urbex Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Dumb but very important quick question.... So a few months ago I bought the sawblade wheels for my Lumina (from an LS). Well for Christmas my parents bought tires and had them mounted for me. I went to put them on tonight and they don't fit. The studs aren't really long enough to fit through the wheels. I had the stubby 5 spoke wheels from a Monte Carlo that fit perfectly, so I would have assumed these would fit just as well. Any ideas why they aren't working? Do the LS/LTZ Luminas have longer studs? Do I need spacers or something? I would have thought everything would fit just fine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 umm..... should be a bolt and go operation? pretty much every 1/1.5 generation wheel should be able to be used in place of each other without any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I guess the holes in the wheels are just really deep. Still kind of odd though, not much of the stud shows through. Looking at gmpartsdirect it looks like there are two different lug nuts, one style for the steel wheels and another for the aluminum. I'll swing up there tomorrow anyways since I need to pick up the covers for the lugnuts too. So, I did get them on, but to be honest I'm not sure how much of the thread is being used... Still seems sketchy, but I tightened them down to 100lbs so I'm guessing it's good to go... Idk. Like I said, the stubby 5 spokes fit just fine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels? If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'm sure it was more than seven. I didn't count though. I will when I go out to the garage. Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white96supreme Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels? If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in. Better have a BFH and a good impact handy to do this, I did it earlier this year and its no fun!!! IIRC, Snap-on, Matco and possibly Cornhole makes a tool for doing this, it's tapered like the lugnut so no damage is done to the cone on the lugnuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich17 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 My first Lumina had those wheels and it did seem like there was enough but there always was. All of the 88-01 1/1.5 gens use the same hub bearings anyways. Excluding ABS of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Forgot to update... They do fit easily, they just sit so far back in the wheel that you can barely see the lugnuts, but it's just the same as the steel wheels. Guess they just looked funny was all. But my dad agreed they didn't look right. Got the lug covers, so it'll look alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galaxie500XL Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Sacrificial lugnuts? How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels? If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 ones to kill while pulling new studs through the hubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galaxie500XL Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Gotcha. I always just used a deep socket and a rather large C-clamp. ones to kill while pulling new studs through the hubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke94vert Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Gotcha. I always just used a deep socket and a rather large C-clamp. That's how my dad taught me way back in the 80s. Lol. We didnt have air tools. Now I just use an impact. Much faster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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