OEM Wheel Lug Nuts
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OEM Wheel Lug Nuts
Both my wife and I own 2016 Maxima. She has 36K on hers, mine has 40K. When I rotated my tires, I noticed that the 21mm deep socket no longer fits the chrome lug nuts on the wheels, as they are deformed from use. Her car was almost as bad as mine was.
Nissan uses a 2 piece lug nut, with a chrome cover. With use, and over time, the outer chrome covering becomes deformed, causing the socket not to fit.
I checked at the dealer for OEM wheel lug nuts, and learned that they were in the $15.00 each price range. I found an on-line Nissan dealer that sold them for $10.00 each, plus shipping. I have McGard wheel locks, so I needed 16 new lug nuts.
The parts counter person was kind enough to tell me to look for Dorman Products, as they make a 1 piece lug nut for this application.
The Dorman part number is 611-294, the best price I found was Amazon Prime, a box of 10 for $39.39 and free shipping. I ordered 2 boxes.
I installed the lug nuts yesterday, and as advertised, they fit perfectly and look exactly like the OEM. I ordered 2 boxes for her car too.
You would be forced to call roadside assistance if you needed to change a tire on the road, as the OEM lug nuts become oversized with repeated use.
I sleep better at night now.
I
Nissan uses a 2 piece lug nut, with a chrome cover. With use, and over time, the outer chrome covering becomes deformed, causing the socket not to fit.
I checked at the dealer for OEM wheel lug nuts, and learned that they were in the $15.00 each price range. I found an on-line Nissan dealer that sold them for $10.00 each, plus shipping. I have McGard wheel locks, so I needed 16 new lug nuts.
The parts counter person was kind enough to tell me to look for Dorman Products, as they make a 1 piece lug nut for this application.
The Dorman part number is 611-294, the best price I found was Amazon Prime, a box of 10 for $39.39 and free shipping. I ordered 2 boxes.
I installed the lug nuts yesterday, and as advertised, they fit perfectly and look exactly like the OEM. I ordered 2 boxes for her car too.
You would be forced to call roadside assistance if you needed to change a tire on the road, as the OEM lug nuts become oversized with repeated use.
I sleep better at night now.
I
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Good info. I had to buy some this summer since I stripped a couple because the dealer over-torqued them so much. A local dealer was selling a set of four "used" ones for $12.95 on ebay, so I just went with that.
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Both my wife and I own 2016 Maxima. She has 36K on hers, mine has 40K. When I rotated my tires, I noticed that the 21mm deep socket no longer fits the chrome lug nuts on the wheels, as they are deformed from use. Her car was almost as bad as mine was.
Nissan uses a 2 piece lug nut, with a chrome cover. With use, and over time, the outer chrome covering becomes deformed, causing the socket not to fit.
I checked at the dealer for OEM wheel lug nuts, and learned that they were in the $15.00 each price range. I found an on-line Nissan dealer that sold them for $10.00 each, plus shipping. I have McGard wheel locks, so I needed 16 new lug nuts.
The parts counter person was kind enough to tell me to look for Dorman Products, as they make a 1 piece lug nut for this application.
The Dorman part number is 611-294, the best price I found was Amazon Prime, a box of 10 for $39.39 and free shipping. I ordered 2 boxes.
I installed the lug nuts yesterday, and as advertised, they fit perfectly and look exactly like the OEM. I ordered 2 boxes for her car too.
You would be forced to call roadside assistance if you needed to change a tire on the road, as the OEM lug nuts become oversized with repeated use.
I sleep better at night now.
I
Nissan uses a 2 piece lug nut, with a chrome cover. With use, and over time, the outer chrome covering becomes deformed, causing the socket not to fit.
I checked at the dealer for OEM wheel lug nuts, and learned that they were in the $15.00 each price range. I found an on-line Nissan dealer that sold them for $10.00 each, plus shipping. I have McGard wheel locks, so I needed 16 new lug nuts.
The parts counter person was kind enough to tell me to look for Dorman Products, as they make a 1 piece lug nut for this application.
The Dorman part number is 611-294, the best price I found was Amazon Prime, a box of 10 for $39.39 and free shipping. I ordered 2 boxes.
I installed the lug nuts yesterday, and as advertised, they fit perfectly and look exactly like the OEM. I ordered 2 boxes for her car too.
You would be forced to call roadside assistance if you needed to change a tire on the road, as the OEM lug nuts become oversized with repeated use.
I sleep better at night now.
I
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From: BC CANADA
Thanks for this information. I have just had to replace 3 lug nuts during my winter tire change over. It seems as though the tire shop that installed my brand new summer tires on the summer rims in the spring, did not put the socket all the way on these 3 lug nuts and made a mess of them. It required a 22 m socket to get them off instead of the actual size 21m. This is why I do my own change over in the spring and fall. I ordered using your part number and the sockets were just as advertised.
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