any idea what happened to make your studs break like that? I snapped 1 of mine, but that was from over tightening the nut.

 

Not sure what caused it. Got my new wheel the other day and then got it all mounted and balanced.

 

nice! now just take care of the rust on that carrier and it'll look great.

 

Yeah, I haven't decided how I want to take care of it tho

 

YES! Mountain Dew mod on the bumper FTW!

Looks great man!

 

Snapping that lug nut wouldn't have anything to do with running 5x4.5's would they?

I'm just thinking because I thought that would be uncommon.

 

5x4.5s? really? i didn't know you could force those on our trucks. i know you can force 5x120 on but that can cause damage after a long time

 

The 5x120s slide right on, no forcing needed. Just got some hubcentric rings because of the bore difference. I can't see them causing it to snap as I've been running the same bolt pattern on my Camaro for years and it is driven a lot harder lol. My guess is one stud got a stress fracture at one time and finally broke and I didn't notice it because of the cap. I'm sure my tires and towing didn't help after the first one broke.

 

awww, i was wanting to yell "Do the Dew!".


how's that?

out bolt pattern is 120.67 (4.75") and 0.67mm is only 0.0264", and that's less than 1/32nd of an inch.

so that works out to less than 1/64th per stud. not much of an issue.



and i never had to "force" on those 17's i put on my truck, which came off of my boss' Ridgeline (5x120)

 

my buddy has a 98 bmw with 5x120. i tried his asa wheels on my truck. i liked them but it was a pain to get them on. when i say force i mean it wasn't as easy because more precision was needed (i was also 17) and i just didn't feel comfortable running something not made for our trucks. i push mine hard sometimes which explains why i have issues