You definite CAN install 3 inch ARP studs using this method. You just need to fully back out the 4 bolts on the back of the hub so you can get maximum spacing between the hub and parking brake assembly and slightly rotate/angle the parking brake assembly shield. If you do this this you'll have almost enough space to insert the 3 inch studs directly perpendicular to the hub, without needing to lay them 45 degrees over to the side and rotate the hub as you push them in place. Getting to the 4 hub bolts to loosen and torque them is the hard part; backing them out a bit further is not much more work; you'll just have to re-align the holes when putting them back in.
Yep, another commenter mentioned the same thing, followed by another commenter who said they couldn't do it for the life of them, hah. Anyways, yea it can be done, just a bit more difficult. I couldn't get the 3" to fit myself, but I apparently didn't try hard enough. Good to know someone else got it to fit!
Nice video. I just installed 3" studs on my car using the same method. I completely removed the hub bolts. It's tight with 3in studs, but doable. Definitely be careful pulling the studs in with a mid/hi torque impact. Pretty easy to mess up the lug nuts/studs if you try to pull the studs in too far. I ended up using my 1/4" hex impact driver to pull them in, instead of my 1/2" impact.
Ahh good to know, I couldn't get 3" to fit when I tried this method. And yes, definitely be careful with the power tools! I never ruined any lugs/studs on my old BRZ with the same impact driver, but somehow managed to mess up a few when when doing this car 😕
I tried so hard to actually put the 3” without pulling the hub. Anyone that knows me knows I’ll take whatever shortcuts I can. There was just no way it was going to work like that. After about 20 min of messing with it, I gave up and grabbed my 32mm socket and Milwaukee impact it just took the bolt off and everything fell apart. The time it took me to mess with that one bolt I completed the other side in that exact time. Save yourself the headache and just remove the one bolt on axle.
I haven't met you yet but you are awesome. I have been doing maintenance on my GR86 a few times and I got stuck doing research on small things like torque specs and many other things. You don't get enough credit for your awesome automotive content. Watching your videos with a step by step how-to helped us tremendously. It saved us a lot of time. Thanks again.
Hey Justin, I finally got a replacement for my 2017 BRZ that got totalled in 2020. I got ran off the road by a big truck on some mountain road near my house. Anyways I mentioned it to you before about the wreck but last month my order came through and I have a 2023 BRZ limited with every option I wanted. Today I hit 900 miles on it and opened it up for the first time because I have to put it away for the winter but it was pretty awesome. I'll get an oil change after winter and it'll be broken in for the hotter months.
This honestly helped so much thank you for making everything simple. Now I will definitely get those tools for the wheel studs and For the new Extended wheel studs.
Great video! I personally tapped my stud with a hammer because I was only replacing one. These stock lugs can seize on and mine had after only 6k and a few times on and off. Everyone should get aftermarket lugs if you're gonna be taking wheels on and off a lot or applying high load. Also, if you snapped the stud, you have the privilege of not even taking the hub off cuz its so short. I just replaced it with an S14 wheel stud cuz I have tons of those laying around and they are identical to oem ZN8 wheel studs. You can snake the wheel stud thru the ebrake if you aren't going for extended options (I'm running 18x8.5 so I don't need wheel spacers.)
I wonder if this would be the same for a gen 1. Also sounds like you could use 2.5in studs all around if you were not using a large spacer in the front. Great video btw only just learning there is different size options for extended studs
great video - I think I have 3 seized studs on rear drivers side, effing tire shop that repaired a punctured tire likely over tightened the lugs. Assuming I can somehow get the lugs off, will this method work with stock studs? I guess it might be even easier?
@@TheBTRGarage finally did it, btw you don't need to loosen the hub bolts if replacing oem with other oem size studs. thx for the video! my rotor didn't come off as easy as yours appeared to but otherwise went well.
Same thing here, first one seized and had to be broke cuz discount tire likes to be a little careless, second one I realized seized when I went to rotate my tires. Oddly enough both were rear drivers side as well...
So, does VW/Audi (or other euro brands) have it correct with wheels bolts? In the 15 yrs w/my mk4 GTI, I never once had an issue w/the bolts...of course I never added spacers to the 17x7 et38 Arrietta wheels either.
