[EcoXLT]

The OE lug nuts are capped with a stainless steel cover. If water gets under (power wash?) the steel nut inside rusts, swells, and causes trouble.

If beat to heck with an impact driver and/or worn socket a bit bigger than it should be, the cap gets damaged.

Mine must have been beat. I cut the stainless open and no rust.

 

[butthead]

Sounds like you have an independent shop?
I bought tires through Discount and they include rotations, so I went with what they offered.

Was going to go with the Gorillas as recomended, but glanced at their impact last time I had it in and looked like it was a 12pt?

So I went with their's, which are an odd type with inset splines I'd never seen before (below). About $2/ea (high) but they are true one-piece and there is no marring at all after 2 rotations.

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Need care with the small diameter spline nuts, the acorn section is at the 60 degree angle but the surface is much smaller than stock lugs. I use sline nuts on my aftermarket wheels,m the stock lugs will not fit. But the seating surface on my wifers Edge and son's F150 is too narrow. Not sure if it's a big problem, I just did not trust them in that use.

Left to right. Stock acorn, 2 inch small splined, chrome one inch small spline, internal spline small diameter. I use 2 inch small spline lugs on mt truck. KM

 

[bluelight]

I'm already on my 2nd set of 2-piece lug nuts. The first were already swelling when I got the truck. Was wondering why everything said it was 21mm, but I needed a 22mm. Eventually even that wouldn't fit. I tried some 1-piece chrome nuts from the river, and they started crusting up after their first winter. Went back to the OEM style ones.

Funny this is the first time I've had that problem with the 2-piece nuts. Usually, the steel cap just falls off. My Cruze just lost one of its caps.

 

[F150RTR]

+1 Gorilla. Numerous tire rotations, two tire sets, they're still kicking. Happy happy happy.

 

[Artifleurs]

The OE lug nuts are capped with a stainless steel cover. If water gets under (power wash?) the steel nut inside rusts, swells, and causes trouble. If beat to heck with an impact driver and/or worn socket a bit bigger than it should be, the cap gets damaged.

2013 Ford F-150. Upgraded Lug Nut recommendations. The stock chrome lug nuts swell and the mechanic shop won't rotate the tires without new lug nuts to put back on. Do we have a lug nut recommendation that won't swell? Google and search have failed me. I don't see anything addressing this issue. Nothing fancy, functional and hopefully reasonable looking. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

2014 SCREW 3.5 TT Ecoboost FX4, 122,580 miles, 2nd owner since 03/2018 with 47K when bought. Got new tires from Costco last yr and they told me my lug nuts were getting a little stripped. Had all 4 tires replaced & with new lug nuts at $1/each. Now nice and shiny chrome without that old plastic outer lug nut cover. Very happy with them. And knowing if anything goes wrong with them, Costco will take care of it no charge. A little piece of mind is worth it at $1/per.

 

[motorhead1991]

Any one piece spline drive should work fine. My used truck had Gorillas on it when I bought it. I kept them when I put the Sport wheels on.

 

[N4HHE]

2014 SCREW 3.5 TT Ecoboost FX4, 122,580 miles, 2nd owner since 03/2018 with 47K when bought. Got new tires from Costco last yr and they told me my lug nuts were getting a little stripped. Had all 4 tires replaced & with new lug nuts at $1/each. Now nice and shiny chrome without that old plastic outer lug nut cover. Very happy with them. And knowing if anything goes wrong with them, Costco will take care of it no charge. A little piece of mind is worth it at $1/per.

$1/nut is ridiculously cheap.

 

[geraldnwb]

I purchased the chrome Gorilla lugnuts a couple of years ago on ebay, and have been very happy with them.​

 

[butthead]

Any one piece spline drive should work fine. My used truck had Gorillas on it when I bought it. I kept them when I put the Sport wheels on.
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I bought a set of internal splined lug nuts for my wife's Edge but did not like the smaller contact of the shoulder on the stock aluminum wheels, they look to have 50% less contact area and sink into the wheel's cone seat. I do use splined lug on my aftermarket wheels but they have more material under the cone seat and little space to use a stock style large acorn nut. KM

 

[Trav16]

In case anyone has swollen or broken cap issues on the lug nuts, when I worked at a Ford dealership, these 1/2mm sockets worked amazingly for getting them off and throwing them away.

 

[fynn]

2013 Ford F-150. Upgraded Lug Nut recommendations.

The stock chrome lug nuts swell and the mechanic shop won't rotate the tires without new lug nuts to put back on. Do we have a lug nut recommendation that won't swell?

Google and search have failed me. I don't see anything addressing this issue.

Nothing fancy, functional and hopefully reasonable looking.

Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

I'm a DIYer, and after needing to chisel off the stupid caps from the lugnuts so I could change rotors/pads I decided to get solid ones. I installed "Eisen 14x1.5mm One-Piece Chrome OEM Factory Style Large Lug Nuts" 12 months ago and am very pleased. They are affordable, same size, and haven't rusted despite living in the rust belt. I ALSO bought a 6-point (not 12!) deep 21mm socket so the nuts will neve get rounded. I've also taken to rotating my own wheels because impact wrenches in the hands of auto techs will eventually ruin them and chip the chrome. Plus I know they are properly torqued on.

 

[yan24dia]

I have a 2013 Ford F150 FX2 with 186K miles and 20" OEM wheels. I went with the Dorman 611-288 "OE FIX" solid lug nuts. They are a 1 piece carbon steel design vs. the 2 piece stainless veneer OE version. The color is slightly different, but I don't think anyone will really notice except me. For what it's worth, I first bought the Dorman 711-1405 kit with 24 lug nuts in it. The thread and conical angle was correct, but the cone itself was much shorter. I installed one lug nut and just didn't feel confident it would hold up. I then ordered the larger 611-288 nuts which fit perfectly. rockauto.com also has an OE look 2 piece design from PTC (#98245). However, I think the one piece design is best in the long run and should never have issues deforming like the OEM design.