Extended Studs
 

Hey guys, first post on here. I've been following these forums for any modifications I planned on doing with my '03 TL and I noticed that no one has really talked about this. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone knows what extended studs actually have a knurl diameter that would be able to be pressed into the hub on our 2G TLs. I bought some of these on eBay but the knurl diameter was smaller than it should be so it wouldn't sit in the hub correctly. Has anyone successfully put in extended studs into this generation of TLs? If so I would love to know which ones worked because I kinda don't want to waste money on something that doesn't work for my car. I looked on RockAuto and they offer studs that have a knurl diameter of 12.345 mm (rear and front). Does anyone think these would fit..? The knurl diameter is 12.319 mm which is a shorter diameter than the assumed stock stud's knurl diameter (from RockAuto). I really don't know if around 0.026 mm is negligible enough that it would seat fine in my car. For reference, I want to put 8mm spacers on my TL but I'd say thread engagement is pretty important and I don't want to die. Any tips and advice is highly appreciated, thanks in advance!

Hi! Welcome! Does this thread help?

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1...cement-871877/

Darn! How did I not find that thread!! It definitely does help, thanks a lot!

I'm just gonna put this out here so people know why I had this issue. The OEM knurl diameter is 12.35 mm. The extended studs I got from eBay were fine (same diameter) it's just I now realized that the loaded knuckle I purchased from RockAuto 9 months ago had a hub with studs in them that doesn't have the same knurl diameter as OEM. I'm either going to put a new hub in or see what I can do with a digital caliper. All in all, if you get an aftermarket hub, there may be a chance that the lug studs knurl diameter is not the same as OEM.