dvandentop

where can i get some open ended lugnuts for the c6wheel stud with the correct thread pitch? need to get rid of my stockers are they are getting used and abused. i had to pound a socket on one stocker at track attack due to it got a little rounded.

thanks

Everett Ogilvie

Derek, I like Gorilla lug nuts, open end, strong, many colors available etc. I get them from Summit Racing.

These are conical seat type (don't know if you need conical or shank type - they have both):

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GOR-40037RD/

dvandentop

thanks everett

do you know the pitch and thread of the stockers off the top of your head?

Everett Ogilvie

12 X 1.5 (the link above should be that size).

shakedown067

Are all corvette threads the same? Been thinking about getting a set for my 96 C4 as well!

c4cruiser

C4 and C5 are the same. C6 should be too. Make sure that replacement lugnuts have a 60 degree taper for the wheel.

Any parts store should have open-end lugnuts in the 12mmx1.5/60 degree sizes. Places like NAPA, CarQuest, or similar stores will have them individually so you can get as many as you need.

If you want different nuts for track days, consider getting the hardened type. I carry a full set of 20 in a ziplock bag when I do track days.

96CollectorSport

You can get a set right from GM 10028615, about $1 per lug. They come in bags of 5.
They'll fit from 84-up

CHJ In Virginia

You can also get them from NAPA auto parts. They have cadmium plated ones - no rust - for about $1.40 each.

shakedown067

Sweet, thanks. Yeah I'd like the hardened type for autocross and for occassional HPDEs that I'll one day get to start to do.

AU N EGL

Napa

jaa1992

I'm going to have to remember that, I'm on my second set from NAPA. They were over $2 each! I change them every couple of years.

Jason

O'Reillys

flink

I like these ones: http://bigwheelsnyc.com/rvm635-22x85...2-1-4-1-2.aspx

They're shanked, so they poke inside the wheels. That centers the wheels on the studs if you happen to have enough spacers on there to lose hub-centricity. And they have considerably more thread on them, which will help spread the load on the stud and on the nut.

They do take a little longer to put on - I take care to get all the nuts a couple of mm away from "tight" so everything is nicely seated and nothing binds up. Give the wheel a wiggle then tighten 'em all up.

Plus they're $25 for 20, free shipping!

AtomicZ

I get them from the local chevy dealer. That is the cheapest route. I think they order ones off of a Lumina or something.

ssdeuce

I went to my local race shop and bought 1" lug nuts for Metric Monte Carlo they are the same as C4 and C5. Not sure about C6.

dvandentop

here is what the gm part # ones look like

2000BSME

I bought mine at napa.

waddisme

I had to special order mine because my wheels are funky, so I have to have 17mm. Ordered them from local tire place for $1.50. Worked OK last track day.

Bill Dearborn

Those are tough lug nuts. You can hammer on them a lot and they just keep taking it. Not like the ones that have a piece of stainless crimped over them. I wish I could get all the C5 ones the waxers threw away because they didn't like the plastic covers.

Bill

dvandentop

yeah those were great i think my 95 and 98 trans am's had em too if i recall