Thanks everyone, I was just thrown off by Tire Rack, who's supposed to be
the "expert." It made no logical sense to me, but thought I should ask
anyway.
-A.
> From: "Baysinger, Jeffrey S (Jeffrey)" <jbaysinger@avaya.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:56:58 -0600
> To: "Andrew Schmiechen" <aschmiechen@discovercolor.com>, "team.net"
> <autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: Kosei K1 Lugs/Tire Rack
>
> Stock Nissan lug nuts are acorn as well, I have no problems with the 17mm lugs
> Tire Rack sent me (which are also acorn) with either the stock Nissan rims,
> the Rage 5.0 street rims, or the Kosei K1s I bought (I've got the same rims in
> 17x7.5 +32 flavor). Same story with the Eclipse.
>
> Maybe it's the offset difference. The Hondas run a pretty high offset
> (+50ish), right? My +32s have pretty deep lug wells.
>
> If you can get away with using the 19mm nuts without scratching the rims with
> the socket, I don't see why you couldn't use them. No big thing at all.
>
> - Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I had no problem putting the 19 mm nut on, by the way. The Kosei doesn't have
> any walls around the holes to need a thin walled adapter. You can get a close
> look at the Kosei at the link below, it's big, so watch out modem users.
>
> <http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/kosei/swap/kos_k1_race_w_1000.jpg>
>
>> Also, you should be able to use the 17mm nuts with your other
>> rims (including the donut spare) without a problem.
>
> Unfortunately, not safely. The stock lugs are acorn shaped. Typical for a
> Honda, but the rest of the world generally uses a 60 degree tapered shaped
> lug.
/// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
/// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/// Partial archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|
