The Red October

I ordered some flik LEX wheels, and I am a little concerned about the new lug bolt length. I only get 4 turns till it hits the seat, then about 1 more turn torquing it down. On the stock rims I get 6.25 turns before it hits the seat, and then about another turn to torque it down.

I will be using this setup on the track, do you think I should get longer bolts? I think I remember reading a post on here saying the minimum is 6 turns, but I could not find it.

Reggie

end of the bolt vs the same for your stock wheel and bolt.

MikTip

Minimum of 2 full threads out back of hub! This is the only way to know for sure! ;O)

MikekiM@PureMS

You should get between 6 and 8 turns on the bolt.

The Red October

I took the stock lug bolt, put it in the stock wheel, and measured how far the bolt stuck out on the back side. I took the flik bolt and put it in the flik wheel, and it stuck out about 2 to 3 mm shorter than the stock one did.

The Red October

All of the other bolts are staying tight, meaning I put the torque wrench at 90, check the bolt, and it clicks immediately. However one bolt always seems to need about 15 degrees of turn to get it to click. I can let the car sit for 10 minutes, and the bolt will need a degree or two to make it click. Any ideas what is going on?

The Red October

Turns out I put too much anti seize on the bolt, and just a little bit got on the conical seat surface. Cleaned it, now it is fine.

Reggie

That is what I was saying - so 3mm is 0.12" I don't think that this is very much.

The Red October

With the new bolts I am at about 5 turns with the torqued down. Factory bolts get about 7.25 turns in the factory wheels. My concern is that I am going to use these for track wheels, I don't know if they will have enough support when they are pushed hard.