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which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla?

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Old 01-03-2008, 10:53 AM
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ok - so I am not the new owner of Brewer's, err, 9civichatch3's spoons... ;-)
now I need to get some good lug nuts to go with them.

I was looking at some Muteki or Gorilla black closed-end 12x1.5 lugs.
Are the Muteki and Gorilla lugs the same?

I want something that looks like this:
http://www.turbomagazine.com/f....html

is this what the Mutekis or Gorillas look like installed?
unfortunately, there do not seem to be any tuner shops local that carry this stuff so I can check them out for myself before I get them.

thanks for your help
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Honestly, when buying 3rd party lugnuts, you want to pay special attention to the quality of the special tool (if applicable) that is used to get them off.

I had some on my WRX back in the day and the tool was awful, good for like 4 uses and then it had been stripped out of recognition, creating something of a problem, lol.

Best of luck. I've never bought either of those two particular brands.
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Default Re: which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla? (bdoreste)

I can vouch for the Muteki lugs, great quality and they are a branch of Project kics. Just dont ever use a impact gun on them and you should be fine.
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Default Re: which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla? (Costco)

had a set of gorillas for a couple years now. not a single problem. purchased from summit. make sure to get the correct type, ball seat, conical which ever is your wheel type.
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Default Re: which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla? (postman)

Go with the Muteki lugnuts. Gorilla lug nuts are much more commonly sold and thus much easier to remove by a thief. Even I have like 3 Gorilla 'keys' in my junk drawer, lol.
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Default Re: which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla? (Leo C)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Leo C &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Go with the Muteki lugnuts. Gorilla lug nuts are much more commonly sold and thus much easier to remove by a thief. Even I have like 3 Gorilla 'keys' in my junk drawer, lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually, I ended up buying some Muteki lugs AND a set of Bull Locks.

One unique Bull Lock per wheel should do the trick...
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Good call
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Leo C &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Go with the Muteki lugnuts. Gorilla lug nuts are much more commonly sold and thus much easier to remove by a thief. Even I have like 3 Gorilla 'keys' in my junk drawer, lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually, I ended up buying some Muteki lugs AND a set of Bull Locks.

One unique Bull Lock per wheel should do the trick...
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Default Re: which LUG NUTS to buy? Muteki or Gorilla? (bdoreste)

I've had my Muteki lugnuts for about four years now...never broke one. I do a lot of wheel rotating. I also have four extra because they come in a pack of 20, (compensates for 4 and 5 luggers).

Just tq them correctly, (75ft/lbs) everytime and you're golden.

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