FWIW I recently replaced the orginal wheels with the 15" GoWest wheels - at least in my case I did not have to change out the rear studs. Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > By the way, when I bought mine, I bought an entire set of lugs for under $30. Nice chrome ones... > > Ron Komoroski <motresyklman@LYNCHBURG.NET> wrote:Many thanks to all who responded to my question about the need for different > lug bolts/nuts when changing from steel to alloy wheels. I called my local > VW dealer this AM, parts guy said he couldn't see where I needed to change > the rear studs (same part no). One of the replies I got mentioned rear stud > change. Who's right, list or VW? > Price of front lug bolts/rear lug nuts for the alloys from dlr was obscene, > anyone have any laying around? reasonably priced sources? (local foreign > auto parts said he had no source). > Thanks again, > Ron Komoroski > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > |
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