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Old 11-09-2007, 02:49 PM
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Default aftermarket rims and lug nuts

the car is a 2000 firebird, i was going to go change the breaks today, but wouldnt ya know i go to loosen up the lug nuts and one of the tire irons i have will fit, well i found that a size 19 socket will fit most of them, but the retard that owned this car before me apparently had multiple different sizes of lugs on the car. the only wheels that i can take off are the passenger front and the drivers rear. that and i think when i got tires that samsclub cross threaded the lugs on the passenger rear because i can fit the socket over three of thelugs but two of them it wont go over, i dont know if it is size or the cross threaded thing but ill get it figured out when i take it ot auto zone or something to get the 4 or 5 sockets i need to take all my wheels off [:@]i found a pic of the rims that are on my car, but i cant find anywhere on the website how to just order lug nuts and not the rims. mine arent that shiny though, they are covered in brake dust[&:]
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 06:39 PM
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Default RE: aftermarket rims and lug nuts

Man you should be able to buy those lug nuts at any parts store... if you're going to auto zone anyway ask if they have the right ones.. I'm almost certain they do. Sorry you're having such bad luck.. that really sounds like something that would happen to me, lol. I had a set of locks that I lost the key for once... talk about a pain in the rear!!
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 09:07 PM
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Default RE: aftermarket rims and lug nuts

Find the closest socket that will fit. Hammer it on, take the nut off, then heat up the socket and wail on it with a hammer. The nut should pop out.
 
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