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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 4:22 pm    Post subject: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Good afternoon everyone,

Is there any advantage to changing from the standard wheel bolts to lug nuts and studs like on a 356?

Thanks
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Threaded studs makes it much more easier to mount wheels onto a drum/rotor
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:39 am    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

RareAir wrote:
much more easier...
That made me laugh. Mrs. Prescott must be rolling in her grave! Thanks! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Redundancy is redundant around here.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

lug bolts on a Bug are just part of ownership... one gets used to it, in time... I had an old Mopar with lug bolts once, but they engineered a post on the hub and a hole in the wheel to hang the wheel on, to aid in putting the bolts on... 356 style is awesome-easy.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

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lug bolts on a Bug are just part of ownership... one gets used to it, in time... I had an old Mopar with lug bolts once, but they engineered a post on the hub and a hole in the wheel to hang the wheel on, to aid in putting the bolts on... 356 style is awesome-easy.


Modern Porsche equips their cars with an alignment pin/tool. It simply threads into the rotor, you hang the wheel, install several lug bolts, remove the alignment pin, install last lug bolt.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Ted2 wrote:

Is there any advantage to changing from the standard wheel bolts to lug nuts and studs like on a 356?

Studs can help prolong the life of the threaded holes in hard-to-find brake drums.
Cast iron can be unforgiving if a bolt is cross-threaded.
I have never personally ruined a drum, but I have bought more than one VW that was missing a lug bolt . . . because the hole was stripped!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

... interesting, I have had over 100 VWs and never experienced a stripped lug hole... guess if it happened though, i'd just run 4, out of five lugs....
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Easy to shorten a bus lug nut and tap larger to fit Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:45 am    Post subject: Re: Wheel bolts vs studs and lug nuts Reply with quote

Most of the stud kits seem to be made out of cold rolled cat turds, be sure to go outside of the VW aftermarket to buy quality wheel studs.
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