I am putting winter tires on for the first time, previous owner never used them, but the wheel nuts seem too short to me for these different wheels. I don't know shit though, what do you think?here's a vid where I keep the wheel adherenthttps://imgur.com/a/dEqugOe
>>28213600Why didn't you just take a picture with the wheel seated, instead of this awful shit filmed by Michael J. Fox? Thread the lug nut on, if you can't thread the nut onto the stud more than the diameter of the stud itself, then they're too short and you either need to swap your studs (outside of your capability if you can't take a coherent video), or get different wheels.
>>28213620here's the comparison with the spare. filimg at night with my left hand while using both legs to keep the wheel still is not easy. I'll try that. Diameter of the studs is 1 cm
>>28213648Steelies like that almost always have a lower hub profile than alloys. There's a good chance the studs will not be long enough for the other wheels, which is why the last guy never used them.A fastener-diameter of thread engagement is the general rule of thumb for total fastener load. You might be able to get a couple threads on with the alloys, but there's a chance they might yank out and you loose a wheel if you don't get enough threads engaged. Just try it and if they don't fit, you're SOL unless you swap those studs.
I think I got my answer, the lug nuts don't even reach the studs to be able to start screwing them on either because the wheels holes are too small or the nut is too short. Now that I think about it the previous owner gave me a spare set of lugs, could it be that it's just different lugs needed instead of longer studs? Which tools do I need to change studs?
>>28213686They're likely not going to be a different diameter because the holes in your hub that accept the press fit from the studs are a specific size. They're just going to be longer so they reach past the thicker center of the alloy wheels.>Which tools do I need to change studs?If you're asking this, you probably can't do it. Go watch a video. If your hub has enough space between it and the upright, you can just hammer them out without having to remove anything more than the caliper and rotor, then use the nuts to press the new ones in. If it doesn't have enough space to pull the studs from behind, you might have to pull the hub.
>>28213686>could it be that it's just different lugs needed instead of longer studs? I misread that, disregard previous post. Yeah, there is a chance that the steelie nuts are just too thick for the alloy wheels. Try those first.
