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(More customer reviews)Okay, maybe everyone doesn't have "Gold Fever", but you can't go wrong with McGard when it comes to quality, safety, and security for your vehicle's rims and tires. I've been using one or another of their wheel systems since the 1960's and have never had any of their lugs strip, peel, rust, or otherwise fail. I have only seen them dent from years of impact socket wrench use.
Recently, I purchased a new OEM set of "gold" aluminum alloy wheels for my cherry and customized 1985 Pontiac Trans Am. A McGard metric chrome shank type system had been safely providing protection, to my thirty-year old aluminum Centerline Drag Wheels, ever since I installed those wheels to the TA in 1992. Before that, those wheels were also protected by an SAE McGard shank system on a 1979 Camaro. Everything still looked great on the TA, but I wanted a new look more in line with the car's original Pontiac options. What I sure didn't want were those stupid OEM lugs with the plastic cap covers. Those covers always come up missing, and the OEM lugs don't have McGard's patented anti-theft and performance features - nor does McGard provide an OEM system that does this for use with the factory caps.
Yes, the McGard hex-design chrome lugs and lock system I had would have looked fine on the new gold OEM wheels... but for one thing. The OEM wheels don't use a shank type lug nut - and while the Centerline shank type style is sturdier for race use, I didn't care to have the new wheels re-machined for them as I no longer race cars. With the air cleared that the shank style lug is stronger than OEM hex-design lugs with cone type OEM seats, I also knew McGard machines angles to the seating area of their cone style lug nuts that are more concentric than others in the industry - providing better strength than any other OEM factory lug.
Now, the spline design is again stronger and more secure as less distortion is involved than using hex-design lugs. The loss in the mechanics of the hex design lug, to a hex socket contact points, is apparent throughout the body of the part in comparision to the more equalized geometry and increased surface contact area of the spline design. Of course this is nothing new in the automotive industry, or those driven shafts and axles in vehicles today would be in use with a hex drive in preference to the much more reliable spline drives they use.
So - it didn't take long to find the McGard offering the main points I wanted:
The McGard spline drive is used on four of the five lugs on my car for more precise torque than a hex design offers.
The higher McGard cone seat concentricity is in place for more equal and reduced strain on the studs and alloy wheel seats.
The locking lug is balanced to match the weight of the other lugs.
McGard's locking lug system protects valuable rims and tires from theft.
Secondary points:
McGard's lifetime finish quality is unequaled by any other chrome lug system I've ever used.
The gold chrome finish couldn't help but look great on my new OEM gold rims.
Those old shank type McGard lugs and Centerline rims and tires? They're going on another classic ride that has the same metric studs. The rims and lugs might be thirty years old, but there's not a blemish on them anywhere thanks to McGard.
Maybe you should go for the "Gold" - and have the best also. Available in solid chrome, gold chrome, and chrome with colored ends. Just use the Amazon selector to be sure you select the proper ones for your vehicle and rims.
*Note - Always be sure to re-torque your alloy rim lug nuts properly after the first 50 miles, and recheck them periodically thereafter.
***Note*** This product is not for use on steel wheels.
Get all the facts from the manufacturer before you make your Amazon.com order. Don't order the incorrect part. These "McGards" always look great and will last a lifetime.
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McGard 65557GDC SplineDrive Wheel Installation Kit (M12 x 1.5 Thread Size) - Gold Chrome with Wheel Locks - For 5 Lug Wheels
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