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when do you replace wheel studs?

Yes, I'm sure this has been asked before, but my search didn't turn up much. I was just curious what most guys conisder the safety cutoff point where you should replace your wheel studs after adding wheel spacers. I'd been using some really slim 3.3mm spacers, so I really didn't think much of it. but I finally decided I needed to go a little bigger on the rear because, somehow I started going faster, and I guess the tire is flexing more and it's starting to rub an oil line... which is not good.

Lol, 3.8mm probably would have done it, but they aren't easy to find, and I haven't bothered having some machined down. I managed to find the smallest pair of 6.5mm spacers I could, they're both right around 6mm dead on. I know most people say a 6.5mm spacer is perfectly safe to use with stock studs, but... there's something a little disconcerting about only getting like 8 full turns out of the lug nuts. Good?, bad?, unsafe?, safe? Specifically when tracking the car. What do you think?
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