Wheelmate Wheel Stud Conversion Pack (14x1.25mm to 12x1.5mm)
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Wheelmate Wheel Stud Conversion Pack (14x1.25mm to 12x1.5mm)
Hey guys we just got in these wheel stud conversion in for [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]6/06+ (R53), 07+ (R56).
[/SIZE][/FONT] they allow you to convert your Mini from using lug bolts to lug nuts. We also have a full line of lugnuts available for use once converted.
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/me...HEELMATE-STUDS
Stud Specifications
Thread Pitch (car): 14x1.25mm
Conversion Pitch: 12x1.5mm
Overall Length: 45mm
check out our whole selection of lugnuts available as well
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/me...tegory_Code=L1
Mike
[/SIZE][/FONT] they allow you to convert your Mini from using lug bolts to lug nuts. We also have a full line of lugnuts available for use once converted.
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/me...HEELMATE-STUDS
Stud Specifications
Thread Pitch (car): 14x1.25mm
Conversion Pitch: 12x1.5mm
Overall Length: 45mm
check out our whole selection of lugnuts available as well
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/me...tegory_Code=L1
Mike
Last edited by Evasive Motorsports; Jun 18, 2010 at 04:20 PM.
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I would not recommend these studs or this company. It took Evasive over a week just to send the order out, even though they had the parts in stock. I had to call them a couple times after placing the order to see where it was. Same response every time. It will be on the truck tonight. So two weeks after the initial order I receive them. They installed just fine. Then upon torquing the wheels to 90 ft lbs one of the studs broke. I called Evasive again and they said to take pictures and send them to them and they would get the stud replaced. I did as they asked and called a couple days later and I can't get them to answer my questions. So I have decided to bite the bullet and buy another set from Way Motor Works.
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These studs are junk and are going to get somebody hurt or worse!!
Evasive Motorsports is an appropriate name for this company!
I ordered 40 of them for my B Spec mini race car program. I installed a set of them with the car on jackstands. I put a stock wheel on the rear and ran the nuts on with my 3/8 Dewalt to seat the wheel - didn't torque them just ran them in to seat the wheel - 40-50 ft-lbs max. I was shocked to see that one of the studs had broken with minimal torque!
Taking a closer look at the broken part, i see several issues. First, the material quality/heat treat seems suspect. 2nd, there is a deep hex drive recess on the 12mm end that reduces the cross section and strength of the stud on the last 8 threads on the stud. 3rd, the overall length of the stud is so short that even with a stock wheel on the rear of a stock mini, the nut is only pulling on those last 8 reduced cross section threads. 4th, the root and pitch diameter of the last 8 threads is less than the threads in the full cross section area, even on parts that had never had a lug nut run down them.
I sent this analysis to Evasive along with the pictures below. They show the same failure mode as coorsbear -
First, he essentially accused me of overtorquing them - once i convinced him that I hadn't I asked him what they were going to do about it. He offered to replace the one I broke, which seemed bizarre given what I had just described to him and I really wasn't interested in. He said I could return the 24 I hadn't installed but that I couldn't return the ones i had installed even though I had only ever put lugs nuts on 4 of them and the first one i ran a lug nut down failed.
I replied that I thought the appropriate thing to do given the circumstances was to for them to take them all back, refund my money and send the broken one off to Malkin Industries/Wheel Mate to see what was wrong with it to keep somebody else from having the same issue with a lot more serious consequences than I had with the car on jackstands in the shop.
He still refused to take back the ones I installed - I sent back the 24 and waited for the refund to hit my credit card before posting this. It took 2 emails a week after I had sent the studs back to get them to respond to me about the refund status. I did finally get the refund for the 24 but am still stuck with 16 studs that I wouldn't put on a lawnmower.
As coorsbear suggested, I had also gone to Way Motor Works and got some real studs with heat treat and everything
Stay away from these Wheel Mate parts - they are a product liability lawsuit waiting to happen.
PM me if you have any other questions.
Thanks
Ed
Evasive Motorsports is an appropriate name for this company!
I ordered 40 of them for my B Spec mini race car program. I installed a set of them with the car on jackstands. I put a stock wheel on the rear and ran the nuts on with my 3/8 Dewalt to seat the wheel - didn't torque them just ran them in to seat the wheel - 40-50 ft-lbs max. I was shocked to see that one of the studs had broken with minimal torque!
Taking a closer look at the broken part, i see several issues. First, the material quality/heat treat seems suspect. 2nd, there is a deep hex drive recess on the 12mm end that reduces the cross section and strength of the stud on the last 8 threads on the stud. 3rd, the overall length of the stud is so short that even with a stock wheel on the rear of a stock mini, the nut is only pulling on those last 8 reduced cross section threads. 4th, the root and pitch diameter of the last 8 threads is less than the threads in the full cross section area, even on parts that had never had a lug nut run down them.
I sent this analysis to Evasive along with the pictures below. They show the same failure mode as coorsbear -
First, he essentially accused me of overtorquing them - once i convinced him that I hadn't I asked him what they were going to do about it. He offered to replace the one I broke, which seemed bizarre given what I had just described to him and I really wasn't interested in. He said I could return the 24 I hadn't installed but that I couldn't return the ones i had installed even though I had only ever put lugs nuts on 4 of them and the first one i ran a lug nut down failed.
I replied that I thought the appropriate thing to do given the circumstances was to for them to take them all back, refund my money and send the broken one off to Malkin Industries/Wheel Mate to see what was wrong with it to keep somebody else from having the same issue with a lot more serious consequences than I had with the car on jackstands in the shop.
He still refused to take back the ones I installed - I sent back the 24 and waited for the refund to hit my credit card before posting this. It took 2 emails a week after I had sent the studs back to get them to respond to me about the refund status. I did finally get the refund for the 24 but am still stuck with 16 studs that I wouldn't put on a lawnmower.
As coorsbear suggested, I had also gone to Way Motor Works and got some real studs with heat treat and everything
Stay away from these Wheel Mate parts - they are a product liability lawsuit waiting to happen.
PM me if you have any other questions.
Thanks
Ed
Last edited by edmagner; Apr 1, 2012 at 06:51 PM.
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