wheel modification question

[Yolanda Cyrus]

Looking into getting wheels and also change a set of lock wheel bolts, like red shell or something, 40mm or 45mm (need to measure up still) but I've read a few posts on here about damage caused by them.

Anyone had any experience with wheel bolts? Any downsides to them?

Edit by Dad911 - Suspected spam, link removed.

[djpateman]

except we don't use bolts

[tcora]

Originally Posted by Yolanda Cyrus

Looking into getting wheels and also change a set of lock wheel bolts, like red shell or something, 40mm or 45mm (need to measure up still) but I've read a few posts on here about damage caused by them.

Anyone had any experience with wheel bolts? Any downsides to them?

Edit by Dad911 - Suspected spam, link removed.

Personal opinion - wheel lock bolts are a level of complexity which adds no real value. On every car I have ever owned (which had them), I have removed that bolt and replaced it with a standard one from the dealer.

[Jeff Alton]

Originally Posted by djpateman

except we don't use bolts

Actually, these cars do use bolts....

Not sure what the OP is asking. Are you changing wheels that need longer bolts, adding spacers that require longer bolts or???

All of our Porsches that use bolts (with the excepetion of the Cayenne TT) we have converted to studs with nuts. But we install many sets of longer bolts for applications that require them.