Different lug nuts???
Thread Starter
AudiWorld Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,204
Likes: 6
From: Gainesville,TX Colorado Springs,CO
This stuff is not rocket science, and a supplier really ought to know the (right) answers and have consistent information. I've bought my various H&R spacers from their Achtuning affiliate, so respect the business, and they do have some good replicas of the Audi designs. I suspect they may be confusing Q7 stuff and Q5's/SQ5's as well, but of course it is the Q7 that is the relative all oddity of all Audis wheel wise.
More generally, I hope the aftermarket guys start getting behind the Q5 more, in all its flavors, as a primary source of business (with related expertise) since it has passed the A4 sales wise.
More generally, I hope the aftermarket guys start getting behind the Q5 more, in all its flavors, as a primary source of business (with related expertise) since it has passed the A4 sales wise.
AudiWorld Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 963
Likes: 1
AudiWorld Super User
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,894
Likes: 55
From: 2014 Q5
Larry, you should be able to eyeball the new wheels to see if they need a ball or cone wheel bolt.
If you can't eyeball in there well enough to be sure, then clean out one hole, blow a little talc in it, and press in a stick of play-doh or modeling clay to take a quick impression of the bottom. The talc should allow it to pull out cleanly, just make sure to clean out the hole again before putting a bolt back in.
Wheel bolts are the kind of thing that can kill you, it pays to make Real Damn Sure you are using the right ones, not just something that can be fitted and torqued. After they thermal cycle from hard braking on a cold winter day...would you want to be that the wrong bolts would still be holding right?
Squint, or figure out a way to take an impression, if the makers can't agree on exactly what the wheel needs.
If you can't eyeball in there well enough to be sure, then clean out one hole, blow a little talc in it, and press in a stick of play-doh or modeling clay to take a quick impression of the bottom. The talc should allow it to pull out cleanly, just make sure to clean out the hole again before putting a bolt back in.
Wheel bolts are the kind of thing that can kill you, it pays to make Real Damn Sure you are using the right ones, not just something that can be fitted and torqued. After they thermal cycle from hard braking on a cold winter day...would you want to be that the wrong bolts would still be holding right?
Squint, or figure out a way to take an impression, if the makers can't agree on exactly what the wheel needs.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
uble1234
A6 / S6 (C6 Platform) Discussion
14
Oct 23, 2020 08:07 PM
LoPan455
A4 (B7 Platform) Discussion
12
Aug 21, 2019 07:48 AM
Muzu
Parts For Sale - Archive (NO NEW POSTS HERE)
20
Mar 17, 2016 09:09 PM
