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.
Good luck my friend and let us know how we can help.
Scott Occhiuto
Everett, WA.
--- sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Mike Harper is on the money on this one. The Z car
> factory wheels used a
> larger diameter shank than a standard mag wheel. If
> I recall, a standard
> mag is .6 and the Z is .73 in diameter. That does
> not sound like much, but
> it is enough to let the wheel wiggle and that is
> bad. As someone else
> posted, the Z lugs are metric while the Roadster is
> 7/16 standard. Great if
> you can use standard lugs, but the goofy fat shank
> ones are tough to find.
> Wheel Components has them - the list found out after
> Mike Harper had some
> cool sleeves machined to take up that slop on his.
> (sorry Mike - I still
> think that we had a good idea - just didn't know
> that the correct item was
> out there all along)
>
> The reason that I am rehashing all of that tripe is
> that a lot of folks may
> have forgotten or may not have been on the list when
> that all was discussed
> and discovered.
>
> Oh, on the Wheelcomponents.com items, someone
> reported that the chrome was
> not as durable as it could be, but that has been my
> experience with ALL mag
> lug nuts... Sigh...
>
> Sidney Raper
> 1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
> 1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
> Jacksonville Florida
> http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 12:58:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Wheels and lug nuts?
>
> Paul & List: These nuts are available at Weel
> Components Inc. 1-877-453-4335 Part # 5302. Fat
> shank
> 7/16" threads.
>
> Mike Harper
> Charleston SC
>
>
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