Wheel lug nuts help.
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Racer
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Wheel lug nuts help.
Hi all,
I need a bit of help, i need to change my lug nuts as most of them do not match and have lost most of their chrome and cannot find out what they are!
I know they are not stock corvette nuts but cannot source a replacement.
Here is a crappy cell phone pic (sorry)
As you can see the nut has a built in washer that has an angle in it, it is 40mm long.
Here is a pic of the wheel it goes in. (crappy old pic to, sorry)
Any help would be welcome.
I need a bit of help, i need to change my lug nuts as most of them do not match and have lost most of their chrome and cannot find out what they are!
I know they are not stock corvette nuts but cannot source a replacement.
Here is a crappy cell phone pic (sorry)
As you can see the nut has a built in washer that has an angle in it, it is 40mm long.
Here is a pic of the wheel it goes in. (crappy old pic to, sorry)
Any help would be welcome.
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Racer
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From: London
I live in Belgium, there is NOTHING in stock that matches, i need to figure out what they are so i can order them from the US...
Le Mans Master
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I have an older(non Vette) car using ET Unilug wheels, with lugnuts similar to yours. Although a few years back, found some exact replacements from the Gorilla lug nut site. Maybe worth checking into.
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Racer
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Unfortunately this website doesn't have anything that matches!
I need a tapered seat, but i need the nut to be 1.7" long and have the taper at 1" from the beginning of the thread...
Basically an extended mag but with a taper:
how can it be so hard to find nuts like that?
Last edited by Carlos840; Jun 29, 2012 at 06:44 AM.
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Are you sure the flat washer isn't just distorted?
I have seen lots of those, but never any with a shank and taper. That would defeat the purpose.
Perhaps post a better pic or one of the wheel seats.
I have seen lots of those, but never any with a shank and taper. That would defeat the purpose.
Perhaps post a better pic or one of the wheel seats.
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Racer
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The washer is definitely at a 60 degree angle, there is no way it could have been distorted so much! The wheel seat matches that...
Apparently the wheels could be western turbines, maybe i can use something else with them.
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These are combo for ET wheels but the shank isn't that long.
Shank diameter may be different.
http://www.brandsport.com/grla-21138et.html
Have had lots of Western wheels, I think they were regular shank mag nuts.
If yours truly do have a proper 60° seat, then a conical nut will work as long as your studs are long enough.
Shank diameter may be different.
http://www.brandsport.com/grla-21138et.html
Have had lots of Western wheels, I think they were regular shank mag nuts.
If yours truly do have a proper 60° seat, then a conical nut will work as long as your studs are long enough.
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Racer
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From: London
These are combo for ET wheels but the shank isn't that long.
Shank diameter may be different.
http://www.brandsport.com/grla-21138et.html
Have had lots of Western wheels, I think they were regular shank mag nuts.
If yours truly do have a proper 60° seat, then a conical nut will work as long as your studs are long enough.
Shank diameter may be different.
http://www.brandsport.com/grla-21138et.html
Have had lots of Western wheels, I think they were regular shank mag nuts.
If yours truly do have a proper 60° seat, then a conical nut will work as long as your studs are long enough.
Isn't that going to be a problem?
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The only thing I've seen that looked something like that was metric.
Any chance yours where changed since your "over there"?
There's a company called Otis co or Otis inc or something like that. They make lug nuts for European cars. Like Gorilla for Europe
Mooser
Any chance yours where changed since your "over there"?
There's a company called Otis co or Otis inc or something like that. They make lug nuts for European cars. Like Gorilla for Europe
Mooser