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Sodes
02-13-2007, 02:08 PM
So I got my Magnum AWD RT last week from a used car dealer. The dealer had 20" wheels on it while it was on the lot. I didn't like the 20s they had so I told them to go ahead and put the OEM wheel back on. I've since noticed what seems to me to be an unusually large gap on the lug nuts. Is this normal/correct or did they use the wrong nuts?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sodes/389285847/
Sodes
02-13-2007, 02:13 PM
Now with a picture...
done
02-13-2007, 02:57 PM
No that does not look right. Pull back on the picture so we can see the whole wheel. AWD wheels should look like mine. Follow the link below.
Invader
02-13-2007, 03:45 PM
OEM wheels use larger diameter lug nuts (outside diameter). The lug is 14x1.25. The larger OEM ones have a larger contact patch in the cone area. My OEM ones would not fit on my aftermarket wheels.
boggart
02-13-2007, 04:27 PM
sure doesn't look good.
RandomAccess
02-13-2007, 09:10 PM
Definitely not right.
lower8
02-14-2007, 02:19 AM
is there any play in the wheels?

have you grabbed them and pushed back and forth on the wheels?
LowGo
02-14-2007, 05:18 AM
Something definitely doesn't look right. It's hard to tell from the picture, but are there spacers between the nuts and the wheel? If so, that's not right.
RandomAccess
02-14-2007, 08:47 AM
I wonder if they used lugs meant for the RAM. Honestly those lugs are crap anyway. My dealer keeps breaking them when they rotate the tires. Maybe best to just go get a set of gorilla's or something.
Sodes
02-14-2007, 08:03 PM
There is no play in the wheels, I now know they aren't correct, but the Dodge dealer wants $85 for a set of replacement lugs. Invader, you want to get rid of your OEM lugs that you have?
RandomAccess
02-14-2007, 08:46 PM
If you just bought it the dealer should give you the correct lugs... If not.. save yourself $60 and buy this set of gorillas for $26

http://estore.websitepros.com/802805/Detail.bok?no=1007

They are solid instead of that hollow stock crap.
boggart
02-14-2007, 11:25 PM
Holy crap, don't pay them that much for crappy lugs. Get the ones RA linked to.
Sodes
02-15-2007, 09:00 AM
If you just bought it the dealer should give you the correct lugs... If not.. save yourself $60 and buy this set of gorillas for $26

http://estore.websitepros.com/802805/Detail.bok?no=1007

They are solid instead of that hollow stock crap.


Thanks for the help, order these this morning. Now I'm on to changing the exhaust, but that's a different thread.