After all this time I'm still looking for what I think is the perfect wheel stud length, 2 inches. Before I order something longer and then have to cut them down I figured I'd see if anyone knew where I can get any 50-55mm TOTAL length studs? I'm looking to have apx a 35mm shank. I can go +/- 2mm, if needed.

 

https://www.rvautoparts.com/C948XXL-..._p_405472.html

https://www.rallynuts.com/wheel-stud...50mm-long.html

 

Thanks for the reply. The Rally nuts product, made by Grayston, is stated as 50mm overall length but it's in the UK. I actually ordered some of their studs back in 2003? My memory from back then is they only had 1,75 inch and 2.25 inch.

The RV parts C948XXL-4, The manufacturer says is the desired 2 inch length. I did manage to find them on Amazon after that and with shipping, Amazon was cheaper.

Both places and products, price wise, put all the typical places a Mini owner would buy studs from look ridiculous! Same can be said for places selling spacers, if you don't care about hub centric, which I don't, on spaces of 8mm or less. I saw some 8mm for about $10 each but couldn't find them again when I wanted to ordered and ended up spending $30 for a pair.

 

Just a follow up. Amazon finally got the studs delivered to me. They are indeed exactly what I was looking for. As I haven't got them on the car yet I can't say exactly how much spacer they can handle but I'm expecting, as I had hoped that I will not need to use the spacers to get the stock wheels on, with the center caps. I did count the number of thread turns it will go in the hub. All except two went in 7 1/4 to 7 1/2 turns, for an average engagement of 11mm, which exceeds the minimum recommendation but not quite the 12mm some people would recommend. The two exceptions were one that went in 8 turns and one that went in 6 1/2 turns. I will be ordering more, for spares and to replace the short one. Keep in mind these aren't racing studs but should be more than adequate for anything other than lots of extended track sessions with lots of wheel changes or the shop idiots that use an impact gun and just don't care as long as their tight.

Update, I got the 2" studs installed in the rear and test fitted a 5 mm spacer. After torquing them down, they had 8 full turns of thread engagement. YMMV. I also decided to teat fit a combined 13 mm spacer (5+8), in the front, on the 2.25" studs I had, from Helix13, in anticipation of a possible 15x9 wheel, in the future. I got 7.5 turns on those. Note!!! Do not stack spacers!!! It is unsafe!!! This was for testing on a non moving car. I'll do the math again, when needed, but I'm pretty sure a 15x9, +35, with 245/45/15 tires, will fit with the 8 mm spacer, which I already have.