Extended Stud Options?

[JAJ]

Thanks for that @JAJ .Any ideas if any of the stud options from opmustang would work better? The GT4, bullet rspec or the midlength rspec?

That depends on what you want to do with lug nuts. The 1" extension ARP studs will work with OEM nuts and a 25mm spacer. As far as the OP studs are concerned, you'd best contact them to be sure. From reading the OP website now, the mid-length is too short (they say 17-20mm spacer max) and the RSpec is the same length as an R OEM stud with the addition of a 6mm nose, which makes them even more too long. As for the GT4 studs, they have an extended (20mm I believe) nose on them and that long nose prevents the stock lug nut from engaging enough thread to hold the wheel on.

Now, if you're ok with switching lug nuts so you can use the OP studs, there are open-ended nuts out there that are intended to work with extended studs and still look nice. I know that @50 Deep sells them and there may be others. Contact him to learn more if you're considering that option.

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[galaxy]

So, I have that setup on my car from OPM. I have the GT4 studs on the front and the 350R studs on the back. They are the same studs/same strenght from MSI, only difference is the length. I have the open ended nuts from @50 Deep that @JAJ mentioned, and I'm here to tell you (T will also) it's a perfect match. I'll post up pics later, but the studs stick right out beautifully flush with the open end of the nut. Only caveat is I'm running Signature wheels and don't know the hub thickness, so I'm unable to translate what that may equate to in terms of running spacers.


As a side note, I have a full set of the gold/bronze colored, 1” longer ARP I’ll let someone have on the way cheap. I installed them, didn’t like them (the color clashed with my titanium lug nuts, LOL), and took them right back off.