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As some of you may know the only real option for lugnuts with flat face washer style for our stock wheels are cheap Amazon lugnuts that rust out after a year or the ford direct replacement which is still susceptible to swelling.
I’ve been using gorilla lugs on my cars and trucks for 15+ years and have always had awesome luck with them! Especially in the great white rust belt.
Gorilla doesn’t make any lugs that are flat seat or mag type. All are mainly conical 60° lugs.
HOWEVER
What some of you may not know is that gorilla makes a washer/adapter to use 60° conical lugs with our OEM style of wheels that use flat face lugs.
Tl;dr?
Found a way to use conical lugs on our OE wheels that use flat face lugs/w. Washer
Gorilla Black Lugs M14x1.5
Part # GOR-26148BC
Gorilla 60° to Flat Face Adapter Washer
Part # GOR - 79916
Update on the cover fitment 1/14/23
Hub covers do not snap/clip/hold on without some finesse. The base of the lugs are just a hair too small.
I tried a few different methods to close the gap between the tips of the clips.
I started with needle nose pliers trying to open each bend of the clips individually . That really didn’t do much. Cover popped on but was easy to knock off.
Then I slipped the needle nose into each clip and pried them toward each other. That worked a little bit. Cover was harder to get/pop on and a little harder to pop off. (Wasn’t satisfied)
Then I took a flat head and slid it into each clip individually using the clip against itself to get them to close into the middle which worked best. It takes an actual hammer fist of strength to pop the covers on and a decent amount of pressure to get them off. (Which can be done by hand.)
I’m going to run this one wheel with the lugs and this process for a week or so to see if the cover holds on with everyday driving before I do the other 3.
I think the best way to make the cover work is to do the flathead method which will bring the tangs in and then go back and do the needle nose method which would bring the tips up and in.
I’ve been using gorilla lugs on my cars and trucks for 15+ years and have always had awesome luck with them! Especially in the great white rust belt.
Gorilla doesn’t make any lugs that are flat seat or mag type. All are mainly conical 60° lugs.
HOWEVER
What some of you may not know is that gorilla makes a washer/adapter to use 60° conical lugs with our OEM style of wheels that use flat face lugs.
Tl;dr?
Found a way to use conical lugs on our OE wheels that use flat face lugs/w. Washer
Gorilla Black Lugs M14x1.5
Part # GOR-26148BC
Gorilla 60° to Flat Face Adapter Washer
Part # GOR - 79916
Update on the cover fitment 1/14/23
Hub covers do not snap/clip/hold on without some finesse. The base of the lugs are just a hair too small.
I tried a few different methods to close the gap between the tips of the clips.
I started with needle nose pliers trying to open each bend of the clips individually . That really didn’t do much. Cover popped on but was easy to knock off.
Then I slipped the needle nose into each clip and pried them toward each other. That worked a little bit. Cover was harder to get/pop on and a little harder to pop off. (Wasn’t satisfied)
Then I took a flat head and slid it into each clip individually using the clip against itself to get them to close into the middle which worked best. It takes an actual hammer fist of strength to pop the covers on and a decent amount of pressure to get them off. (Which can be done by hand.)
I’m going to run this one wheel with the lugs and this process for a week or so to see if the cover holds on with everyday driving before I do the other 3.
I think the best way to make the cover work is to do the flathead method which will bring the tangs in and then go back and do the needle nose method which would bring the tips up and in.
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