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Hey guys i snapped one of the lug studs off my rear left wheel hub. How can i go about fixing this? I only have 4 lugs holding the rear left wheel on. Im alittle nervous about driving. I dont want the wheel to come off when im driving. Help.

Take it to any tire shop you trust really, they will press it out with a hydrolic press, and then press the new one in...
 
FMIC is IN! SSQV doesn't seem to want to help me kill the turkey, but maybe I just need to fine tune it more.. (tips would be appreciated). Its VTA right now, I may recirc it, but my plan changed DRASTICALLY. Ran the cold pipe through the FMIC hole, instead of cutting it short (turbolife style)... but the turbolife pipe I picked up definitely was worth the money spent as it got me half way to where I needed to go.

Anyone who needs a 90* or strait 2.5" IC pipes, I have leftovers... I'll send for shipping costs. got a couple pieces with small angles on the ends too... anyhow

SO STOKED to have this finally done... been stareing at the parts for weeks now and my friends have been bagging on me HARD for having an unplumbed core mounted...

Pics to come later.
 
my hose from my coolant tank to my radiator came off for good. the jb weld (epoxy) failed completely that I did this past winter. I have it held on with electrical tape by shovine the hose witht he fitting inside back under the radiator cap, and wrapping the tape around the hose and fastening it onto the radiator cap. car has not moved since then, im taking to my shop about five minutes away on tuesday so until then the car wont move
 
wheel studs are easy...hit the old one out with a hammer....then get the new one in and use a lugnut to pull it in

When u say hit the old one out. How? Im a bit comfused.

I was trying to take the lug nut off and it snapped off with half of the stud still in the lug nut.

Edit: Okay i did a google on it and its not that hard to replace. Where can i get a replacement stud? How much would a shop charge to replace it?
 
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When u say hit the old one out. How? Im a bit comfused.

I was trying to take the lug nut off and it snapped off with half of the stud still in the lug nut.

Take the wheel off and tap the broken stud out of the hub with a dead blow. Literaly just hit it til it falls out the back. put a new stud in and you're gonna need a new lug for this, but thread the lug onto it and it will seat the new stud in the hub when you tighten it down. I'd say buy new lugs caus ehte one with the broken stud stuck in it isn't worth salvaging.
 
Take the wheel off and tap the broken stud out of the hub with a dead blow. Literaly just hit it til it falls out the back. put a new stud in and you're gonna need a new lug for this, but thread the lug onto it and it will seat the new stud in the hub when you tighten it down. I'd say buy new lugs caus ehte one with the broken stud stuck in it isn't worth salvaging.

Where can i get the stud and lug nut?

Edit: Okay nm. I found it. Thanks guys.
 
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I was at a meet/bbq today :)

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There was a total of 4 mazdaspeed protege's Only 3 in the pic cause justin left b4 this.
 
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Where can i get the stud and lug nut?

Most parts stores, Mazda, onlinemazdaparts.com, lugs you can sometimes find in the for sale section or ebay if you wanted to change to something a little more colorful or different. I have bronze long lightweight lugs on my car.
 
I shop would probably charge you an hour to an hour and a half labor for this and you can probably do it yourself in 15 minutes or less.
 
Most parts stores, Mazda, onlinemazdaparts.com, lugs you can sometimes find in the for sale section or ebay if you wanted to change to something a little more colorful or different. I have bronze long lightweight lugs on my car.

Where did u get the bronze lugs? Linky? Hey, thanks again for the info bro.

Outlaw - Damn! thats a lot of cars.
 
^^Congratz bro. Spend that money on mods. :)

I think i might just fork up the dough and get the 5zigen open end lug nuts. Im thinking red. They dont have black.
 

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