stevo1210
04-10-2013, 12:42 AM
About 10 weeks after my FD rolled out of the dealer in 2010, I decided to pick up a set of 15" OEM alloy wheels. These are the alloys you see on 06/07 VTI-L and also the 40th edition Civic's.
I took my car to Bob Jane so they could swap the tyres to the rims etc. They handed my steel wheels back with plastic wheel covers etc.
But the lug nuts they installed were basically the ones holding my steelies to the car but they just took the plastic washer out. The "ass" bit of the lug nut looks like a bulgy acorn. This is the surface that makes contact with the alloys. What I wanted to know was... will these lug nuts be fine for the long run or will I need to go find a wrecked VTIL to buy the "proper" lug nuts?
I have driven about 25,000KMs since then (when I installed alloys) with no problems at all... never loose etc... even did a few tyre rotations too at home.
Just asking because I saw the lug nut thread a few days ago...
I took my car to Bob Jane so they could swap the tyres to the rims etc. They handed my steel wheels back with plastic wheel covers etc.
But the lug nuts they installed were basically the ones holding my steelies to the car but they just took the plastic washer out. The "ass" bit of the lug nut looks like a bulgy acorn. This is the surface that makes contact with the alloys. What I wanted to know was... will these lug nuts be fine for the long run or will I need to go find a wrecked VTIL to buy the "proper" lug nuts?
I have driven about 25,000KMs since then (when I installed alloys) with no problems at all... never loose etc... even did a few tyre rotations too at home.
Just asking because I saw the lug nut thread a few days ago...