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HELP. Gorilla Small Diameter Lug Nuts + OEM 5 Spke wheels???

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Old 09-22-10, 11:49 AM
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Question HELP. Gorilla Small Diameter Lug Nuts + OEM 5 Spke wheels???

I ordered this kit from Summitracing before I looked at the OEM lug nuts.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GOR-21133HT/

I see that the OEM lug nuts have more of a lip (wider) than these tuner lug nuts. Should I not install these gorilla lug nuts with these OEM wheels and instead by the "standard" lugs instead of "tuner" lugs? I know these tuner lugs would be fine for aftermarket wheels but am worried they are not wide enough for the stock wheels...Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Old 09-22-10, 12:02 PM
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I would not use them with stock wheels.
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Same answer, I would not use Gorilla lugs on stock wheels. I have gorilla lugs for my Works and use my stock lugs with the factory wheels. I've had my gorilla lugs off for a while but if I remember correctly, they cone in slightly and would definitely wobble and probably snap a few lug bolts off.
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go get some from autozone or lexus, any tuner lugs will not work
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Thank you for your responses. I am missing 2 lugs and thats the reason why I purchased the set. I will ship the kit back and just go grab 2 from Lexus. Thanks!
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You need factory style lugs. I bought some tuner lugs that were similar to my IS wheels and the wheels almost fell of the next day.
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Factory lug nuts are lug centric, similar to being hub centric. The flange of the nut will mate flush with the flange in the bore of the wheels so that the sleeve of the lug will actually allow the wheel to rest on.

Tuner lugs a huge no-no with factory wheels.
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