Lugs too short??

I thought I did all my homework before buying some CL MINI Cooper wheels and tires for my '05 Scion xB.

Bolt circle, offset... everything was right. I even posted here and found another member here who'd done the swap successfully.

Then I went to mount them. Never once did I think about wheel thickness at the lugs.

Common wisdom says the lugs should go completely through the nuts. Mine do not, by 1-2 threads. That'd be 1.5-3mm @ 1.5 thread pitch.

Now... we're talking about a street-driven car. While the xB is a decent handler, I'm not racing nor taking corners at high speeds.

What say the wisdom of the board? Am I in decent enough shape, or should I worry?

Thanks, Evan

i think it doesn't matter if the lug goes all the way through the nut, i think what matters is how many threads on the lug are engaged by the nut. get a MINI nut and a scion nut and compare them side by side. perhaps the scion nut is taller?

Mil'spec on all hardwear used to be bolt dia plus 2 threads. I try to use that on all my stuff too, how ever I've run in to things like this myself if i use a normal lug nug nut on my race car i only have two threads showing but if i use the double sided lug (taper on both side no messing around on quick pit stops) I'm short but a ways. Tech guy noted it and made me show him with single tapper nut. I need to find a longer stud just to keep my "visual all is good walk around pre race inspection" Dorman has a nice PDF that give Kurl size, thread size, thread pitch, over all lenght etc. I've got the link somewhere...

FOUND IT! https://www.dormanproducts.com/catalog/hardware2006/001-005AlphabeticalIndex.pdf

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I've run my MINI wheels on my wife's Xb and never noticed that. I'll have to check more carefully the next time I fit them.