Lug Nuts / ZR1
Lug Nuts / ZR1 I need help here, If someone can chime in. I have a set of ZR1's on my car from OEM wheels that were purchased years ago. A few of the lug nuts ends are gone. I even found a lug nut missing today. I went to various auto parts stores and they cannot find an exact match as to what I have on there. The thread is 12x1.50 tapered set. Everything at the stores including the aftermarket ones are just ****. They wont fit either too long, short, bulgy. I even rubbed my nail accidentally on one of the lug nuts in the set and it chipped. I wont pay for that kind of quality. I'm willing to purchase a whole set, Just hate to go back and forth with an online order if it isn't exact. Is there anyone that purchased a set for these rims specifically. 17 X 9.5 AND 17 X 11 CHROME ZR1 rims. Thanks!
BUMP for input, I'd hate to order something online and it doesn't fit properly. I read the sticky on this thread and everything I'm seeing looks big. The ones that are sold in the auto stores are classified as bulge acorns. These will not work for my rims/wheels.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
I have used the "bulge" style acorn/conical on C4 ZR1 wheels before without issues, I believe the brand was Gorilla. You can also get straight/standard/tapered cut acorn versions that don't have the bulge (I would suggest checking www.summitracing.com for a wide selection of brands and styles - Gorilla and McGard seem to be the best brands in terms of finish in my experience.)
As mentioned above, please post a picture of what you're currently using. The lug access areas on a C4 ZR1 wheel aren't so tight that a bulge style shouldn't fit (again, I've used them myself without any issues), so I'm not sure what type you were looking at that seemed too big.
As mentioned above, please post a picture of what you're currently using. The lug access areas on a C4 ZR1 wheel aren't so tight that a bulge style shouldn't fit (again, I've used them myself without any issues), so I'm not sure what type you were looking at that seemed too big.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
FYI....what you have pictured above is a "bulge style" conical/acorn. So that style (bulge) did in fact previously fit your wheels and would again.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Not sure what to tell you, other than the fact that what you have pictured above is absolutely "bulge" style acorn/conical, and I too have used that style on my C4 ZR1s with no issues at all.