As far as dealers go, Roger Jobs VW/AUDI in Bellingham has the best Vanagon stock in our neck of the woods, and at reasonable prices too. I believe that the mid 70's 911 used the same 14 x 1.5 . Drop by your local Lordco for a little one-on-one with the counter guy. He might be very helpful. On 11/1/06, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > I have used Empi rear studs a few times. The ones I bought were 2.2" > long. They fit a little tight and I very slightly ground down the > splines to a taper before installing them. > > Mark > > neil wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Would order from a vendor such as Bus Depot, but > > wanted to get job done asap. Since they are in U.S., I > > assumed shipping would take too long...... border and > > all. > > > > Thanks for info re CIP studs. It looked like the EMPI > > ones would fit even though too long. I figured I'd > > cut/grind blank end (or leave as is? No harm?) as it > > looked like threads are long enough. > > > > .............. >
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