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Do steel wheels have a differnet lugnut than aluminum?

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Old 07-09-2009, 11:28 PM
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Do steel wheels have a differnet lugnut than aluminum?

A guy who is looking at my wheels said that "somebody told him" () that the steelies on his 04 F350 use a different lugnut than trucks that came with factory aluminum wheels.

I think not as I took the steelies off my 2000 Excursion and put 8 hole aluminum wheels on with no changing of the lugnuts but I told him I would ask the board.
 
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Old 07-09-2009, 11:50 PM
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My 01 F250 had the factory aluminum rims, and the spare was a steel rim. I put Weld wheels on it and still used the same lug nuts.
 
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Old 07-10-2009, 01:18 AM
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Anything hub-centric uses the stock lug nuts. My wheels are not hub centric so they are the 60 degree bevel nuts.
 
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Old 07-10-2009, 12:18 PM
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I've been looking for cheapo stock takeoffs, and every picture I see of the alloy wheels has the same marks on them caused by the stock steel lug nuts I have, so I'd say no, they are no different.
 
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You have two types, stud piloted and hub piloted.
 
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My 2003 F250 had steel wheels while my wife's 2003 EX had aluminum. Both used the same lug nuts.
 
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Old 07-13-2009, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by cartmanea
Anything hub-centric uses the stock lug nuts. My wheels are not hub centric so they are the 60 degree bevel nuts.
My hubcentric Weld wheels use acorn style lugnuts...not factory style.


I'm with everyone else on factory wheels using the same lug nuts.
 
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Strange, so Weld wheels are hub-centric AND lug-centric, or they just really aren't that tight on the hubs...
 
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