I purchased Winter tires and rims from Tirerack a few months ago because I wanted to beat the winter rush. I *just* realized that they gave me lugbolts with the purchase. Does that mean I have to through the hassle of changing all the lugbolts on the axle? I just wanted to use the lugnuts from the stock wheels and slap on the wheels. <sigh> How hard would it be to do? My fault for not looking into it more closer.
I bought the 18x8 Sparco Assetto for my 2012 S60 R Design with WS70 Blizzaks.
Ahh... after a bit of googling, I found out that lugbolts are used instead of lugnuts. So when I take the wheel off there isn't any spindles that come out to use lug nuts.
I always wanted spacers, but thought there were studs coming out of the hub. I thought the bolts that Viva provided were to replace the wheel studs coming out of the hub which meant removing the brake calipers etc. --- which is I'm not skilled enough (or too scared) to do on a 3 month old car. Now that I know I was wrong and that there are no studs, I realize what Viva provides are simply longer lug bolts to attach the wheel to the hub when the spacers are on. Am I right? This might make a very nice Xmas gift to myself this season.
Lug bolts and wheels also can have dis-similar mating surfaces. There are cup shaped ones and cone shaped ones. Do as the Rack says, it's not that hard to keep a baggy of bolts with the seasonal wheels.
Indeed. I bought a set of alloys and winter tires from tirerack for my previous car that used lug NUTS, and tirerack gave me a 20 lug nuts for the new rims. Just remember to carry the socket tool in your trunk during winter.
Here are the factory lugbolts that came with the R Design:
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