Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

So dropped by at the local nuts and bolts in Krugersdorp R800 for 24 studs and nuts

So that is Nissan R5,568 al the way to only R800 for exactly the same thing - how do they justify that???????????????

Another question - for the nut one can get the closed or open nut - which is best suited for 4x4?? was thinking the open nut will be more prone to mud getting in the nut itself??

I like the look of the open nut??

And lastly at this price I am going to fit three additional studs and nuts on the spare wheel so they are the same as the rest of the vehicle - just make more sense to me.......

Did you get slightly longer studs?

I prefer closed nuts to keep mud etc off of the treads, but with open nuts you are not restricted on the stud length. With the courser thread ( Nissan stud threads are finer ) I would opt for the longer studs and open nuts, unless you can get studs 6 odd mm longer

Closed nuts are probably slightly better (for the reason already mentioned), although it probably doesn't make much difference.

You want to have a minimum of 1.5 x diameter (ie 18mm) thread engagement, but these closed nuts are much longer than that, so it should not be too difficult to get a stud of such length that it will work both with and without the 6mm spacers.

guys I seem to remember that the Mitsubishi also used a 1.25 mm stud on the EVO models and the shank size is the same as the Nissan safari

Yes the Dealers are really very expensive with almost everything and I dont really get why???

Had to buy a very small cover about the sise of a hand that goes on the bumper of a Parhfinder.....set me back R600......madness

It is crazy the mark up they have on the parts ,they can give you 50% discount and will still make 200% profit..and unlike the German manufacturers ,they have Goldwagen etc that sells and aftermarket product at a third of the agents price
and over the counter now.....