Just one word.
Cool.
As my teenagers say, you go - dude. That's the bomb.
And keep me posted on your progress. I'm impressed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Philip L.
> Stewart
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 1998 9:42 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: GMC lug nuts (reply 2)
>
>
> Mark,
>
> The hubcaps I'm trying to use are the 9.5 inch diameter black ABS
> plastic ones that GM uses on its late model pickups, not the chromed
> plastic ones which usually come with the optional alloy wheels.
>
> The lug nut stud spacings (pattern) for these black ones appear to fit
> close to perfectly the lug nut pattern of the OEM GMC MH wheel. The
> problem is that the lugs nuts used by GM to mount these hubcaps and late
> model pickup wheels are a totally different design from the GMC MH OEM
> lug nuts and cannot be used to mount the GMC MH wheel.
>
> So, that's why I'm still looking for a lug nut with duplicate design of
> the GMC MH OEM lug nut, execpt that it would be about a 1/4 inch taller
> than the OEM (i.e. about 1 1/8 inch tall). BTW, Paul, are any of those
> links likely a source for lug nuts?
>
> I hope this search for differnt lug nuts doesn't sound too nutty. If
> sucessful in this quest, I should be able to come up with an attractive
> alterantive to the aluminum OEM wheel covers (other than the those
> beautiful Alcoas) and still be able to display the "GMC" logo on the
> wheel.
>
> Phil Stewart
>
Cool.
As my teenagers say, you go - dude. That's the bomb.
And keep me posted on your progress. I'm impressed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Philip L.> Stewart
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 1998 9:42 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: GMC lug nuts (reply 2)
>
>
> Mark,
>
> The hubcaps I'm trying to use are the 9.5 inch diameter black ABS
> plastic ones that GM uses on its late model pickups, not the chromed
> plastic ones which usually come with the optional alloy wheels.
>
> The lug nut stud spacings (pattern) for these black ones appear to fit
> close to perfectly the lug nut pattern of the OEM GMC MH wheel. The
> problem is that the lugs nuts used by GM to mount these hubcaps and late
> model pickup wheels are a totally different design from the GMC MH OEM
> lug nuts and cannot be used to mount the GMC MH wheel.
>
> So, that's why I'm still looking for a lug nut with duplicate design of
> the GMC MH OEM lug nut, execpt that it would be about a 1/4 inch taller
> than the OEM (i.e. about 1 1/8 inch tall). BTW, Paul, are any of those
> links likely a source for lug nuts?
>
> I hope this search for differnt lug nuts doesn't sound too nutty. If
> sucessful in this quest, I should be able to come up with an attractive
> alterantive to the aluminum OEM wheel covers (other than the those
> beautiful Alcoas) and still be able to display the "GMC" logo on the
> wheel.
>
> Phil Stewart
>
