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Old 09-27-07, 10:02 PM
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can you use the stock lug nuts?
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i did at first, but it's a very very snug fit. i eventually changed em out to mcgard lugs. if u don't want to risk scratching your lug holes, i suggest you get some new lugs that are slimmer before you put on your wheels.
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If you can afford iForged... just get new lugs dude.
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new lugs are cheap anyways.
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i want to get new lugs but I cant wait too put on the wheels. i gotta find a place in the bay area that sells them. which ones am I supposed to get? part number wold be cool...

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Old 09-28-07, 12:17 AM
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Even if they aren't' mc gaurd any wheels/tire shop should have the same kind of fit as mcgaurd lugs.... you should not have to pre order them. Go to discount tire or something they have to have them...
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if you really can't wait then you can still use your oem lugs, just be really careful when you use your tire iron. i got my mcgard lugs from the tmengineering groupbuy: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=155090

it take's a while to receive tho... i think i waited about 2-3 weeks?
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The McGard lugs come w/a thin wall socket adapter so if you don't get the McGard stuff then remember to get a thin wall socket adapter also.
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well i searched and it seems that pep boys sell mcgard lug nuts so im about to head there when they open.
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just make sure they're the thin wall socket type as mentioned above.
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yea i know, my old supra had wheels with stock lug nuts and it was a nightmare everytime I had to take the wheels off. for some reason I never thought they made thinner lug nuts.
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the lugs aren't necessarily thinner.. it's the socket adapter part that you take off the lugs with that has a thin wall.
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