I get it. You ran the wrong bolt pattern wheel on your car for 18 years. Your wheel studs didn't break. How many miles was that? How many potholes did you hit? Any racing? Slicks? How wide were your tires? How much horsepower? Auto or manual trans? New wheel studs or factory? What was the taper on the lug nuts? What brand and model rims? Was the car garaged or outside? Ever exposed to salt? Driven in the rain? How many times were the lug nuts torqued? Air ratchet or hand tightened?
People have jumped off the Golden Gate bridge and lived through it too. Doesn't mean its a good idea, or that others should expect the same result. It just means that under a certain set of conditions its possible.
The problem with asking if anyone's ever had it happen is that it doesn't matter how many people say they haven't had a problem, it only takes one failure. What odds do you want? If a hundred people responded they did it and had no issues, that's only 100 to 1 your wheel won't fall off. Good enough? So far we have 1...
Sorry to be a jerk, but this is a safety issue. Why not just buy the right bolt pattern?
