Sorry for the crappy pics, but I thought id share my experience with installing wheel studs on the evo. Everything was pretty straight forward (if youve ever installed studs before) so it all went pretty much as planned. Here is a pic of the front hub with studs installed and also one of the rear with the wheel installed. If I had a camera and not just my crappy camera phone I wouldve taken more pics and done a write-up. But if people want a write up I can still do it. If you have any questions feel free to let me know

 

are you gonna be running wider wheels?

 

where did you buy the studs and wheel lugs from and what brand/size are those lugs.

 

Or lightweight lugs?

 

yes, in the near future i will be running wider wheels, so this is a preparation step more than anything

i got the studs off ebay...just check the arp website and make sure they are the right part number that is being listed on the ebay auction

the lugnuts are from ezaccessory.com, nothing special, i would say they are at least comparable to the stock quality...since the MR BBS wheels have a different lugnut seat shape, you are limited to what lugs you can run. i got these for the time being until i have new wheels with a more typical lugnut seat, then i will upgrade to some better/lighter lugs

 

Nice, I can smell aggressive wheels in the future...

 

how long did it take you?

 

yep...wheels will be coming at some point soon


and its hard to say how long it took because we kept taking breaks :P but id say with the right equipment (necessary air tools, good press with proper dies, and a good vice) it shouldnt take longer than 2 hours or so....i did it at a friends shop because i dont have a lift at mine, and it took around 4....damn youtube kept getting us sidetracked :P

 

thats not to bad, i am going to need to upgrade once the rest of my parts arrive

 

I just got a set of ARP studs too. I'm only installing front ones. What method did you use to remove the OEM fronts?

 

how wide of a wheel will they except?

 

well once the hubs were off i pressed a few out in the press, but then found that sitting the hub in a large vice with a properly sized block of wood under it to support the hub and not put any unneeded stress on the hub bearing (clamping on the flange that the studs are pressed into) then popping them with a large hammer seemed to be the most effective and quickest way

then they were all pressed back in using a large impact socket that the stud could sit inside on the bottom of the flange (that might not make sense without seeing it)

they can be installed by hitting them with an impact...but you will have to use different lug nuts due to the fact that the MR lugnuts dont have a flat surface on the bottom to pull the stud in straight with...its tapered so you risk putting them in crooked

 

well the studs wouldnt dictate what size wheel you can run, only how large of a spacer you can use...and i assume if youve got the *****, you could run up to a 1.5" spacer (give or take)

 

Your killin' me with your professionalism. I want to bang the OEM ones out with a hammer and pull the ARP ones in with my open lugs, several washers, and a big wrench.

 

Way too much work. Substitute an airgun for that wrench and you're golden.

The studs pull in fairly straight, and if they don't then they straighten themselves when the flange hits the hub.

Its hard to tell in the picture with the wheel on; you ARE using hub-centric Lexus lug nuts, right?