Aftermarket lug nuts on stock wheels: confirm?
 

Can someone please confirm 100% if you can use aftermarket lug nuts on the stock wheels or not?

I searched for an old thread and it was inconclusive. Thanks

You posted before I got this edit in....

Thinking about it though, I'm not 100% sure that Subaru uses rounded/ball type lug nuts, some OEMs use conical and I haven't bothered to ever look at my OEM lugnuts..

So if the OEM lugnuts have a flat mating surface instead of rounded, you'll be fine.

So check first, if Subaru uses conical style lugnuts then aftermarket conical ones will work fine. I'm so used to Hondas that I instantly think ball seat instead of tapered.

I'll post up a picture later today unless someone can beat me to it.

I had some in my car, they look conical to me :thumbup:

Ignore my earlier posts lol

So .. aftermarket lugs are good to go?

Yeah.

Yeah, OEM Subaru = 60degree conical seat.
Can't use nice OEM wheels from other makes unless one finds proper lugs in 12x1.25 with a proper ball seat radius. Been trying to find some for OEM VW BBS wheels w/R13 ball seats to no avail.

and I now have nicer lug nuts. nice when I can pick em off the shelf at work haha

Hrmm, another photo opportunity? Let's do it.



Although the cone is shallower, looks like a fit to me. These are Muteki SR35 lugs.

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20121016-86_Lugnuts_M12x125-03 by VictorN07, on Flickr

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20121016-86_Lugnuts_M12x125-01 by VictorN07, on Flickr

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20121016-86_Lugnuts_M12x125-02 by VictorN07, on Flickr

will oem wheel lock work on aftermarket wheel?

Assuming said OEM wheel lock is a proper cone seat lug nut (which is a safe assumption), yes.

This could be you..
 

Make sure you have the right nuts LOL

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Conical seat lugs will work perfectly fine on Subaru wheels since Subaru uses a conical seat. Believe me. I've used Gorilla aftermarket lugs on stock WRX wheels and then RallyXed them. It's perfectly ok to use them on our stock wheels.

Uhhhh... I didn't think it would matter. I just got red moteki or whatever red lug nuts on OEM wheels... I even ran autocross this past weekend & even spun out & went off the track.. still on them... I haven't had a problem

So would the same go for the reverse? I have a set of sport edition rims for the winter. I was planning on using my stock lug nuts.

this is good info...thanks guys :thumbsup:

do you have pics?

like selfies, bro?

no like pics of said lugs you took off the shelf at work

I'm running stock lugs on my RPF1's just fine, as long as the wheels you have for the winter are meant for conical seat lugs you're fine.

are mcgard spline drive lug nuts ok with oem brz wheels?

^Should be fine, I run Muteki on stock wheels.

As long as they're conical seat, yes. McGard might make different seat styles, not sure.

The mcgard website says:

"For use with wheels with lug nuts that utilize a 60 degree tapered cone seat at the bottom."

I imagine the oem wheels are 60 degree tapered cone seated?

Yep, you're good!

Are you running open or closed end?
Thanks

I ran Muteki open end (sr48) on stock wheels. Only downside to open is the debris/water that can get it. The sr48 stick out a fair bit but I bought them in prep for ARP studs

It's probably worth noting the stock studs thread easily. I had two thread on me last time I rotated my tires. And yes, they were torqued down to factory spec 89 ft-lbs.

Just a heads-up if you're planning on swapping out all your lug nuts.