69projectKAOS

[69projectKAOS]

WELL........... IVE GOT GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS. the good news is that i got the car lowered and the stance was dead on.


and then........ well yeah u figure it out.








i managed to get it jacked up and back on 3 studs without the spacer to get it on the tow truck. and then.......... i f@$$*d up my lip!!!!!.



my guess is that the studs i was supplied with by the man who i got the ls1 brake conversion kit from were sub par and couldnt take the stress. as i was driving i felt what seemed like a flat tire. i got out and checked, noticing nothing out of the ordinary i continued to proceed. i got about a block further when i felt uneasy, it felt like the car was pulling to that side. so i decided to try and limp the mile home at about 2mph almost just idling when bam! the car stopped dead and dipped off its axis, at this point i was infuriated thinking i had broken either a tierod, blew a tire, or uv joint. when i emerged from the camaro i was in shock. this is the end result below........




i guess the studs snapped and being concealed by the spacer i was unable to tell the cause of it. whats your thought and opinions. i plan on replacing both sides with new arp wheel studs. i really dont have the money for new rims that wont require spacers, what should i do?

[sr73bu]

Hey Dom- The car looks awesome with the new stance!
Sorry about your bad luck... get everything situated and get it back on the road! dont get discouraged, your car is way too cool to just let sit.....

I think what happened is the lugs (spacer to studs) worked themselves off (its common with aluminum wheels, in this case the spacer). Since you can't really check them to re-torque them every so often, they probably backed off and caused the snap from the loose nut. When i ran spacers i put a drop of blue loctite on each lug that held the spacer in place. Not sure if other guys would reccomend this but it worked for me... a few hundred miles and my wheels needed re-torqueing, but when i inspected the spacers the lugs were still tight.. and when i removed everything the blue loctite wasn't an issue.... hope this helps... You could always put an old set of rallys on it... i have some nice 15x7's and 15x8's i'd sell you cheap with brand new bfg's as a temporary fix.. they are already painted black...

good luck,

-Sean