ARP studs with one stock stud
 

Well, this could be a really stupid question but it crossed my mind the other day.

I live in a town where I need to worry about my wheels reminaing on the car when I return to it. I also do not have a garage to park in and my driveway is semi-exposed to the street. I swaped to ARP studs due to breaking multiple stock ons. Are there any negative side affects to running 4 APR and 1 stock stud per wheel in order to run a lock?

I'm assuming somebody has thought of this and it's probably not done for a reason, but I honestly don't know beyond a balance issue and couldn't find anything on Google.

It defeats the purpose of running better studs if you're going to leave one crappy one in there.

You'd have to measure to be sure, but Nismo makes 50mm studs that work great for our cars and might work with the stock lock.

The prupose is simply to run a wheel lock as none fit on extended studs. I did look at the nismo but i got a hell of a deal on the ARP. Though I could always sell them and get the nismo I guess. Just trying to see if there is an issue to doing this way instead of trusting some theoretical math on my end. Lol

There's plenty of extended locking lug nuts or open ended ones. Stock style ones are quite easy to remove as well (sadly).

Locking lugs just keep casual thieves honest.

^^ This, if someone wants your wheels, they'll get them off. Locks might keep the kids in the neighbourhood from doing it.

All it takes to get the lock off is a slightly undersized socket and a hammer. Bash the socket onto the lock, and remove like normal. If you google how to remove stripped locking lug you'll even get videos showing you how to do it.

If you want:

I have my Kics R40 neochrome lock (4pcs + key). Only these, as I fucked up my R40 regular lugs. I decided to not run locks as it's too much work for swapping stuff at the track.

PM me.

-alex

Yeah I'm aware how easy it is, even with stock style locks like I have. It is more so just to make them think twice about it. I do have a driveway so I don't think they will get jacked overnight but just want to have someone want to find an easier target than having to hammer on a socket for each wheel.

I have Muteki's right now but may just end up swapping out to McGuard open lugs or something else that isn't just plain 6 sided.

You could get five different kinds of locks and run a different lock on each stud. That might make it too much of a hassle for anyone to take off. Ever.