I was wondering if you think a 15mm spacer would fit on the 2.5 inch studs? I installed 2.5in studs all around in hopes of running 20mm slip on spacers all around. But didn’t get enough threads left…
I loosened the hub bolts as described in the video but the hub did not seem to want to move in any way. I tried yanking on it pretty hard and even tapping it lightly with the hammer but it didn't move at all. Is there any trick to get the hub to move forward so that I can slip the 2.5 lugs in?
@@TheBTRGaragemaybe I am just going crazy, but I saw all 4 of them loosened from the front and the hub still wouldn't move at all. Not even a slight budge as if it was glued. Maybe I'll just try taking them all the way out and see if I can move it that way. I wouldn't imagine that there's anything different with the 2023 model versus the 2022, but I could be wrong.
The rears were annoyingly frustrating to do. I removed all 4 bolts and the hub just wouldn’t come out as easy as these videos make it seem no matter the orientation I had the brake shield at. Somehow I managed to do them but it was a massive pita
Oh shoot, I replied to the wrong install vid lmao. I initially followed another which used 3” studs all around but I wish I found this before I had started the install smh. 2.5” is definitely the way to go for the rears
Are those bolt-on spacers? If so, you want the same size as the OEM studs, and yes they would work. You want these ones: amzn.to/4ehDzzP If your spacers are not the bolt-on style, you can use the ones in the video, they are longer than OEM (link in description).
You definite CAN install 3 inch ARP studs using this method. You just need to fully back out the 4 bolts on the back of the hub so you can get maximum spacing between the hub and parking brake assembly and slightly rotate/angle the parking brake assembly shield. If you do this this you'll have almost enough space to insert the 3 inch studs directly perpendicular to the hub, without needing to lay them 45 degrees over to the side and rotate the hub as you push them in place. Getting to the 4 hub bolts to loosen and torque them is the hard part; backing them out a bit further is not much more work; you'll just have to re-align the holes when putting them back in.
Yep, another commenter mentioned the same thing, followed by another commenter who said they couldn't do it for the life of them, hah. Anyways, yea it can be done, just a bit more difficult. I couldn't get the 3" to fit myself, but I apparently didn't try hard enough. Good to know someone else got it to fit!
As always clear and concise with great video production. And great camera angles to show the working area.
Thanks, appreciate it!
Of all the brz/86 vlogs you got the most helpful tips! Hope you get more subs you deserve way more! Thanks for the videos!
Thank you, appreciate it!
Nice video. I just installed 3" studs on my car using the same method. I completely removed the hub bolts. It's tight with 3in studs, but doable. Definitely be careful pulling the studs in with a mid/hi torque impact. Pretty easy to mess up the lug nuts/studs if you try to pull the studs in too far. I ended up using my 1/4" hex impact driver to pull them in, instead of my 1/2" impact.
Ahh good to know, I couldn't get 3" to fit when I tried this method.
And yes, definitely be careful with the power tools! I never ruined any lugs/studs on my old BRZ with the same impact driver, but somehow managed to mess up a few when when doing this car 😕
I tried so hard to actually put the 3” without pulling the hub. Anyone that knows me knows I’ll take whatever shortcuts I can. There was just no way it was going to work like that. After about 20 min of messing with it, I gave up and grabbed my 32mm socket and Milwaukee impact it just took the bolt off and everything fell apart. The time it took me to mess with that one bolt I completed the other side in that exact time. Save yourself the headache and just remove the one bolt on axle.
@@whatever210 are the 3in studs needed for a 20mm spacer?
I haven't met you yet but you are awesome. I have been doing maintenance on my GR86 a few times and I got stuck doing research on small things like torque specs and many other things. You don't get enough credit for your awesome automotive content. Watching your videos with a step by step how-to helped us tremendously. It saved us a lot of time. Thanks again.
Thanks man really appreciate that ❤️
Thank you for these informative videos Justin!!
Hope they help!
Hey Justin, I finally got a replacement for my 2017 BRZ that got totalled in 2020. I got ran off the road by a big truck on some mountain road near my house. Anyways I mentioned it to you before about the wreck but last month my order came through and I have a 2023 BRZ limited with every option I wanted. Today I hit 900 miles on it and opened it up for the first time because I have to put it away for the winter but it was pretty awesome. I'll get an oil change after winter and it'll be broken in for the hotter months.
Awesome! Glad you finally got it, now the fun begins!
Thanks!
Thank you, glad to help!
This honestly helped so much thank you for making everything simple. Now I will definitely get those tools for the wheel studs and For the new Extended wheel studs.
Glad it helped!
