So I broke a wheel stud on the way to work. The question is how safe is it to drive with 4 lugs? Btw I have to drive over 50 miles to get home mostly interstate driving. Any input would be great.

 

Make sure your other lugs are torqued down and you'll be fine. This is one of the benefits of a 5-stud vs. 4-stud hub. How did you manage to break 1 stud on your way to work anyways?

 

Ur fine. But +1 on how do you break one while driving.

 

I think the wheel was loose. I just had a camber kit installed last weekend, but i'm not sure if thats related. I would like to think it was the crazy torque on my car but thats not the case.

 

someone tried and failed to steal my wheel, I did not know and was driving on two lugs for atleast two weeks. Both were on the same side so I'm sure I'm lucky that my wheel didnt break the other two and send my careening into a tree.

I'd still replace that hub bolt though. Its pretty easy.

 

Its 100 percent safe until the wheel falls off. Percentage quickly falls to zero.

 

Just fine, and get some nice Nismo 50mm studs and replace them all.

 

Like everyone else said...just get some wheel studs when you can and replace. But IMHO I have extended studs since I used to run spacers....those things were the most PITA thing I've ever done on my car and I'm pretty handy w/ a wrench.

 

Also if you have spacers without studs built in this could be the problem and can "shear" your OEM studs (in fact it can do it to all of them pretty quickly)

 

oem studs = the suck !

ARP - or go home !

 

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Whish ARP studs did you go with? All the ones I've seen are the A$$ crazy 3 inch ones. Im looking for harder OEM length ones maybe 50mm at most (7mm + in length).

 

And where did you get them?

 

Napa sells replacement studs...

The Z OEM studs are M12X1.25
REAR: M12X1.25x42 (42 mm length) oem replacement - NAPA P/N 641-3210 $1.74 each

ALSO HAVE LONGER:
M12X1.25X46 (46mm length) NAPA P/N 641-2786 $2.67 each

-J