How necessary is low profile IRS bolt

[.n0b.]

I am replacing my Nitto's with M/Ts, same size 305/35/18. Well, I noticed there was some possibly rubbing happening here or there on the inside of the tires from the stock bolt. It didn't look awful or anything.


Just curious is if thats a huge cause of concern to go out and buy the low profile one?


Yes I've searched but it was more straight forward to just ask flatout.


Thanks

 

[Zeekmann]

dude it's 10 bucks and you wont have to be worried about blowing out a tire. If it's already rubbing now on the stock bolt I would upgrade asap. I added these to both of my setups. plus the MT run wider

 

[cbr repsol]

i just grinded mine down , no issues .

 

[Root1022]

dude it's 10 bucks and you wont have to be worried about blowing out a tire. If it's already rubbing now on the stock bolt I would upgrade asap. I added these to both of my setups. plus the MT run wider

+1

At the least just grind the stock ones down! IMO its worth 10 dollars though!

 

[VNGNCE908]

Worth it. I'm not gambling with blowing out a tire..

 

[srl135]

I have the stock ones ground down on mine... my lowprofile ones are in the mail though. Im still concerned about it since im buying new tires. My tires are wide and i would hate myself if i caused them to blowout..rear tires are so fackin expensive!

 

[mack83]

plus with the button head irs bolts even if it does rub somehow, atleast it's rubbing a smooth surface instead of a hexagon. hexagon steel head + tire rub = fail.

 

[srl135]

plus with the button head irs bolts even if it does rub somehow, atleast it's rubbing a smooth surface instead of a hexagon. hexagon steel head + tire rub = fail.

^This. Exactly why im swapping mine out. Only part I dont like is the lack of torque you can put on the button head bolts with an alan wrench.

 

[03 Indy Cobra]

^This. Exactly why im swapping mine out. Only part I dont like is the lack of torque you can put on the button head bolts with an alan wrench.

I believe someone said if you use a Matco allen socket you can torque them to spec. I am not sure of the size(Don't have mine yet) but the matco is supposed to fit perfectly without rounding the button bolts allen head so you can toque them to spec. There might be a thread about it somewhere around here.

 

[Terminator-Fox]

Would it be an ideal time to put in the low profile IRS bolt when putting in new springs?

 

[03mgtermi]

YES!! one of the first things you do to remove the springs is to remove these bolts. just slap in the low-profile ones when it all goes back together.