Is it possible to remove the OEM lugnuts with just the tool that is in the back of our car? I'm thinking about changing my lug nuts to a different color but if I have to actually pay somebody to do it since(i don't have the tools except the ones in the back of my car) than i'm just forget it.

Also do you guys think getting a different color lug nuts on a stockie color rims would look good or tacky?

 

YES and YES

 

hahaha of course you can use the tool in the back of your car to take off the oem lug nuts. what's the point of having a spare if you can't even take off the wheels with the tool included?

 

wow...

 

you read my mind lol

 

hey guys....lets play nice huh. I've been driving since I was 15 and had the first reaction like you being surprised of the question.

Whenever I find someone though that doesn't know a lot of common things with cars I imagine that it's their first car or that no one has ever told them before. When you think about it I'm sure there are a lot of people on the east coast in the city that never ever have cars since they don't really need them as much with the transportation system and congestion of traffic.

Farcus.......Yes you can use the "LUG WRENCH" in the hatch of your car to remove the OEM "Lug Nuts". If you're not going to be jacking up the car and taking the wheel off I only recommend taking one lug off at a time.

You can also get whats called "Locking Lug Nuts" which require a special "key" that goes into the lug wrench in order to be removed. It's a good idea to keep that key INSIDE your car in case you ever get a flat since you would need to drill out the lock nut should you lose the key. If you have or get aftermarket wheels then I HIGHLY recommend getting at least one set of lock nuts for your wheels. Some people put two different kind of lock nuts on there wheels or even have a different lock nut on each lug bolt so that it would require 5 keys to get your wheel off. Depending on how valuable your wheels are you would want to decide on your own how much security you want to have.

Another example of a lock nut is like what I have on my car which is the "Spline drive" lug nut which is kinda shaped like those old school Bomb Pop Popsicles or something. They still require a special key in order to be removed.

Here are some examples of what I'm referring to:

SPLINE DRIVE:






If you are just looking to replace your lug nuts with a different color I'm selling two sets of blue lugs from KW motorsportss. I have two sets because their are only 16 lugs in each set and obviously we need 20 for the whole vehicle. Let me know if you're interested. They are all spline drive so you would need the key they come with to remove them and install.

 

Thanks for the informative response. Yes, this is technically my first car (well first one that I actually give a crap about, I had a civic 05 that I didn't really care for). For the people whos like Wow... yes it might not have been the smartest question asked on here but I'm sure there are plenty of things I can go Wow... on you that you are completely naive about, not to talk trash I'm just saying we're all lacking in certain areas and my area of course is in cars. Thats why I am here to learn from the knowledgeable ones.

Thanks for the offer but I'd also like 20 set lug set. Is there a specific dimension for our tC that I need to get? Also technically I can paint my wheels and calipers using just the jack up machine and the lug wrench in the back of my car right? I know that I'd probably have to paint one wheel at a time since the machine only holds one side of the tC. I suppose it would be better to just rent a bigger machine so I can do both two rims at a time.

 

get a pair of Jack Stand, so u can do both wheel at a time. And they ARE A LOT SAFER than that the jack in back of our trunk.

 

You'll need to get lugs that are 12 x 1.5 (I forget the units but most sites don't list them)

 

If you still have the stock wheels, make sure you do not buy tuner lugs for them. Doing so is very dangerous as tuner lugs are not the right kind of lugs for the stock wheels.

 

Thanks there goes me doing that. Well are there at least OEM lugs that are of different color? I mean I guess I can always paint them

 

be sure to go out and buy a $200 torque wrench, so that you can torque all of your lugs to precisely 75 lb-ft (as specified in manual) in order to prevent under/over torquing your nuts. Your life depends on it!

 

You can paint them, or if you want them to last longer, powdercoat!

 

while a torque wrench is nice to have people have been getting along putting their wheels back on without it for many years. More important to remember when putting your wheels back on is that you get the wheels back on the hub correct and then hand tighten the lugs with the wrench in a STAR pattern so that the wheel goes back on evenly. If you tighten the lugs going clockwise or counter-clockwise around the wheel you have a really good chance of having the wheel not being tightened evenly around the wheel.

Before you lower the car back onto the wheel you have to make sure you tighten the lugs good with the wrench. Once you tighten one lug then you move to the lug across from it, then you move to another lug across from it (not the same one you already tightened). Eventually you will get them all hand tight and then you can lower the car back down onto the wheel.

Once the car is back on the ground then go back and tighten the lugs in a STAR pattern with the wrench but DONT stand on the wrench to get it tight otherwise you probably won't be able to get it back off when you're stuck on the side of the road.

I'f you're still unsure of how to do this I'm sure you can do a google search and find sites on how to properly change a wheel.