john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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Aaron Luptak Aaron Luptak Professional Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
I knew there were better terms for it, but couldn't remember, so resorted to repeating after everybody else. KF7RWG http://www.utahrallygroup.com |
slidewayswrx Patrick Darrow Mega Moderator Location: Portland OR Join Date: 12/30/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 379 Rally Car: Swedish John Deere |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Probabaly. Not sure cause I do poxy tiny spindly widdle 12mm shit on rally cars, but rather manly burly proper 14mm (VW Bus) studs and there the stock VW is "ball" seat.. Pain in the ass that ball seat thing when its only a few bone head OEMs that do it.. A few minutes per wheel with the right countersink and presto you got the same seat in all your wheels... Made all my SLAAB alloys into taper---they used straight shank and a washer. Just whirrr whill zing and done, hon. Why you guys still on 12mm studs? You brave? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
darkknight9 Kirk Coughlin Mod Moderator Location: Saint Paul, MN Join Date: 01/08/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 493 Rally Car: Dreaming of escorts and xrats |
Uh huh! Kirk Coughlin Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. |
johnhuebbe John Huebbe Super Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
I ran 12mm studs on my bug for 4 years, then upgraded to 14mm when I put on better brakes. Never had a 12mm stud brake. Even when my crew guy forgot to tighten the lug nuts and the wheel almost came off. But they were also really good 12mm studs, not cheap shit. And, it could be that my car is super light weight, so that helps. 14mm studs do look great. I don't see how you'd ever break those. If you did, you'd have bigger problems to deal with. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
zackly.. My thought is 2 part: a) 14mm is what all the real rally cars the size and weight of Gp2 is cars and up use so if we can upgrade for DIRT FAWKIN CHEAP to a nice stud with a lead or nose on it, we'd have to be crazy to to.. And I just broke a 12mm on my miserable street Xratty---slightly "not really torqued up nuts" and boom.. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Ckgtimk2 Corey Kline Ultra Moderator Location: Lancaster, PA Join Date: 11/22/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 103 Rally Car: Used and abused Mk2 GTI |
Plus juan on good studs and the correct nut(taper/ball).
Previous yaahoo of my car had thread in studs and taper nuts on oem VW whools. Shady aaass fuck. Studs loosened the first time I took the wheels off, and some wheels were so bitched up from the wrong nuts that I had a wheel come loose even after switching to the correct nuts... Less talk. More rally. |
Aaron Luptak Aaron Luptak Professional Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
what's the process for upgrading a hub (that normally has 12mm studs pressed in) to run the 14mm studs? I assume it's gotta go to a machine shop since the holes need to be 'just so'. You can't just plop 'em down on your handy HF drill press, eyeball 'em, and open the holes up with the 1/2" drill bit that's been bouncing around the bench for ages, can ya? a quick search found the VW studs at ~$8/5, which is definitely cheaper than the ARP studs at $15+/4, but the ARP studs install without any more work than pressing the old studs out. KF7RWG http://www.utahrallygroup.com |
I have always drilled out the hubs using the old drill press. The original hole acts as a pilot. You must make sure that the hub flange stays perpendicular to the drill bit, I use some 2in square tubing or flat bar.
Yes, you could take it to a machine shop, but most charge ~$10/hole or $60/hr minimum. While the accuracy of the bolt holes is important, you could be within 0.010in and be completely fine. Most people forget that wheels are attached to these giant rubber things that aren't even that round! (Though every little bit helps) |
fliz Chad Eixenberger Ultra Moderator Location: Grafton, WI Join Date: 02/01/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 484 Rally Car: 1988 VW Golf #687 |
John, how does a 12mm vs. 14mm stud affect the seat on the wheel? Unless you found a VW Bus wheel that is good for rally cars? |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Well the seat is the seat. be it scrawny, anemic 12mm or burly manly man sized 14mm....I was just wondering why guys persist with lame ass junk when it's so easy to use and so much stronger. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
sidewaez Blake Lind Senior Moderator Location: Hillsboro Oregon Join Date: 06/09/2009 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 233 Rally Car: orange AE86 |
Yeah all the "rally wheels" are made for 12mm studs and tapered nuts, what am I going get custom wheels made or customize wheels as they bend and I have to replace them? |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
The decent rally wheels have steel inserts you can just swap out or tap out chase hole pound in. The bigger question remains. Why haven't wheel "ex-spurts" "strongly advised? Why haven't crews/drivers/teams asked for something we who are half-awake first started doing back in 1987-88? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
BillyElliot Billy Elliot Mann Professional Moderator Location: Royal Oak, MI Join Date: 08/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 557 Rally Car: 1996 Honda Civic with VTEC YO! |
I never had found deals on the Ronal wheels for my VW but I was looking. Teardrops you can still bend the fuck out of the inner lips, well really any of the wheels FYI. I ran a few various VW wheels left over from my GTI on the Civic, I just needed ball seat lugs. Only ran the VW wheels at Sno*Drift 2011, 100AW 2011. TN I was running O.Z. wheels for tarmac and at LSPR I had moved to 100% BRAID wheels. The offset is very close to OEM Honda that it's not really an issue. |