studded tires of death

[GrimmSpeed]

With another round of ice races coming up this weekend we decided it would be fun to stud up some tires on one of GrimmSpeed's sponsored rides.

We bought enough studs(bolts) to do 80 per tire on 3 cars. Josh i believe located the seller on rs25(correct me if i'm wrong josh). Turned out to be about $100 per car in parts to do it all.

Install was pretty simple, just time consuming.

1. marker/paint stud pattern on tire
2. use 7/32" drill bit to drill out the holes
3. take bolt, place small gold washer on followed by big silver washer.
4. with a wrench, thread the bolt and washers from the inside of the tire out. we tried just pushing them through but the hole is so small it made it difficult. we used a 12v makita drill just to get them all threaded through the tire.
5. once all of the bolts/washer are through the tire, place another silver washer then a gold smaller washer on the bolt on the tread side of the tire.
6. place locking nut on each stud, tighten with impact wrench.

this is where we are now. next step will be to pop them on the rims to see if they hold air. we may need to put a can of green goo in each tire just as a saftey measure. the studs are pretty long so we may need to trim them as well.

I think these will be a blast out on the ice...hopefully no small children or animals get in the way!!

Justin
www.grimmspeed.com (http://www.grimmspeed.com)

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_1.jpg

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_2.jpg

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_3.jpg

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_4.jpg

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_5.jpg

http://www.grimmspeed.com/images/tire_stud_6.jpg

[StatGSR]

if i end up with a bolt through my tires im going to be less that thrilled....

[Reason]

:shock: whoa, that's cool

[dodik]

The ride on those if they hold air will be soooo bumpy!! unless you gonna go in really deep snow. i'd take at least half the lenght off those bolts or probably would just leave the nuts on and take the rest off.

[deadlydave]

Holy christ guys....how thick is this ice? you might just slice through it with the deathspikes you put on there.

Very cool looking though. Your studs. Of Death. :twisted:

[_RM_]

That is...pretty awesome :lol:

[grayguy]

^ last year the ice was 46'' thick.

It'll be interesting to see how these work out...but I'm with kyle, if one of those things comes out, it could cause some damage

[d1giPhux]

Thats pretty cool. You might instead of green goop (unless you really want to use it) try to fill the holes with silicone sealant and re-tighten the bolts back on.. then put green goop in as a double backup? looks super cool tho!

[Reason]

Maybe a test run would be in order?

[battman]

Those are awesome! :twisted:

[StatGSR]

i also have a feeling that some fender liners are guna get pwned

[phi11]

thank god those were resized,
the photos on t3hw00t, were huge!
can't wait till this weekend.

[Mr. Sociable]

Those seem about par for the couse...at least on dedicated Ice Racing Jeeps:

http://www.gryphinracing.com/24029_06.jpg

http://www.chaosmotorsports.com/paseo/paseoday4u.jpg

Looks pretty badass, post up some action shots once you use them!

[d1giPhux]

^ hahah oh man, watch out for the children! LOL

[pdawg]

Holy screws of death Batman.

[shazapple]

Are they just normal bolts or actual studs? I can see some major shearing going on!

Still pretty sweet though

[Sarra]

Throw those on my car, I'll drive it to work like that tomorrow.

[deadlydave]

Throw those on my car, I'll drive it to work like that tomorrow.

But the children and animals!

[oskar_subaru]

http://myndir.ekkert.is/d/406732-1/IMG_6201.JPG

the icelandic way, woodscrews

[deadlydave]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

the icelandic way, woodscrews

In Iceland, Tire Screws YOU! :lol:

[oskar_subaru]

the icelandic way, woodscrews

In Iceland, Tire Screws YOU! :lol:

we tried just welding spikes to steel wheels too but they broke of too easily

[Tadashisan]

haha i think a lot of people didn't catch the fact that this are for ice trials. looks like lots of fun.

[Kansei]

looks like fun to me!

[Reason]

How did this go Justin??

[StatGSR]

they never got used on the ice... :(