The Nuts of Lug

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KerryKool

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• Mar 20, 2008

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My craptastic lug nuts have taken a nice orange hue to them from oxidizing. Unfortunately, I dont have an orange theme on the car so they have to go. Where should I look to get some decent lug nuts? I'm trying to find a gunmetal color, or some similar color (black chrome comes to mind.) I'd like to keep it cheap(~$40), but won't mind spending a few extra for ones that last a long time, or at least longer than my 1yr old Autozone special.

Thanks, -KJ

 

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tigerpwr

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• Mar 20, 2008

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Isn't the autozone logo orange also :shrug:

Most [large] tires shops have many different varieties of lug nuts available. For something like this I would get them in person in case they don't fit or other problems that would be a hassle to deal with if you got them online.

 

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ContourGuy9817

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the thread pitch is 12 x 1.5 im pretty sure. 19mm or 3/4(both the same).

 

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ContourGuy9817 said:

the thread pitch is 12 x 1.5 im pretty sure. 19mm or 3/4(both the same).

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Not technically, but close enough for government work!

3/4" is 19.050mm

back to your regularly scheduled non-geek thread.
sorry!

 

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mcgarvey

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I've had good experiences with Gorilla nuts...


Get your mind out of the gutter, I'm not talking about the big hairy kind: http://www.sfxperformance.com/parts/gorilla_locks.asp

 

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ContourGuy9817

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okay a human hairs worth of difference. haha, also i have gorilla locks, had them for 2 years and no rust so i say good buy

 

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99RedCSVT

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• Mar 21, 2008

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mcgarvey said:

I've had good experiences with Gorilla nuts...


Get your mind out of the gutter...

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:laugh: I had to leave the room. My girlfriend is trying to sleep...

 

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KerryKool

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• Mar 21, 2008

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I'll have to pick me up some gorilla nuts then. :laugh: I'll look around for some locally.