Date:         Fri, 17 May 2002 15:46:37 EDT
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
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From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wheels, nuts/bolts, etc.
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In a message dated 5/17/02 1:20:53 PM Taipei Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM
writes:

<< use audi 5000 lug bolts..  theory longer.   theory usually cheap at your
 local junkyard and maybe even cheaper with a five finger discount and big
 pockets >>


Chris, et al.,

First off I do not advocate the JAW Quinto-digitalis Discount system. More
importantly, the Audi lugbolts DO NOT have the correct seats for Carat and SA
alloys. Those alloys have conical seats. Whereas, Audi lugbolts have
ballseats. They can be used in an emergency but would likely ruin your pretty
alloys. Not to mention the incompatible seating system may cause a wheel to
come off.

Think about a scoop of ice cream inside a sugar cone. You may observe that
the ice cream does not quite make full contact with the walls of the cone.
Only a very small portion of it does. You either have to squash it in there
or reshape the cone.

In the case of a lugbolts and alloy wheels, the lugbolt seats are harder than
the alloys. That's like pushing a rock hard scoop of ice-cream in to fragile
cone. You'll probably break the sugar cone.

BenT
but with wheels on str8