Colored Lug Nuts For Stock Rims
 

I'm looking for red lug nuts for my stock nismo rims. I plan to powder coat the rims black. I need a good brand of lug nuts that makes the right size for the stock rim. Has anyone found any? or would it be easier to just paint or powder coat the stock lug nuts?

I got some NRG aluminum lugs in blue for my car. They seem ok, but haven't read many reviews on them.

Probably easier to color your stock ones. Most aftermarket lugs won't work with the stock rims.

I was actually thinking about this as well.

would the stock lugs hold color well? I would hate to have to paint them everytime the tires come off.

they probably will not hold any paint well at all. For the OEM lugs unfortunately you dont have much in terms of choice at all. You could PC just the top of them though, that part shoudnt chip off.

won't hold it well at all.

what if I sand blast the lug nuts before powder coating? What that help them hold up better?

I may end up having to do that.

you can powdercoat them. If you are just going to put your wheels on and leave them until the tires or brakes wear out, you will be fine. If you swap wheels often, just do the tops of them and leave the sides uncoated.

Sand blasting them won't do anything, its the wrench torqueing on the lugs that messes the sides up.

I don't know of any aftermarket lugnuts for the stock wheels.

These lugnuts that I did only have the tops coated:

yeah but the problem with just doing the tops is that my rims are going to be black. I think the silver sides would stand out alittle.

And Mike your Z1 Motorsports powder coater right?
If so you will more than likely be the person doing my rims and lugs nuts.

yes I am. If you are going to put them on and leave them, then doing the whole lugnut will be fine. they may scrape up a little, but you won't really see it on the sides once installed. Its when you start putting them off and on repeatedly that they start to tear up.

not to thread jack, but is there a reason AM lugs don't fit OEM rims? and Those are some awesome Green lugs Mike!

yes, there is a reason. Our wheels use an acorn style lugnut. the clamping force is on the washer area. most other factory wheels, and most aftermarket use conical tapered lugs, but the mounting point on our wheel is flat, not tapered. If you use aftermarket lugnuts, you will get a ring of about 1/16" of an inch that is the only contact area between the lugnut and the wheel.

my next question is, a two parter... a) why doesn't anyone make an AM acorn style? and B) is there a reason to have one over the other?