I have an '07 Caliber with the 17" steelies. I recently purchased a set of the 17" factory alloys from e-bay. The lug nuts weren't included.

Can I use the lugs currently on the car with the new alloy wheels? The parts guy at the local dealership didn't know one way or the other, but did quote me about $7 PER NUT if I wanted to buy a new set.

I'd rather not buy new nuts if I don't have to.

 

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They should have the same bevel on them. You might remove a stock lug and see how it seats in the new wheels. The $7 ones are chrome I believe like the ones on our 09. You can probably get a set of chrome lugs at Autozone for about $25.

 

Thanks for the quick response! I'll check at Autozone just to lock down what I'll need if for some reason they don't work. I'll just make sure I mention it to the garage to check the nuts before they start pulling tires off of the steelies.

Edit: I see you have an orange Caliber in your sig. Same color as mine. Have you noticed if your rear bumper is slightly darker than the hatch? I just had my rear bumper replaced after being rear-ended and it doesn't match exactly. The shop said it's because the bumper cover is plastic and the body is metal and that it doesn't match exactly on a lot of cars. I don't buy that. They should be able to tint the paint to compensate. I think they're just being lazy.

 

I haven't noticed. This color looks different from every angle and in different shading. I will look in the sunlight tomorrow (Friday) to see.

 

I looked today, it is the same as the rest of the car. No difference in the shade of the paint.

 

Did you ever get the right lug nuts?

 

Woops. Forgot about this thread. Yes, the ones that were on there already worked fine.

 

Cool. Glad to know.

 

Not sure what climate you live in but I believe the lug nuts from your original steelies are the regular lug nuts with the chrome caps on them... if so, you'll be good for awhile but may need to replace them in the future. If you do, the Autozone option mentioned above is a good choice... one thing to consider (though a bit **** perhaps) if you do have to replace them AND you live in a cold-weather climate, is to purchase two sets of lug nuts.

When I still lived in Michigan, I had two sets of lug nuts... one that I put on every winter when I wasn't concerned with whether or not they looked rusty, and another set that I put on in the summer months. When I took the summer lug nuts off in the fall, I placed them in a tupperware container filled with transmission fluid to keep them from corroding while waiting to be put back on next summer!

 

Not a bad Idea JimBob, salt can reek havoc on chrome sometimes.