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When at the track, I swap between my OEM GSR wheel with slicks and NT03+M wheels with DOT tires. Before someone asks the obvious "Why dont you put slicks on the NT03+M?" - simple answer is that I get slicks for free in the OEM size, and my NT03+m's are a 9.5" wide.
Point is, I end up swapping wheels a lot. It's not unusual for me to have the wheels on/off the car nearly a dozen times over the course of a month. As a result, I end up breaking quite a few wheel studs. I've been using Dormand or Pick-a-nut replacements, as they're cheap and I can usually get them at any hardware store. But they break a lot, taking a lug nut with them in the process. I'd rather them not break, since it's a hassle and I've bloodied more than my fair share of knuckles replacing studs. Can anyone suggest any wheel studs made for racing that are worth the investment? Please don't suggest any stupid expensive jdm ricer shit that doesn't actually hold up.
Then there's the issue of hub-centric rings. I don't actually run a spacer, since my wheels fit fine without one. But the wheels do use a small plastic hub-centeric ring since the wheel bore is a little larger than the rotor hat. After all tracking, this ring separated from the wheel and fuzed to become a part of my rotor hat, preventing me from putting my OEM wheels back on. The only way to get the fused ring off was with a chisel, thus destroying the ring. Now I cant put my NT03+m's back on until I get a new ring, unless I go lug-centric which I refuse to do. So my question is, what's a good solution to get a more durable hub-centric fit for my aftermarket wheels than replacing the crappy plastic ring with yet another plastic crappy ring? A solution that's easily interchangeable with the my OEM wheels would be ideal. I was thinking some of the forged hubcentric spacers made sense. I noticed some also include wheel studs, which might solve my other problem. Can anyone comment on this?
Thanks!
Point is, I end up swapping wheels a lot. It's not unusual for me to have the wheels on/off the car nearly a dozen times over the course of a month. As a result, I end up breaking quite a few wheel studs. I've been using Dormand or Pick-a-nut replacements, as they're cheap and I can usually get them at any hardware store. But they break a lot, taking a lug nut with them in the process. I'd rather them not break, since it's a hassle and I've bloodied more than my fair share of knuckles replacing studs. Can anyone suggest any wheel studs made for racing that are worth the investment? Please don't suggest any stupid expensive jdm ricer shit that doesn't actually hold up.
Then there's the issue of hub-centric rings. I don't actually run a spacer, since my wheels fit fine without one. But the wheels do use a small plastic hub-centeric ring since the wheel bore is a little larger than the rotor hat. After all tracking, this ring separated from the wheel and fuzed to become a part of my rotor hat, preventing me from putting my OEM wheels back on. The only way to get the fused ring off was with a chisel, thus destroying the ring. Now I cant put my NT03+m's back on until I get a new ring, unless I go lug-centric which I refuse to do. So my question is, what's a good solution to get a more durable hub-centric fit for my aftermarket wheels than replacing the crappy plastic ring with yet another plastic crappy ring? A solution that's easily interchangeable with the my OEM wheels would be ideal. I was thinking some of the forged hubcentric spacers made sense. I noticed some also include wheel studs, which might solve my other problem. Can anyone comment on this?
Thanks!