BTW, I have some of that tubing, and also have some
extra sleeves that I cut before the list discovered
the lug nuts mentioned. I'm still using the sleeves
on my 280Z wheels, mainly because once installed, they
bind themselves to the wheels and are impossible to
remove, but hey, they are the exact right size!. If
anyone is interested in a piece of the tubing, or some
of the sleeves, contact me off list. I also have a
source (somewhere) for the tubing.
Mike SC
--- Scott Occhiuto <calabria1922@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just another input, although it may not apply to
> these
> wheels, since we don't have enough information on
> them.
>
> I went through this process a year ago with my
> "swastika" production wheels from a 1983 280ZX
> turbo,
> 15x6. Those particular wheels have factory lugs
> that
> are 0.75" diameter on the shank, NOT 0.73". In
> trying
> to find 7/16" lugs, the closest I was able to find
> were the 0.73" that are mentioned on the list, in
> addition to the standard 0.68". These particular
> production wheels are centered on the hub using the
> shank. Several wheel experts said the 0.020"
> difference between the production lugs and the 0.73"
> ones was too much and you run the risk of the wheels
> coming loose due to potentially being off center and
> working themselves loose.
>
> My solution was stumbled upon by pure luck. A
> couple
> hours in a metal scrap yard found some tubing that
> was
> 0.748 OD and 0.68 ID - just the perfect sleeve to
> fit
> the 0.75" holes in the wheels and using standard
> 0.68"
> 7/16" lugs.
>
>
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