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I should have thought about the longer lug nuts like you got.
I have a deep socket but it's not a 1/2" drive like my torque wrench and I don't seem to have an adapter either. The deep 1/2" impact socket I have won't go down the wheel's opening to the nuts.
The Trans Am Race Engineering Superlites have fairly skinny wells for the lugnuts. If you buy them, make sure you have a thin-walled, deep-well socket, that fits your torque wrench.
I have plenty of sockets that are two of those three things but, uh...
My Ridler wheels (my street wheels) have a similar issue. You can buy wheel nuts (even for larger 12mm or 1/2" studs - I have 12mm ARP studs fitted) that have a smaller 3/4" hex, makes life much easier.
Edit: Excuse the filth and crummy pictures, but:
With ARP studs, open nuts:
Standard studs, closed nuts (still 3/4"):
Last edited by Metalhead140; 05-03-2018 at 11:32 PM.
Finally got my 72 convertible on the road after the better part of a year, and I could not have done it with out this forum. You guys are the best, and I am so appreciative to have such a resource. Just when I would get frustrated and pissed, I could always find a post that solved my problem. Well here she is, with a new 360hp SB, Torq Thrust II 17x8's on the front, 18x9's on the rear.
Ha! I bought those in 2002. The 295/15s were literally the last 2 in the USA. One came from TX the other from Cali.
That's impossible. I bought the last 2 in 2008. I had someone do a search for me and after a month, they were sitting up on a shelf collecting dust. I can't remember the date code but they were 2 or 3 years old.
Finally got my 72 convertible on the road after the better part of a year, and I could not have done it with out this forum. You guys are the best, and I am so appreciative to have such a resource. Just when I would get frustrated and pissed, I could always find a post that solved my problem. Well here she is, with a new 360hp SB, Torq Thrust II 17x8's on the front, 18x9's on the rear.
Finally got my 72 convertible on the road after the better part of a year, and I could not have done it with out this forum. You guys are the best, and I am so appreciative to have such a resource. Just when I would get frustrated and pissed, I could always find a post that solved my problem. Well here she is, with a new 360hp SB, Torq Thrust II 17x8's on the front, 18x9's on the rear.
Will you let me know what tire size you used on the front & rear. Also did you have to do anything to allow for space or did your wheel combination fit in the standard wheel well. Thank you I like your setup
Okay so the spec of the wheel is 18x10.5 with 6.62 back spacing. With a 295-45-18 tire that puts the diameter at 27.3" and the width at 11.6". The current tire which is 265-50-15 sits at 25.4" diameter and 10.4 width.
Given these specs, any input on whether they would sit inside the fender flares?
05-03-2018, 11:50 AM
