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    Quick Lug Nut question

    Sometime from someone during the last 10 years I bought a full set of lug nuts. They are larger in appearance than stock, a shiny chrome look and judging from their failures, its a chrome cap. One by one the caps are either breaking free or coming off into the socket. . Luckily you can still get the underlying bare lug off. "So far" I saw the ones DMC offers and they kinda have the same appearance so I backed off on buying them.

    Are these chrome caps that are welded,pressed on? If so, I want SOLID quality lug nuts.
    Where, who, any info on some please let me know. Thanks......
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIMJAM View Post
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    Are these chrome caps that are welded,pressed on? If so, I want SOLID quality lug nuts.
    Where, who, any info on some please let me know. Thanks......

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    http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?19...ght=solid+lugs

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    6 yrs old but I will look into that.Thanks . I did see the SpecialT picture and I am almost 100% certain those are the ones that I have /had that the cover comes loose on.
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    Several years ago Josh put in an order for 5,000 stainless steel single piece (no cap) lug nuts that match OEM specs.

    I haven't heard an update on them yet to know if they ever arrived. To my knowledge this was the closest we came to a perfect lug nut.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIMJAM View Post
    6 yrs old but I will look into that.Thanks . I did see the SpecialT picture and I am almost 100% certain those are the ones that I have /had that the cover comes loose on.
    Check Page #5 (Post #45) from last month, Posted by Michael. He has been running the solid "Honda" lugs for over 5 years without a problem.

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    Good to see some very familiar characters that go way back.

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    I just found a great deal on eBay on a full set (20) of the specific OEM Honda lugs that Michael originally posted about, the 90304-SA5-013 - for $30. I do see that the seat is not quite the right shape but I'm willing to give it a try since now all but 2 of my second set of Hervey lug nuts have lost their caps, again.
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