Mike951

To fit a late offset wheel to an early offset car, would studs need to be changed when fitting a spacer, or can you just throw a spacer on and not have to mess with the studs??

TIA
Mike

Zero10

Depends on how long your studs are. As a general rule I like to get at least 7 full rows of threads into the lug nuts with the alloy nuts. Perhaps one or two less with steel nuts.
Count how many full turns you get, that will tell you for certain whether you need studs or not, but as a general rule you probably will, since that is a mighty thick spacer.
I put late wheels on an early car with 13mm (I think? maybe 11mm) spacers. It looked a little silly but it didn't rub and it was fine for my winter wheels.

It has been a little bit since I checked things, but isn't it ~30mm worth of spacer you are adding? You should probably be getting a spacer with it's own studs at that thickness.

xsboost90

i run stock studs on the front, but i have spacers w/ their own studs- so they bolt on, then the wheel bolts to the spacer- 30mm- the rears i put in longer studs to run 15mm slip on spacers- i'll eventually get longer front studs and convert mine to slip on up there too. If you are only running 6mm or so spacers up front you'd be fine, but any more and youll need longer studs or bolt on spacers.

Mike951

is there a disadvantage to running bolt on spacers??