Rob Willis

Anyone recommend a good brand/type of factory sized replacement set of lugnuts?

The factory chrome ones just don't seem up to par for taking on/off with HPDEs and what not.

Thanks!

Wayne O

I'm at a loss. If you change back and forth between track and street 'tires' or if you pull the wheels to bleed brake lines or whatever...if the lug nuts work...what's the problem? Why aren't they up to par?

I have longer studs on the front (for extra wide track wheels/tires) so I use open-ended lug nuts on the front wheels.

meldog21

I have longer studs too and I bought my open ended lug nuts from Summit. They have a wide selection. I just bought cheap ones since I have my wheels on/off all the time. As cheap as they are you can buy two sets and have a spare when they start to get hammered.

Dog

Bill Dearborn

I bought a set of the older C5 lug nuts that had the screw on caps. They are rugged and hold up well to constant changing. The ones with the stainless caps crimped on them are worthless. If you use the ZR1 or GS style wheels the C4 lug nuts designed for then are a little longer so you can get a wrench on them.

Bill

986_C6

I'm a little lost also...I know a lot of corvette guys in HPDE with standard lugs that do fine, including myself.

As others mentioned with brake bleeding/pads/track set of tires, a lot of usage of the lug nuts seem fine to me.

AU N EGL

I went to NAPA and bought some Open ended hardened lug nuts. $1.10 - $1.25 each

RAFTRACER

Rob,

Go to your local Tire Discounters store and tell them you need their plane-jane GM metric 12 x 1.5mm lug nut. They have a nice large radiused shoulder and are open-ended. This is what I use on everyones cars, most of which have aftermarket longer studs. They are under $1.00 @ and are a good value in my opinion. You might as well get some extras at the same time also in case you need some in an emergency.

If you have trouble finding them for some reason @ Tire Discounters, as I did this week, call me down at McCluskey. I just ordered a box of 100...................

Rob Willis

Thanks man. Appreciate the info.

Wicked Weasel

Gorilla Lug Nuts. Meatier than stock ones and not badly priced. Cajundude is a CF Vendor that sells them...

steve-d

How about $.65 each when buying 20 of 'em!!!

http://www.slponline.com/view_produc...57&BIG=82557-1

Left over from their F Body days. Item number: 82557

Steve

thehammer69

They are listed as M12x1.25, we need M12x1.50.

So either they have the wrong size listed, or they are not correct for our application. Also, they have a $25 minimum order requirement, plus a $5 handling fee.

rustyguns

Gray Ghost GS

Same type I use - very strong. I've seen a few people at the track with stripped OEM nuts that were difficult to remove from their ARP lugs.

davidfarmer

I like the type that have threads ALL the way from top to bottom. I just go to Advance/Autozone etc, and ask to go through the OEM nuts for my application. If they have a box of the full-depth threads, I load up. If not, I pass.

I think the full depth thread help spread the load along the stud better than the ones with only half thread depth.

Everett Ogilvie

When they say "quick start" design, are those only partially threaded? Thx.

davidfarmer

I don't know. The ones that usually come on the cars don't have threads up in the top of the nut, ie the part that your torque wrench goes on to. However, some aftermarket lugs have threads from top to bottom.

The quick starts may have a tapered start so that they "start" easier....I'm not familiar with those

V8 Juice

Thanks Danny, the C6 OEM nut caps break loose after a few torque and tire changes; nut probably still OK, but not comfortable with what I can't see beneath the GM chrome cap. Doubt I'll need 100, I'll try for 8 at Tire Discounters.

undertaker

I picked up some Mcgards from summit, but I've used gorillas in the past with good results on my truck.

Pretty much the newer style crimped on cover crap gets hammered to hell (especially when used with a gun for on/off changes) and I owuld have a hard time just getting them out of a 19mm socket, then I'd wind up using a slightly larger 3/4 socket and came to the realization its time to ante up for real lugs not the factory cheapo crap not meant for frequent changes.