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Old 03-29-10, 08:14 PM
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Just bought some Volk GTV and came with some gold muteki lugnuts but I noticed that one is missing! What should I do? Where can I buy just one lugnut haha and how long can I drive with only four lug nuts on my right rear wheel??
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I would DEFINITELY not recommend using only 4 lugnuts.. put a spare tire instead
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dont put the wheels on, go to the ricer shop on stockers n buy a set of whatever u like
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oh is it really that bad? ok imma put my stock wheels on and get it tomorrow then
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DEFINITELY dont drive with 4 lugs on.
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Ima be honest I wouldn't do it but I've seen it done
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no problem drving with 4 lugs on one wheel and the other 3 have 5, not as bad as people said.
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Same ive seen alot of car with 4 lugs on. Not that dangerous. Justdrive it to your local auto shop and buy a lug and ull be fine.
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this happened to me also when I purchased some volks lug nuts. The shop that put the lugs on my rims didn't tighten one of the bolt tight enough. It fell off when I was driving. So I was driving on 4 lugs for couple of days. I then went ahead and bought some mutekis to replace it.
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nothing wrong driving around with 4 lug. i drove on all 4 wheels with 4 lugs each cause i had to go buy a new lug lock. drove around and nothing happen. even on the highway.
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Originally Posted by MVPTonyD
nothing wrong driving around with 4 lug. i drove on all 4 wheels with 4 lugs each cause i had to go buy a new lug lock. drove around and nothing happen. even on the highway.

If you notice wobbling then don't drive on them anymore. But seriously 4 lug is fine.
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Originally Posted by MVPTonyD
nothing wrong driving around with 4 lug. i drove on all 4 wheels with 4 lugs each cause i had to go buy a new lug lock. drove around and nothing happen. even on the highway.
Originally Posted by The UPS Store
If you notice wobbling then don't drive on them anymore. But seriously 4 lug is fine.
all four of my key locks broke...and lexus wanted $46 for them. they can go suck a fatty for all i care. i've been driving around with 4 lugs on all four wheels since december. no wobbles, no issues. when a wheel bearing breaks, lexus is fixing it for free. hey, they could've been great with giving me replacement defective parts that would've cost them next to nothing, but they chose not to and thus which could possibly result in replacement of wheel bearings (A LOT more $$$ than crappy key locks)
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Originally Posted by Mesca
I would DEFINITELY not recommend using only 4 lugnuts.. put a spare tire instead
But--you would still only have 4 lug nuts...
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i would go to autozone or some local auto store, buy a single lug nut, or a set of 4 (cost like $5.99) and use one of them for now....

then order another set of muteki's
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