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on one of our cars year-round (except for track days), it's my winter tire for the ITS, and we run the MPS/AS3 (now-superseded) as a winter tire on another car.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.

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