discojmz Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 that's right, nuts more specifically those useful ones that hold the round turny bits on your vehicle need some for steel wheels because i only have the ones for my alloys and as we all know, theyre not suitable for steels but there are two types i see. normal galvy what look like deeper ones that are fully enclosed or capped second ones are 2x the price of the normal ones. which when i want 20-23 of either makes a difference. but are the 2nd ones particularly superior. i see them on a lot of trucks. i suppose they protect the end of the stud thread from corrosion? are they any easier to actually work with or just look nicer? discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 just a personal thing but i like to able to see how much thread is hanging out, then a quick visual check shows me they are still done up.... but you should check them regularly anyway.... mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 The second style is double ended, so you could not put on wrong way round, they were standard on all old and mil landrovers , also stopped end of thread getting damged or rusty HTSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discojmz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 are you positive? they look like the end is closed in to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80INCH Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 The second type are fitted to series ones and twos and are 15/16 socket. Threes had the other shorter type and are a bit bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discojmz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 both are listed for defender, disco 1 and rrc by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 The top one is the later 27mm or 1 1/16" AF nuts. These will fit. From the picture, the bottom one could be either the older S1 or S2/2a type, 24mm/15/16" AF nuts OR they could be later "capped" nuts as described. Assuming the later, they look nicer but clearly cost more. IMHO beauty is in the eye of the billpayer. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discojmz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 yeah theyre the capped ones if theyre no better (functionality and protection-wise) then i'll get the normal ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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