Great video! I personally tapped my stud with a hammer because I was only replacing one. These stock lugs can seize on and mine had after only 6k and a few times on and off. Everyone should get aftermarket lugs if you're gonna be taking wheels on and off a lot or applying high load.
Also, if you snapped the stud, you have the privilege of not even taking the hub off cuz its so short. I just replaced it with an S14 wheel stud cuz I have tons of those laying around and they are identical to oem ZN8 wheel studs. You can snake the wheel stud thru the ebrake if you aren't going for extended options (I'm running 18x8.5 so I don't need wheel spacers.)
The hammer works if that's all you got!
Thank you sir
I wonder if this would be the same for a gen 1. Also sounds like you could use 2.5in studs all around if you were not using a large spacer in the front. Great video btw only just learning there is different size options for extended studs
Yes, it should be the same, or very close to it. 2.5" would work ok all around too.
Looks good! Any performance advantage?
Thanks! Not from wheel studs. The spacers increase track width just a tiny bit, but has little to any effect on performance/handling.
great video - I think I have 3 seized studs on rear drivers side, effing tire shop that repaired a punctured tire likely over tightened the lugs. Assuming I can somehow get the lugs off, will this method work with stock studs? I guess it might be even easier?
Yup! Should work just fine popping out the OEM studs 👍🏻
@@TheBTRGarage finally did it, btw you don't need to loosen the hub bolts if replacing oem with other oem size studs. thx for the video! my rotor didn't come off as easy as yours appeared to but otherwise went well.
Same thing here, first one seized and had to be broke cuz discount tire likes to be a little careless, second one I realized seized when I went to rotate my tires. Oddly enough both were rear drivers side as well...
could you alternatively remove the e-brake drum instead of loosening the hub? or is that just more work
Possibly, but you have to take a lot apart to do that. It's not bad with the 2.5" studs.
So, does VW/Audi (or other euro brands) have it correct with wheels bolts? In the 15 yrs w/my mk4 GTI, I never once had an issue w/the bolts...of course I never added spacers to the 17x7 et38 Arrietta wheels either.
I was wondering if you think a 15mm spacer would fit on the 2.5 inch studs? I installed 2.5in studs all around in hopes of running 20mm slip on spacers all around. But didn’t get enough threads left…
It might be really tight, not sure there would be enough threads left with that size spacer either. Might just have to try it and see.
hi how Nm loosering rear hub bolts ?
I loosened the hub bolts as described in the video but the hub did not seem to want to move in any way. I tried yanking on it pretty hard and even tapping it lightly with the hammer but it didn't move at all. Is there any trick to get the hub to move forward so that I can slip the 2.5 lugs in?
@@user-rj1xx1pp1j Make sure you have all 4 loosened? Should move pretty easily if the right bolts are out or loose.
@@TheBTRGaragemaybe I am just going crazy, but I saw all 4 of them loosened from the front and the hub still wouldn't move at all. Not even a slight budge as if it was glued. Maybe I'll just try taking them all the way out and see if I can move it that way. I wouldn't imagine that there's anything different with the 2023 model versus the 2022, but I could be wrong.
@user-rj1xx1pp1j weird, maybe try shooting some PB Blaster around the hub area where it seats. Shouldn't be any corrosion or anything on a new car.
The rears were annoyingly frustrating to do. I removed all 4 bolts and the hub just wouldn’t come out as easy as these videos make it seem no matter the orientation I had the brake shield at. Somehow I managed to do them but it was a massive pita
Did you have 2.5" studs? It is a pain with 3" studs, but 2.5" are pretty easy imo.
Oh shoot, I replied to the wrong install vid lmao. I initially followed another which used 3” studs all around but I wish I found this before I had started the install smh. 2.5” is definitely the way to go for the rears
I run 25mm spaces on the rear of my FRS. Will these studs be safe? Whether yay or nay, can someone explain to me why?
Are those bolt-on spacers? If so, you want the same size as the OEM studs, and yes they would work. You want these ones: amzn.to/4ehDzzP
If your spacers are not the bolt-on style, you can use the ones in the video, they are longer than OEM (link in description).
@@TheBTRGarage I have bolt on spacers. Thanks man!
I know that the older BRZ studs were weak and break off
No different on the new cars either :(
*Watch this video to learn how to install ARP wheel studs on the front of your GR86 or BRZ:* th-cam.com/video/XJQKjsrDQX4/w-d-xo.html