TToplessTTs

I have ordered new conical lugs, but I'm just wondering if I need to put the OEM wheels back on until the new lugs get here?

Reggie

You are putting the load of the wheel on to a smaller area than was designed. This means more stress when a bump or dip occurs.

TToplessTTs

I guess I'll put my OE wheels back on tonight until my new lugs come in. I just hope the wheels aren't already cracked.

pierreb

Less worrisome if you have hub-centric I'd think...still should be changed though.

Reggie

You should be OK unless you really had been driving the car hard

Good decision as if it was my car I would be putting on the other wheels till I got the correct bolts

TToplessTTs

I've just driven on them for about 30 miles and I have a 15 mile trip home... All Interstate and highway driving. I sure hope I don't have cracked wheels after only 45 miles, but I'm sure anything is possible with the wrong equipment. The wheels I got from Projektzwo a few years back came with lugs. I wish they would specify the needs of the wheel if they aren't going to provide the hardware. I've now ordered hubcentric rings and new lug bolts.

TToplessTTs

Nope... That was something else I had to order too.

Reggie

That's just wrong - at least you are sharp enough to make it right

pierreb

2nd

MikekiM@PureMS

You're putting a hard cold forged steel bolt into a soft aluminum wheel. Usually you'll just get a small dent on the seat of the wheel, under rare circumstances you could crack the wheel.