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Another Stud Conversion
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Another Stud Conversion
So I finally got around to installing the stud and lugnut kit from TPI. I bought from Tirerack so the full kit (all 4 corners) was $81 for the 62mm ones. The other kit is $88 for the 80mm. So I went with the 62mm kit. Once I seated the bolts in with locktite and torqued to 25Ft lbs or torque per the recommendation, I went ahead and sprayed the tips with some black plastidip due to the goldish look of the bolts and my dark wheels. Lugnuts were black as well. After mounting the wheels, for the fronts I was able to do a 9 full turns by hand on the lugnuts and 7 full turns for the rear before tightening and torqueing.
Something to be aware of is this kit comes with ball seat lugs so if you have aftermarket wheels that have a different seat, say conical, you would need other lugs. A few pics for you all.
Something to be aware of is this kit comes with ball seat lugs so if you have aftermarket wheels that have a different seat, say conical, you would need other lugs. A few pics for you all.
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lol yes I understand. I received all my stuff from the move that Friday so been unpacking, did get to all my garage stuff and the car was washed later that day. I'm responsible for one of the wheels, the wife is responsible for the rest.
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It is, after looking at other vendors and their prices for a full kit. This price saved me a lot of $. I got it from Tirerack who is a forum sponsor but I also understand that most other sponsors on here can't match prices from Tirerack who deals in larger volume on certain items. The quality seems good, I didn't get into the details of tensile strength and so on, but looking at the manufacturer's site these aren't horrible quality either. Overall what you get for the price, I'm very satisfied.
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