NUTS?

What seems to be the coolest set up for studs and lug bolts if your running the wide five chromes with drum skins?

i was running these, all black from manufacturer, cant remember where i got them though, somebody will jump in.

Tom I like that long stud look...no wise cracks !

Here's a thread I saved from 2009:
http://speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=17546

I kind of like that look too!

I couldn't get the link to work, so I did a search for 17456 and found a thread titled "added wheel studs to 5s &skins, had lugbolts before". That link worked and then the 17546 link in that thread worked.

Maybe this will be easier. Here is all the text from the 2009 posting.

bob baumer
(barncobob)
Placerville,CA US
2009 Vintage Speedsters posted 9/17/2009 3:39:04 PM
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not real hard to do.
studs on 5s 002.jpg
studs on 5s 004.jpg

mickey donatello
(mickey356)
Wilmington,DE US
198? Intermeccanica posted 9/17/2009 4:40:10 PM
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Gives me the deets! I want to do this to my wheels too, just been way too lazy.
S. Slater
(ScottSlater)
West Covina,CA US posted 9/17/2009 5:16:33 PM
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Are these the Bildons? These wheels look excellent!
reference saved thread: https://www.speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=17546
bob baumer
(barncobob)
Placerville,CA US
2009 Vintage Speedsters posted 9/17/2009 6:26:40 PM
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first make sure your bolts are 12mm, should be with wide 5's
i wanted silver wheels, black skins and black studs/nuts
if you want all silver look order the other ones
what i ordered:
spherical seat wheel nuts 12x1.5 #M12DESPH
racing studs 65mm#M12DE65
http://www.bildon.com/catalog/results.cfm?category=Suspension&SubCategory=Wheel%...
mickey donatello
(mickey356)
Wilmington,DE US
198? Intermeccanica posted 9/17/2009 7:24:16 PM
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Thanks Bob!
Warren White
(DUBSTUB)
Arroyo Grande,CA US
Donating Member
1975 Porsche posted 9/18/2009 2:00:53 PM
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Looks good Bob. I kinda like that black skin look. Now, to get rid of those hub cap clips.

Mickey - What's a deet?
Jim 'Guamaniac' Ignacio
(MUSBJIM)
Newport Beach,CA US
Donating Member
1995 Vintage Speedsters posted 9/18/2009 2:06:26 PM
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Dee-tails = details

Im in a LOT of car clubs...but speedster guys (and gals) are the best. I've got a lot of good choices on the wheel studs now I need some help on the rear drums. Years ago I ordered the wide five pattern on a set of IRS drums from Vintage but they dont seem to have them now. Anyone have a set of these layin around for sale?

So I bought the black studs from Bildons and installed all 5 of them in the left front wheel of the Silver Outlaw. These are the screw in studs, not the pressed in studs.
They sure looked cool, but thank God I only did one wheel, because after I was done the wheel would not spin! Apparently, the studs pressed against something inside the drum.
Of course, that meant I had to take them all back out. Not so easy, since I had used loctite like the directions said. Eventually I got them all out, but what a pain! I hate it when something that should have taken me about 15 minutes, turns in to a two hour job.

You're a very energetic guy, Troy, but that's why you're not known as "drclock", someone else owns that land speed record on projects...

Couldn't you pull the drum and grind the backside flush?

Yes. I have some options and that is one of them. I just wasn't sure what was going on and wanted to get them out before the loctite really set.

Just had to shorten the studs by a few millimeters. I love the look! Here's how they turned out.

That set-up looks totally BITCHIN!

Like that chariot race in Ben Hur.

troy, lookin good...i would rub a WD40 infused shop towel on them to keep them black