frankiblu
May 29th, 09, 1:14 PM
putting on 15x7 rally rims on my 66 today. the car had some old american racing rims on it with those acorn nuts. I bought new 7/16 straight through lug nuts to use on the rallys are those correct????? the acorn nuts that were on there unthreaded really nice and easy but a few of these new straight through nuts were very tight going on anyone know why????
65lkey
May 29th, 09, 1:24 PM
you'll need a conical seat
frankiblu
May 29th, 09, 3:23 PM
what is a conical seat?????
69SS3964Spd
May 29th, 09, 4:07 PM
what is a conical seat?????
Conical(cone) seat and acorn seat are the same thing. Sometimes new lug nuts have a corrosion resistant coating on them that can make them a little more snug the first time you put them on.
frankiblu
May 29th, 09, 8:35 PM
that must be it they do have like a chrome coating on them. and they are coned. thanks guys