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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - where to buy stainless wheel nuts

I have minilite type alloys on my car. They use a tapered wheel nut with a larger bearing area than the standard taper nut for steel wheels.

You can buy the nuts from moss (TT6320) but they only supply a chrome version.

Does anyone know if these are available in stainless, and if so where from?

Many thanks.
R T Jakeman

If your minilite copies were from MGOC then the standard Rostyle wheel nuts fit and are available in S/S

see - http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/INFODOC/04.Wheel_&_Tyre_Packages_Part3.pdf

Wheel nut- Stainless steel W650A
Price: £2.40 Including VAT at 20%

Wheel nut- Stainless steel with logo W655A
Price: £2.40 Including VAT at 20%
Nigel Atkins

R T you might check with suppliers for ATVs. Some of those use a 3/8" X 24 thread stud and a wider base flare than standard lug nuts. I don't know if they have them in stainless though. I'd be very wary of using stainless lug nuts though, stainless has a tendency to gall when torqued against standard steel unless you use a good anti sieze compound. You still run the risk of having a lug nut sieze on the stud which would be a real problem.
B Young

This thread was discussed on 30/03/2011

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