When trying to mount these winter wheels, there is another bolt coming out of the axle that is preventing me from installing the wheel. The 5 lugs match up but the extra bolt,which is slightly lower than the other 5 lugs is hitting the wheel and the hold in the wheel does not allow it to go through. Any suggestions?

 

Can I remove this extra bolt..what is it for???

 

yes you can, it's there to prevent people putting the rear wheels to the front wheels. I just had the dealer taking them off today for the cost of $40. It's no harm to take it off. Call your service department and they will tell the same thing.

 

So this bolt definately has to be removed by the dealer to mount the JH3 wheels?? This is the same setup I ordered a couple of days ago.

Could a nissan dealer do this work? My infiniti dealer is 100 miles away.

 

No biggie bro.....just remove it ..
C.

 

You don't have to have the dealer remove it. You can do it by yourself.

 

Thanks guy! I removed it using a 12 mm wrench...everything looks good. All the wheels were succesfully installed.

 

hey stylez,

thats so funny cause i have those same wheels and today i was trying to install it. it didnt fit either because of that extra bolt and i just gave up and put back my stock wheels haha. well now i know your suppose to remove that bolt and will try again tomorrow morning.

howd you change your wheels btw. floorjack or the factory carjack? jackstands? did you use a torque wrench?

 

I tried the wrench too but it didn't work..ended up paying dealer $40 bucks

 

Yup just remove the locating pin. I work at Tire Rack (where the wheels may have come from) and will remind the fitment guys to add a note on the invoice of that pin. For some reason it only shows up on certain wheels. I usually mention it when selling wheels for the Z and G. Helps avoid confusion during installation.

 

I went to sears and bought a 2 1/4 ton floor jack for liek 15 bucks.. I heard the factory jack sucks. I also went ahead and bought a torque wrench to make sure that the lugs are on tight enough.

 

I'm going to throw in $0.02.....

Stylez09 is right on - go to Sears and buy an inexpensive floor jack. If your car is too low, drive up on a 2x6 first (though stock is not too low.....).

Also (no relation to XCELR8), put check out tirerack:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/tools/tools_all.jsp

I have a lot nicer torque wrenches, but that $29.99 one rides in my car (it fits nicely down next to the spare), and it works well enough. Also - that gorilla extendable wrench is def worth $8. It also rides in the car.

 

dude, i just got my 12" rachet and it came right off, lmao to those who paid 40 bucks for 2 minutes of work!

 

Oh man, I just spent an hour in the snow and dark trying to figure out why they wouldn't fit. Wish I had read this first. GUess I'll wait till tomorrow and try again.

 

That is $1200/hr..... I wouldn't mind doing it!