Escaping the rabbit hole...or not.

I thought I was making decent progress until I hit the next obstacle in this process:  the studs don't allow lug nuts to snug the wheel to the hub...so while it appears that I'm close to being finished, I'm not any closer than I was a week ago.

I've tried two different type of lug nuts with similar results.  And, to add insult to injury, the studs are too long to allow the hub caps to be fitted to the wheel.

What.the.actual.fuck.

I've emailed Airkewld.com but haven't heard back about how to resolve the issue.

Still on the fence about keeping the brakes or getting rid of them...I just want to drive the car.  Seems simple enough, yeah?