Cool. I really want to use these rims. The holes are round but I can't figure out a maker. They were rumored to be american racing rims. The only defining mark on them besides measurements is a symbol on the back that looks something like a peace sign.

By John S. (68.92.246.129) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 03:12 pm:

Kevin you beat me in, but if you are in the USA, then I'd get McGuard, or Superior.

By John S. (68.92.246.129) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 03:10 pm:

Adrians correct on this. It sounds like you have wheels that have a flat mounting face, and the holes in the wheels are quite a bit larger than the lugs, Right? ALL of the old style "Mags" were made like that back in the Seventies, I have a couple of sets like that my self. You must get the proper lugs for the wheels and they are still available. It would be very dangerous to try to use beveled nuts on a set of wheels that need the flat ones for several different reasons, but the most obvious is the difficulty you'd have getting them centered to run true. Even with the proper nuts if the holes in the wheels themselves are mishaped due to abuse, they often won't run very true. That is why Honda and other superior manufacturers have gone over to concentric selfcentering wheel designs.

By Kevin (Kman) (68.40.184.98) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 02:58 pm:

Yeah. I just figured that out at the parts store. Now I need to figure out which mag lag nuts to get. Who's a good vendor?

By Adrian (Evocivic) (203.42.97.141) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 02:25 pm:

Why not just get the correct wheel nuts to go with the rims? Sounds to me like they use the long stepped nuts that screw all the way into the holes rather than the short tapered ones which won't hold the rims on properly even it you have longer studs.

By Kevin (Kman) (68.40.184.98) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 09:21 am:

Thanks a bunch. I knew it had to be fairly simple.

By Zippy (Zippy) (12.106.14.107) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 07:11 am:

Change the lugs. It's easy. Put a nut over the end to protect the threads and hit them with a hammer. The new ones will go back in with gentle persuasion.

By bruce (4.159.182.51) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:18 am:

they should not be welded it, you should be able to just knock them out and knock in new longer ones. 3 or 4 threads is not enough

By Kevin (Kman) (68.40.184.98) on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 03:54 am:

I just bought a set of aluminum 13x5.5 , 4x120 rims (the ones Cody was selling). They look great but I can only put the lug nuts on about 3-4 threads. The thickness of the aluminum where the holes are is .771 inches. My questions are.

How many threads does a lug nut have to be on before it's safe?

Will it be safe to drill the aluminum to a thickness of .5 inches? (I have a proper drill press).

Is there some other product that will do the trick, i.e. highly tapered lug nuts???

Is it a pain in the a$$ to replace the studs (they're welded in right?)

Thanks in advance for entertaining my novice questions.