

BUT they don't come in M14 size. =(

 

Reminds me of a fella that stopped by my shop. He wanted to know if I would cut up a bunch of mild steel all-thread rod so he would have 20 pcs 3" long. He said he was going to replace all his lug bolts with the 3" all-thread pieces, then run a couple nuts on each stud to act as wheel spacers and then put his wheels back on.

We didn't do the work..... And I told him he should drop that project and maybe consider one of those pine tree air fresheners that he could hang from the mirror instead.

 

Yeah but..... When the wheel passes you on turn #3, think how much you saved with buying the cheap set....:cryin:

 

Fair enough, I can get on board with that. And those Wheel Mate ones I mentioned earlier might have been just fine if I had gone that route. That being said, their overall length was only 45mm. Having the studs I'm using at least enabled me to run spacers when I needed them, and also gave me an excuse to run some nice extended lug nuts :cornut:

 

Not sure, but I'd check with Turner or Ireland. Both make good stuff.

 

I'd call Aaron at Outmotoring and tell him your want.

 

Way Motor Works has a 14 to 14mm kit and a 14 to 12mm kit.
They are 65mm long and work perfect with my 15mm spacers.
M14x1.25 Wheel Stud kit - Way Motor Works
M14 to M12 Stud Conversion kit - Way Motor Works

 

I've had the M14 to M12 Stud Conversion kit from Way for what's coming up on a year soon, and I've been pretty happy with them.

 

RMW sells ARP 90mm long 14mm Bullet nose studs. I have seen on drag to rally cars with ARP wheel studs and they hold up to some crazy stresses and always look brand new.

 

I've been running a bullet-nose set from Turner Motorsports on my '06 for the past 4 years. They are serving me well. I've got the older, smaller style lug bolts though. Not sure if they make them for the R56 w/ the larger lug bolts.

They are hella-long... I've almost got a Mad-Max style thing going on.

 

Turner Motorsport | Turner Motorsport 75mm Wheel Studs - Most BMWs (E30, E36, E46, E90, E92,I etc)

These are on my list.

 

those are wrong size for what he is looking for........wink***

There is only one company that makes exactly what he is wanting.......

 

Interesting... Do wheel studs wear out? I'd guess that it is possible, but if correct torques are applied (and you keep the monkeys with impact wrenches away from the car), is there a service interval for studs? I've never heard of one and couldn't find it on the Turner Motorsport site.

 

^^^Two metal surfaces rubbing on each other without lubrication...... Sure

 

Robin Casady sells hangers for making rotations easier.

MINI 14mm Wheel Hangers

 

Yeah, studs wear out, especially if you're driving on the track. One race season, or 3-5 years light track duty, or longer just purely on the street. And shorter for cheap studs. Heat cycles plus repeated wheel changes will fatigue the metal. The same should be said for wheel bolts. If you're tracking the car or have driven it for 10+ years, think about replacing the bolts.

 

I had a set of what I consider low quality studs. I felt them stretch as I tightened them. Into the recycle they went. If you are going with studs, buy good ones. This is not a place to buy cheap....

 

I got my studs more for the conversion to M12 then the conversion to studs to be honest. That being said I do find myself at a track day or two occasionally, so I'm hoping my studs aren't the ones Crashton is referring to. I haven't noticed any problems so far at least, nor do I recall hearing any issues with them. The only "cheapie" studs that I can think of off the top of my head are the ones made by Wheel Mate, which are around half the price I paid for the ones from WMW. I knew enough to steer away from those ones at least :lol:

Edit: Nevermind me. We all have our paranoid moments, some more often then others. That being said, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you :skep::biggrin5:

 

The ones from Turner were hella-expensive... I seem to remember them being over $100 for the whole set (plus 2 extras that I threw in the jack bag, just in case). It's a remarkably disappointing experience when you open a $100 box and you just got a bunch of short threaded steel rods...

 

Been there, done that, it was NOT the studs though, the wheel spokes broke.

It was Turn 3 too...