Lug nuts!

NateRW21

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Gorllia makes a lugnut which appears to be dimensionally identical in terms of the mechanics of the nut to the factory lugnut. Summit carries them but are currently back ordered till Jan 20th. Summitracing part number: GOR-72137 (one set of 4, $5.99). Matching Locks: GOR-62631 (one set of 4, $12.39) I have not recieved mine yet so I can't PROMISE they work, but I'd first ordered McGard lugnuts and found the shank to be too long; I researched it and found the gorllia lugnuts are almost identical so they should work. The only downside to this is while shipping is "free" there is a handling charge for all orders of $10, so while the lugnuts only cost $1.50 each (which is a good price for tripple chrome plated, steel lugnuts), when you add in the handling charge you're up to $2 per lugnut (so long as you don't use the lockers). Still a decent price though. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up! ::shrug::

Also, you'll get different answers from different people, but with ANY lugnuts, if any water (or, ::shudder:: salty water) gets into the lugnut and it's put on dry you run the risk of it seizing. It's your choice, but a small amount of silicon spray, or what I use... a dab of antiseize paste will ensure you don't have problems getting the lugnut off. In addition to this, for those of you who have ever had to take a deadblow hammer to a tire/wheel because it's stuck on the hub, a thin coating of antiseize on the back mounting surfface of the wheel, or the face of the hub/rotor will prevent the dissimillar metals from attacking eachother and corroding together. You'll wonder why you've been fighting with it all your life when the answer was so easy!!! If you don't remove/install your own wheels, just run to the auto parts store and pick up some antiseize, give it to the tech and the tire store and ask him to do it for you; most of the time they won't mind doing it at all.
 
I forgot to mention... I prefer antiseize paste because unlike any oil or silcon based substance, it is not a designed as a lubricant. It's highly unlikly that having a lubricant on your lugs will cause the nuts to come off in normal driving, but I'd rather be safe than sorry!!! So I use antiseize, which has more protective proporties than lubrant proporties.
 
That sounds awesome. Please follow up on this. As it is, I carry a hammer in my trunk in case I have a flat. The only way to get my lug nuts off is to beat the factory lug wrench onto the nut until it's completely seated. Because of this, I have not had my tires balanced in a loooong time. Hopefully this new product will work out!
 
The new expected arival date on my lugnuts is the 25th of Jan; then a couple days intransit for shipping. I should have them by the end of the month. I'll be sure to post if they are infact the correct lugnuts!!! Thanks for bearing with me on this one!
 
I'm not in die-hard need of some, but I desperately need to check my front brakes. Which poses another issue since I don't have a 20mm socket in my set. At least 2 lugs on every wheel looks like it's had a smaller socket hammered on it before. I am going to replace them regardless, just would like to have a set on hand in case one of them snapped when I remove the front tires. So until I get a chance to look at the brakes, I won't be driving the LS.:(
 

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