spacers!!!!!!!

[mr_turbo]

took a drive to colechester last nite to pick up some bits from beanys12 got a nice vibration while doing 70mph (maybe a bit more at some time) think arh wheels need balancing i continued the speed got the and back fine on the way to work this morning i gave her alot of abuse then slowed down and while driving at 15mph round a roundabout my extended studs decided they snap
luckerly 1 stayed on and didnt lose the wheel so ive orderd a bolt on spacer kit which should hopefully not snap with the stress of drifting!!!

[old-and-rusty]

I had exactly the same problem a few years ago with a Mk2 Escort and extended wheel studs.
It`s a good job you were only going slow, when it happened .
Regards,
Ian.

[30psi]

Not good. I have proper bolt on spacers, you can't fault them.

Is there possibly an issue with the material of the studs? ie not high tensile steel?

[old-and-rusty]

The problem I had, was that I didn`t re-torque the wheel nuts soon enough after fitting them. The instructions said to re-torque after 100 miles, but personally I think they needed to be done after a couple of miles.
Could have been a dangerous mistake, if I hadn`t been going slowly, when they finally let go.
Regards,
Ian.

[mr_turbo]

i think it is what there made of to be honest i do give the car a thrashing beyond road use my fault shouldnt have tried to go the cheapp way about it! yes ive ordered the proper bolt on ones now at £65 insted of £9 the others cost me lol so glad it didnt happen on the a12 last nite though

[Sharas]

Damn now i'll be scared to use my spacers
They can be used as bolt'ons, but the holes are 4x108 (the guy before me used some aloys from a peugot i believe), o if i want to use nissan wheels i need longer studs. But after this post i rather not...