himself

To each their own. That's why they make both. Oh, spacers work with studs as well.

-td

balefire

unless you run a really long stud all the time, wouldn't you have to change the studs if you use a spacer? i'd imagine that would be more of a hassle than changing wheel bolts which is what I do now.

mglobe

Depends on how big of a spacer you use and how long your studs are. I see a lot of people using studs that are plenty long enough to accommodate fairly thick spacers.

I'm with TD. Studs are the way to go at the track.

himself

Get the 80 mm race series studs [it's what I run]. You can run HUGE spacers with those. I tried the 65mm, but it was hard to get the nuts started. 80 gives you plenty of room.

There's a reason that race teams use studs and not lugs...

-td

jasper

Yeah - studs are totally easier to deal with than the dowel and bolts for the good reasons himself provided.

As far as the trouble to convert to studs as a downside...are you serious? It's like installing a set of bolts...once!

I've ordered Rennline 80mm - that's 15mm into the hub and 65 protruding. We'll see how those work. I can always go longer because it's no hassle to change them.

Total cost $100

I don't run spacers, but if I ever do I might have to get longer studs.

altonj

have those here already... Oh well

you are looking at 40 mins to remove all the wheels, install the studs with red loctite, drink a beer put wheels back on, drink another beer and admire your work....

jasper

That would have been easier Jeff. It's not a big deal at all though because I'm in Point Roberts at least once a week for gas anyway.

You didn't actually *say* you had these earlier though did you.