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[hainzy]

Hi guys.

 

I have these performance challengers to get spruced up and I need to get a set of wheel nuts. I have a lot of different ones sitting around and theres a few different sorts available on ebay.

 

Can anyone advise me which are the right wheel nuts to get? Cheers.

 

[Shiney005]

It is a bit hard to see from the photo, but they look like they take a tapered nut like the GTS one at the bottom of your collection. Although most alloys use the type that goes through, like the others you have. Do any of the shaft type nuts fit through the hole? (The longest nut on top would be for a 10" hotwire with the thicker centre.)

I just had a look at your cars Hainzy. Great collection you have there. The red pano's remind me of Mad Max.

Edited by Shiney005, 24 October 2014 - 03:19 PM.

[EunUCh]

Not being an expert in wheels and nuts i would question the use of a tapered nut on an alloy rim,little support,alloy is soft,could work loose.

Thought long ones with a steel "insert" were used on "alloys",they are usually a neat fit in hole with the washer to spread the clamp forces in a better direction when pulled up while the neat fit of "shank" of nut took the driving load rather than rely on the taper to both hold the wheel on

and take the load ?.

Edited by EunUCh, 24 October 2014 - 04:46 PM.

[Shiney005]

Yeah, that's definitely how it normally is, but the photo looks like it has a taper on the rim. The way to be sure is to see wether or not the long shank nuts fit through the hole. I'm no expert on wheels either. But my missus sometimes thinks I'm nuts.

[hainzy]

Thanks a lot guys.

 

Now that you mention it I do have some which have a big washer around the base, and youre right about needing the tapered end like the GTS ones. I think Ill just take a wheel to the local wheels place and get the correct ones from them. Mucking around with the wrong wheels nuts prob isn't a crash hot idea..