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I recently switched from 17" 2004 s-lites on my 2004 mcs to 16" 2006 v-lites(new take-offs from a 2006 mcs). After less than a week of driving 3 of the lug nuts on one of my wheels loosened. Do I need to be concerned? Do I need different lug nuts? I'm confused about this whole topic of stud nut conversions. Did MINI change lug nut sizes in 2006. Sorry for the naive questions, but thanks for the help.
Loosened by how much? It's been my experience that you need to re-torque new wheels after a couple hundred miles. Since we swap wheels quite a bit for the track, we're almost constantly re-torquing. I don't think I'd be really concerned - just keep checking them.
Yes, MINI did change from an M12 bolt to an M14 bolt in mid-2006.
Order up! rotating seats FTW! Awesomeo! Sent an e-mail after the order too since I didn't get teh PayPal dialog box to enter text...can't say enough how much this is appreciated!
Any chance we'll be able to buy "loose" R26 lug nuts? I like to keep a couple of spares in the toolbox I take to the track...
As soon as I confirm the thread size/pitch on my Miata (at my brother's house in Atlanta), I'm ordering a second set of the lugs for that one too!
We have some sets of these that are available alone on the website if you've already got some M12x1.5 studs (like me - a set of R26's went on my car tonight!).
what do i need to make them work? Haven't opened the box yet, but i'm guessing they are threaded for 12mm? Anyone with Stoptechs know?
So, what would i have to do? Go to a full 12mm stud conversion?
my SSR GT7's fit on the 14mm bolts, will they be ok if i had to go back to 12mm in size?
Will do... it's actually listed on the back of the Muteki's in newton-meters (which can easily be converted to ft/lbs), but the back of the R26's is all in Japanese.
Will do... it's actually listed on the back of the Muteki's in newton-meters (which can easily be converted to ft/lbs), but the back of the R26's is all in Japanese.
We'll include specs...
Thank you. I'm looking forward to have them sometimes this week, hopefully.
They've arrived as promised (2/2). The kit is here, actually, it's already on my MINI.
The kit is professionally well made, looks great. Awesome.
Finally, I have my Work vs-xx on my car.....yeah.
Thank you so much. You guys are the best.
Just finish a test drive.....awesome.
I made a right decision. Intead of drilling the wheels, I go with the conversion kit. The kit is the way to go. Very easy to install.
Thanks again and again and again.