19's need new wheels bolts? Help!

[milesyboy1]

Posting this in the leon forum as you guys probably have a bit more experience..

I've just bought some 19's (Kahn RSV 8.5/et45/235/35/19) for my Altea sport but when I tried these with the standard bolts they only just fit on to the hub through the wheel. Is this the case when fitting all 19" alloys? Also what fitting of longer bolts will I need to get? anyone recommend somewhere I can get these?

Cheers, Miles

 

[S2TTB]

Posting this in the leon forum as you guys probably have a bit more experience..

I've just bought some 19's (Kahn RSV 8.5/et45/235/35/19) for my Altea sport but when I tried these with the standard bolts they only just fit on to the hub through the wheel. Is this the case when fitting all 19" alloys? Also what fitting of longer bolts will I need to get? anyone recommend somewhere I can get these?

Cheers, Miles

wherever you bought the wheels from should be able to get you longer bolts.

it depends how far the nut head sits into the centre of the alloys...some of the designs the bolts sit right in so dont need longer ones.

 

[milesyboy1]

Got them from ebay mate so they didn't come with wheel bolts. Any idea of which ones would be suitable? Cheers, Miles

 

[techie]

They are going to be taper bolts rather than radius bolts that are standard on your car.

 

[RickyD1975]

I noticed that the bolts supplied with my 19" BBS CK's are slighty longer than the standard ones.

Give Rimstyle a call they may be able to help. Demon Tweeks or Ripspeed may also be worth a try.

 

[milesyboy1]

Thanks for the help guys. Is there any type of thread that i should be looking for on the bolts?

 

[techie]

M12 x 1.5

 

[Big_Mikey_G]

Thought the M12 X 1.5 was a strange pitch thread for an M12 since 1.5 is an intermediate thread for an M12 and i thought it would have been a fine pitch which is 1.25.

Looking at the Seat fitting guide the bolts look model dependant. They require either M12 x 1.5 or M12 x 1.25.

Im sure techie knows what he means when he says its an M12 x 1.5.

However, if it was a 1.5 TPI pitch the bolt would be a radius bolt. The taper bolts are only used on the 1.25 TPI fine pitch threads.

You should be able to find some more info here.

http://www.priracing.com/section.php/396/1/thread-guide

Hope it helps.

Mike

 

[milesyboy1]

Balls! I've just bought some this morning off ebay. After checking, all the VAG cars are down as M14x1.5. for every seller. Will these fit or should I reorder with M12? Thanks, Miles