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dave993cars

dave993cars

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Hi All

May be posting in the wrong place, but hay ho here we go, I have purchased a set of 996 GT3 wheels for my 944S, at present they are powder coated, including the bolts [:mad:] problem is I am having them refurbished and the wheel guy tells me I may need some new bolts, question ? what are the bolts made of, someone said titanium, others have said stainless steel, anyone here have an idea, I can source the stainless but Titanium, I don't thinks so, don't want to ask OPC as I may have a heart attack, all help appreciated.

Dave S

 
944 uses studs press fit to the hubs with closed nuts (alloy or steel) or open nuts which are usually steel to fix the wheel. I've not seen wheel bolts used on a 944 which would require the studs to be removed and the hub machined for matching threads. Assuming you are talking nuts then you can find the alloy closed nuts quite readily on the internet - by ones or sets of 20. I've seen then advertised as alloy or aluminum or steel - I've not seen titanium. Several sites claim to offer OEM nuts so you should be getting the same alloy - what ever it is. While they can be pricey online when I asked last year at the OPC the price was approx $15 CDN EACH so online is the way to go. On the plus side - the alloy nuts are very light so shipping should be cheap [:D]
 
BBS Sport Design 18"? We are talking about the assembly bolts, surely, and not 'wheel bolts'?

 
I read it as the assembly bolts for the split rims. There's a company online that sells the bolts in a variety of finishes and sizes. I can't remember the name I'm afraid - worked out at about £60 for enough to do all 4. They did sell titanium ones when I looked but they were silly expensive so I'd be very surprised if that's what the standard bolts are.
 
Hi all

Thanks for the replies, sorry for any confusion, the wheels are being stripped for refurbishment, so it's the bolts that hold the rim to the wheel, I believe there are about 20 on each wheel, I can get zinc coated or stainless steel at reasonable prices (to supply, the guy refurbishing the wheels wanted £60-£100 for the bolts), they are M7 x 15mm I believe, I am getting one of the bolts from him so will know better when I measure them, I just wasn't sure if they had to be Titanium ?
 
As far as I was aware the bolts were titanium but is the wheel guy saying you need new bolts because you shouldn't re use them or because they're filled with the powder coating? If it's because of them already being used, I've rebuilt two sets of these rims myself using the original bolts with no problems, if it's because they're packed with powder, it will only be the heads which you could try soaking in thinners to remove the powder finish.
 
gazzy said:
As far as I was aware the bolts were titanium but is the wheel guy saying you need new bolts because you shouldn't re use them or because they're filled with the powder coating? If it's because of them already being used, I've rebuilt two sets of these rims myself using the original bolts with no problems, if it's because they're packed with powder, it will only be the heads which you could try soaking in thinners to remove the powder finish.
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The wheel guy was wanting to change them because they are power coated, to be fair he was going to put the wheels in a light acid bath, remove the bolts then acid bath the two parts, with a bit of luck the bolt may be OK, although I think maybe not.
 

Well, now its decision time, bolts all out, all need replacing, slight challenge, three of the wheels have original M7 x 25 mm torx head titanium bolts, but hidden under the powder-coat the other wheel has M8 x 20mm stainless bolts [:mad:]
Can I Helicoil M8 back to M7 ? Do I buy another rear 10" wheel needing refurbishing (but original bolts), then there are the bolts, do I go original titanium or stainless, do I go original torx or Allan head, any suggestions, my wheel guy is now saying £4.50 per titanium bolt if I go down that route with him supplying, what ever way I go I will need 80 bolts.
 
Hi

If you do decide to go for the original Torx titanium bolts I do have a full set that i may be open to offers on, I have a set of gen1 GT3 split rims that I'm using for a project which i could fit with SKT CAP Heads as the wheels will not be refitted to a vehicle.

Ps I personally would find a genuine replacement wheel in place of the one with the M8 bolts.

Regards
Karl
 
Blade_uk said:
Hi

If you do decide to go for the original Torx titanium bolts I do have a full set that i may be open to offers on, I have a set of gen1 GT3 split rims that I'm using for a project which i could fit with SKT CAP Heads as the wheels will not be refitted to a vehicle.

Ps I personally would find a genuine replacement wheel in place of the one with the M8 bolts.

Regards
Karl
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Hi Karl

thanks for the offer, is that all 80 bolts ? If you could PM me what you think you would take for them I would be obliged, I can also help with the SKT CAP bolts as I can get them pretty cheap,
on the matter of the other wheel, I have been reading up and the Wurt system "Time sert" is highly recommended for bringing the screw holes back to M7 to allow the original bolts to be used, if anyone has used this system I would be interested in there thoughts, I'm thinking helicoils would not be strong enough.



 
Hi all,

after a day of looking at all options, I have decided to look for a rear 10j that might need refurbishment, (might make a coffee table out of the other wheel[:D]), if anyone has one and is looking to sell please let me know as I need to get one soon, I will still need the titanium bolts so still on the lookout for these to, I will post in the wanted re the wheel, thanks.
 
Thanks to all who posted, now sorted, forum member came up with a replacement wheel, now just trying to sort out bolts.

Dave S
 
Dave, I can't remember what the head fitting is but it has more splines than a torx bit. Having said that, I assume the wheel guy is refitting everything.
 
Again the forum comes up trumps, I have managed to get a full set of 80 titanium bolts from a member, thanks to all who helped.

Dave S
 
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