[Fot] ARE Alloy Wheel Nuts

[Greg "Lunker" Hilyer]

Tony,
If I'm understanding correctly, what you have were called Uni-Lug  
pattern. There were different adaptors available that when put into  
the "oblong", allow mounting on various lug patterns. If this is what  
you have, I'm sorry to say that they are not suitable for racing and  
only marginal for street use. Most American Racing wheels of the era  
everything that the name implied but yours I'm afraid may not be. A  
shame- I always thought the Daisys were very nice looking wheels.
Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
TR4 #314
Albuquerque NM

On Mar 13, 2008, at 8:21 AM, tr4.tony at virgin.net wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> A quandry I have that I'm sure you chaps across the puddle can help  
> with.
>
> I have a set of American Racing 4 spoke alloy wheels as used on the  
> tr250 and
> tr6 .... I believe you call them daisy pattern. The bolt holes are  
> almost
> oblong and designed to be like this.
>
> the nuts comprise an inner segment which screws onto the standard  
> wheel stud,
> but the hole is off centre meaning that the 'inner' nut threads on
> eccentrically. Over these fit a thin cast alloy nut cap about 2mm  
> thick in the
> same vein as the silverstone spinner.
>
> My qusetion is what on earth are these ..... They don't look too  
> clever.
> Should I use standard are lug nuts on these ?
>
> Whatdayaknow ?
>
> Regards
>
> Tony
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