exdes

Been thinking about getting studs and convert to lugnuts. has anyone done this on their car?

andy_meng1024

PM charles pearson. He did it on his SL55 and it turned out pretty well.

AlexCim

not going against the idea, but why? i am curious

exdes

Thanks.. I'll look him up.

makes it easier to swap wheels...

all8up

Yeah it is much easier to swap with studs and lug nuts. However, if you do not, the easiest way I have found is to use a long screw driver and use it as a temporary bolt as a means to hold the wheel in place while you screw in the other bolts.

Mort

You should have an aluminum stud that you screw into a wheel bolt hole, in the trunk with the spare tire and tools (at least our R Class has one). It keeps the wheel in place while you start the other wheel bolts. Very simple to use and available from the dealer or aftermarket if there is not one in the car. I fought and swore changing wheels winter/summer or rotating until I discovered this handy little tool in the Styrofoam tool holder over the spare tire.

e1000

Studs/nuts also are easier if you use different wheels or have spacers and you need different length bolts.

nrgy

I was thinking about doing this. I found this site that sells racing studs and nuts for Porsche, VW and Audi. I think these will work for Mercedes as well as the threads are the same, and they have ball seat nuts. I'm not sure if we need the Porsche ball seats or the VW/Audi ones though.

Here's the site: www.race-studs.com

callmiro

I'm scared to click on that link

ZephyrAMG

could change you forever...