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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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What is the lug nut size for the C3 vette? I'm asking because alot of my lug nuts have had there day so I took one of the ones that was in better shape with me to autozone to get new ones. I used there "thread size gauge" to see what my lug would fit and it was the 7/16 thread so I purchased a set of 20. Turns out only 4 will work. The others I can't even get started. Help!
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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Unless they have been changed, they should all be 7/16 with a 20 thread count or 7/16-20.

Don't know what it could be other than cheap junk lugnuts, boogered up studs or some of the studs have been changed to a different thread count.
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Is it possible you bought a set with left and right hand threads?

I forget which car I had in the past, but one of them had specific left and right nuts.

I want to say it was a 60's mopar, but nontheless, one of them was
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Originally Posted by pbcanney
Is it possible you bought a set with left and right hand threads?

I forget which car I had in the past, but one of them had specific left and right nuts.

I want to say it was a 60's mopar, but nontheless, one of them was
it was early mopars. but... they wer 1/2 thread. they probably gave you the wrong nuts (12mmx1.5) yours are def 7/16

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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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Thanks for the replys. I am going today to get the correct lugs.
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