uRGENT!! Using Saab wheels..
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uRGENT!! Using Saab wheels..
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So I'm trading my Enkeis for a set of Saab/BBS 17's this Saturday.. But I'm curious as to what I need to make them work.. Do I need to use tuner lugs, or can I use standard lugs, or do I need to do something else..? I want to be prepared.. Will he have to do anything special to use the Enkei's on his car..? It's a 2002-ish 9-3.. I would appreciate any info I can get..
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These are the wheels in question.. The ones in the link..
http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48072
So I'm trading my Enkeis for a set of Saab/BBS 17's this Saturday.. But I'm curious as to what I need to make them work.. Do I need to use tuner lugs, or can I use standard lugs, or do I need to do something else..? I want to be prepared.. Will he have to do anything special to use the Enkei's on his car..? It's a 2002-ish 9-3.. I would appreciate any info I can get..
Thanks..!
These are the wheels in question.. The ones in the link..
http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48072
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As long as the conical shape of the Saab wheel studs is the same as our lugs your golden. Go to Advance Auto and compare a lug for your car to a bolt for that car. Easy peasy.
You shouldnt need any hub centering rings.
You shouldnt need any hub centering rings.
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after a ridiculously little amount of research, i'm pretty confident you wont need tuner lugs. the saab wheels are GM OEM, and GM isnt going to make special lugs for each vehicle, unless they have to.
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haha Yeah, I explained to them about the 16's..
So it's sounding like Im ok, but It will probably use either standard or tuner lugs, depending on the opening size? I was just worried because of how they bolt on weirdly like VW's do..
So it's sounding like Im ok, but It will probably use either standard or tuner lugs, depending on the opening size? I was just worried because of how they bolt on weirdly like VW's do..
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cause even if the lug look like it seats the same it may not. you may not notice it when you put it on. But you will notice it after driving and tighting it to the whell. you will see grooves in the rim.
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The saab bolts go into the hub like the BMW's, where ours have studs in the hubs and nuts go on those and sandwich the rim, so he can't compare because they are mounted in different ways. The wheel itself shouldn't be any different, as the back side of both the screw and nut are conical. The problem would be the opening in the wheel itself, the bolt doesn't need as large of an opening in the face of the wheel, so it would be a socket fit issue, potentially. In that case you would just get allen keyed lock nuts.
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The saab bolts go into the hub like the BMW's, where ours have studs in the hubs and nuts go on those and sandwich the rim, so he can't compare because they are mounted in different ways. The wheel itself shouldn't be any different, as the back side of both the screw and nut are conical. The problem would be the opening in the wheel itself, the bolt doesn't need as large of an opening in the face of the wheel, so it would be a socket fit issue, potentially. In that case you would just get allen keyed lock nuts.
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I don't disagree with that, just think it would helpful to know what the diameter of the mounting aparutus would be compared to the hole in the rim. On my old BMW I had torks bolts and a hex pattern, but no lug wrench fit in the face of the wheel, which I felt was retarded. And I belive it is a 2004 saab 9-3 linear.
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