Hi everyone,

I've been having problems finding lugnuts the right length to use with the
Shelby wheels fitted to my 1983 900S. I've had to install additional
washers under the lugnuts on a couple of the wheels as the nuts have
bottomed out (only just) on the brake disks.

Short of trying to track down special lengths of lugnuts, I'm looking at
wheel spacers as another approach. There are quite a few places selling
wheel spacers that work with 4 x 114.3 mm wheels, but very few seem to
have the openings large enough to accept the lugnuts that the Shelby
wheels require (with a shank going all the way through the wheel to keep
them positioned properly). If the lugnut openings are slightly chamfered
it's probably a moot point as the nuts that bottom out would only be going
too far by 0.5 mm at the most!  Come and explore our site, and check out
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The closest thing I have found which is actually made for Saab's on Ebay
is this listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33749&item=796
6016037&rd=1

But the seller has written back to me saying they're not suitable for 4 x
114.3 mm wheels. That's a pity since the look to have bolt openings which
are big enough to suit the lugnuts used to hold the shelby wheels in
place, but since the nuts are exactly the same depth as the hub section of
each Shelby wheel, it probably doesn't matter.

In any case, I've been checking out a few others, namely:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7965147545&ssPageName
=STRK:MEWA:IT

and

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7965163361&ssPageName
=STRK:MEWA:IT

Spacers that are about 10 mm or under would be fine I think as they won't
move the wheels out too far from the stock position but still allow the
current bolts to be used. As a benefit the lugnuts would sit a short
distance away from the brake disks but not have too little threaded
section of the bolts to bite onto.

What are your views on this idea? None of the auto part places around this
area carry lugnuts that are slightly shorter than the ones I'm using now,
so using spacers would give the car a slightly wider track and allow the
lugnuts to secure the wheels properly without having to use multiple
washers under some of the nuts.

Regards,

Craig.