What Lug Nuts for aftermarket wheels (conical seat) + Aftermarket TPMS sensors

[RamVA]

Tire model wise I have narrowed it down to the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 and Pirelli P Zero AS Plus 3, both all-seasonal M+S tires (not snow tires). If I lived 2 hours further north I would go the snow tire route, but in Columbus we see maybe 1-5 days of snow covered roads a year. I just know these 19" summer tires turn into hard plastic below freezing, nearly worthless in cold weather.

I'm a fan of the MPS/AS4. We run them on one of our cars year-round (except for track days), it's my winter tire for the ITS, and we run the MPS/AS3 (now-superseded) as a winter tire on another car. I've found that Pirellis get quite noisy and stony as they age, so I generally avoid them. That happens with all tires, but it seems to be worse with the Pirellis. We live in Northern VA, so not terribly different weather than Columbus.

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[bandit81]

I also like the Michelins PS4's, I got the all seasonals on my wife's Accord and my previous Trans Am I had the PS4 Summer tires, plus I can get them at Costco.

 

[bandit81]

Lug nuts!

I got a set of McGard wheel locks, #24216. 4 locking lug nuts, one for each wheel. Quality stuff!!! I believe the factory lug nuts are made by McGard also.

I ordered a set of White Knight 1709SabK-20AM, they are acorn factory look except they are 3/4" or 19mm hex instead of 7/8" or 22mm. Not going to go into detail but I do not plan on using these lug nuts and would not suggest their use on any automobile.

The McGard 64074 look the closest to OEM, they come 4 to a package. It is crazy to me that the regular lug nuts are more expensive than the locking lug nuts, or it appears I must have purchased the locking lug nuts when they were on sale as they are now over $40 for a set of 4. Wheels are not cheap and it's the last place you want to cut corners.

I like those open end lug nuts linked in this thread and may go that route if it looks good with my wheels.

 

[bisquick]

How do they look with your wheels? The 1990's in me likes the "Neo Chrome" color! The adult version of me will get the black lug nuts of course

Not neochrome, but the same brand.

I went with Honda OEM TPMS (Part #: 42753-T6N-E03). No programming required.

 

[bandit81]

Update on lug nuts now that my wheels arrived...

The Drag DR-67 nug nut hole recesses are bored to about 25mm (will caliper the holes when I take the wheels to the tire shop). The 21 and 22 mm non-marring sockets will not fit, meaning I have to go with a 19mm or 3/4" hex nut as that is the largest non-marring socket I have that will fit in the recesses.

The APEX open end lug nuts will work, they are 19mm hex.

The Monolith lug nuts will definitely work for my wheels, they have a diameter of 23.5mm.

For the mean time I got a set of Gorilla K5TS-14150BGR, they are spline (not hex) lug nuts and have a thin profile with their special socket. The socket is 0.9", or just under 23mm in diameter. The other advantage is the lug nut key is driven with a 22mm or 7.8" hex socket, same as the factory 22mm lug nuts (one less socket in my trunk and life, though I now need to carry this socket key).

Here are photos of the new wheel with the McGard wheel lock nut, white lighting lug nut, and the other photo shows the 19mm non marring socket just fitting into the recess. As you can see the White Lightning are a touch bit too small, the McGard sets perfectly. I would like to see just a hair of the lug nut rounded end stick out from the recess, or they better look super awesome like the Monolith lug nuts.

Long term I will either get McGard lug nuts in black or the Monolith in Neo Chrome or black.

 

[bandit81]

The Gorilla K5TS-14150BGR lug nuts arrived, same height as the McGard locks + rounded end is about 1/4" additional, looked good when setting in the wheel. Will post pictures once I get tires in 1-2 weeks.

 

[lmtlsauto]

We have these in stock ready to ship if interested. Definitely recommend them.

https://shop.lmtlsauto.com/collecti.../project-kics-monolith-ti-07-lug-nuts-14x1-50

 

[SlickMoney]

Heads up for anyone who goes with the Apex EC-7 and McGard lugnuts. Most of the non-marring sockets are too thick to fit. You’ll need to use a thin wall non-impact and a breaker bar to loosen… should already be using a torque wrench to tighten anyway.

 

[bandit81]

@SlickMoney is spot on, most wheels will need thin wall sockets or special lugnuts.

Here is a picture ofy wheels with the Gorilla lug nuts.

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