Alloy Shank lug nuts on steel wheels

[JasonRedwood]

Hey There-
Recently, I switched out the hubs on my Venturcraft Trailblazer trailer to 6 lug hubs.
So I can run the same size wheels and tires all around. I have the 5 star aluminum wheels on the 4runner.
On the trailer I have the 16" steel wheels used as spares on the the 3rd gen 4runner, 1997 to be specific.
Alloy wheels take the shake style lug nut, what type of lug nut does the steel spare wheel take?
I have 12 extra shank style lug nuts right now.
I'm assuming that when the steel wheel was used as a spare, there was no "spare set" of lugs, and the shake style lugs work fine for steel wheels. Can any one shed some light on if its OK to use the Shank style lug on the steel wheel?

Thanks
Jason

 

[Stone_Blue]

Yes, its OK to use the OEM alloy lugs on steel rims.
Normal, aftermarket alloy, "mag", wheel lug nuts usually are flat on the open end. Toyota makes their alloy lugs with a "V" shaped end. 60°, IIRC, that matches the standard steel wheel acorn nut...

Of course, your OEM alloy lugs will stick out way farther than either acorn or ballnut lugs, and they will look doofy as hell, but yes, they will work.

 

[JasonRedwood]

Yes, its OK to use the OEM alloy lugs on steel rims.
Normal, aftermarket alloy, "mag", wheel lug nuts usually are flat on the open end. Toyota makes their alloy lugs with a "V" shaped end. 60°, IIRC, that matches the standard steel wheel acorn nut...

Of course, your OEM alloy lugs will stick out way farther than either acorn or ballnut lugs, and they will look doofy as hell, but yes, they will work.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll live with the goofy till I can find a pair of matching 5 stars.

 

[Stone_Blue]

^^ :26_7_2:

 

[aardvarcus]

From my research wanting to do matching alloy wheels on a trailer, aluminum Toyota wheels using mag set lug nuts are only used on hub centric wheels, however most trailers use lug centric wheels with the V shaped or ball shaped lug nuts. It may be necessary to us a lug centric to hub centric adapter/spacer when you change to alloys. I would suggest you check into the offset of the Toyota wheels you want to run and the min-max offset allowable by the trailer manufacturer, you may want to side the adapters to correct the offset.

In summary, the steel wheels can be mounted with the v ended mag seat lug nuts (since the V seat will center the wheel on the lugs), but the bearings in the axle may not like the different offset of the wheels. If you switch to true mag seat alloys, without the correct center bore hub there is nothing to correctly center the wheel (since there is no v). A spacer to correct the offset and add the correct center bore is the best way to accomplish what you want to do.