Help on lug nuts!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Treasure Island, Lake McQueeney, Tx
Help on lug nuts!
I just bought a beautiful set of monoblock forged wheels. Got new tires from DiscountTire, went to install them, and the OEM lugnuts are too big! I don't recall seeing anything in the literature about the new wheels needing afermarket lugnuts. Suggestions appreciated!
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Sep 10, 2024, 09:35 AM
Instructor
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Most aftermarket are smaller. I believe mine are 19mm and when I bought my wheels they came with new lug nuts to match.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Treasure Island, Lake McQueeney, Tx
Yep, it looks like I need different lug nuts. It's funny, I bought these directly from the source, from a salesman, who had the exact same wheels on his C8. I guess he didn't install them himself!
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Burning Brakes
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Yes, I had quite an animated text with the salesman I purchased them from. It will be taken care of. I just didn't know, I had four different sets of wheels on my C6 ZR1, including some high dollar aftermarkets, and all of them used oem lug nuts. Learn some **** everyday!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Treasure Island, Lake McQueeney, Tx
Follow up, ordered some splined lug nuts off Amazon Prime yesterday morning, got them yesterday evening, confirmed fit, put them on this morning! I'll post some pictures after I recover. I still do most of my own work, but at seventy, it gets harder!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Treasure Island, Lake McQueeney, Tx
The wheels are stunning, and I got them at an extremely attractive price. It just baffles me that there would be no mention of needing aftermarket lugs, which I certainly would have bought from the manufacturer, if I had known I needed them. All's well that ends well!!
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At 75+ more-so, after 80 not many work on their hobby cars. Glad things worked out for you, enjoy the wheels!
