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| pjb Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Oxford Posts: 1244  |
I do not think studs but the nuts are different so will need a set of steel wheel nuts
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17th Nov 2016 4:09pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5038  
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You can use alloy nuts on steel but not the other way round...although they will stick out and look odd Mike
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17th Nov 2016 4:19pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Are yes new nuts I had forgotten about those. Good catch.
In my pervious job we were allowed to change wheels on the firms vehicle but not to drive them until we had had the nuts checked by a mechanic, we must have had one of the first female mechanics and the lads on the shift were always changing the wheels and asking for there nuts to be checked. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
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17th Nov 2016 4:22pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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Do you mean stick out and look odd as in silver against black? or Protrude out from the wheels? Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
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17th Nov 2016 5:31pm |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633  
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Standard steel wheel nuts are basically just that - they look like nuts. The nuts for your alloys are taller / deeper made and possibly have domed tops to them. They will work fine on the steels although they will look 'big' against the wheels and stick out a bit - personally I don't mind the look on the likes of a set of black modular. If you are changing over to HD or 'wolf' wheels I believe you will need longer studs as these rims are thicker. There should be stuff on here about it, but no doubt someone will be along shortly to either confirm what I suspect, or tell me I'm talking rubbish - either is very possible.
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17th Nov 2016 5:47pm |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1432 
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To make things easier, you could get some "take off" alloys for the winter. There are plenty of boosts around for less than you'd pay for the challengers.
No need to buy nuts, or carry a set of alloy nuts in case you need to fit the spare ( assuming you don't get 5 steel wheels + tyres). Probably better quality wheels too... |
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17th Nov 2016 8:07pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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You're entirely correct in that there are longer studs and that best practice would be to swap them, however almost no one does and they're fine with the standard studs. |
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17th Nov 2016 8:40pm |
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| cobra_mark Member Since: 17 Feb 2015 Location: West Yorks Posts: 213 
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I use steel wheels over the winter, have alloy free style wheels for the summer non salt time.
Give me time to clean up the alloys.  |
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17th Nov 2016 8:44pm |
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