wheel bolts

[bye_all_c_ya]

are the wheel bolts bigger on the front then the rear ?
reason i ask is im using spacers and the rear standard bolt fit with plenty of tuns but the fron with the same spacers and wheels dont ?

[Junglist]

you should think about getting some longer nuts mate if your using spacers or you may end up pulling the threads out of the hub like i did :cry:

[bye_all_c_ya]

what length are the standard wheel bolts and what size would be best ?

[Deano]

you should think about getting some longer nuts mate if your using spacers or you may end up pulling the threads out of the hub like i did :cry:
:eek:
How big where the spacers you where using bud ?
I've just had to put 10mm spacers on for my MOT, The tyres where scrubbing on full lock.

[Junglist]

:eek:
How big where the spacers you where using bud ?
I've just had to put 10mm spacers on for my MOT, The tyres where scrubbing on full lock.

my spacers are about 5 mil i think ,not sure if there even needed.


i just took a bolt into the local garage and asked for ones a bit longer

[bye_all_c_ya]

5mm i think:)

[J8TRO]

I was getting loads of bad feedback on using anything over 5mm spacers, and most places i went to ask for longer bolts when i was planning on using 10mm spacers said i'd struggle to get them, however 1 guy at an alloy wheel shop said that as long as i could get 3 full turns of the stud in the thread they would be OK. but this was his advise not mine......i'm not so sure myself.

[Scoff]

3 full turns :scared: rarther you than me :D

I bought longer bolts with no problem, ebay infact, listed as BMW something or other. M12x1.5mm, search for that.

[J8TRO]

3 full turns :scared: rarther you than me :D

That's what I thought

[THE MASTER]

with a thread of 12x1.5
three turns works out at 4.5mm of thread in the hub

:sad2:

[Gymnast]

3 full turns will be fine if they are finger tight ;)