A flat tire can happen at any time, so it's best to familiarize yourself with the tools and process before you find yourself ...

Lug bolts are the more inconvenient way to attach a tire to a car, but European automakers have adopted them. Here's what ...

Ah, the scourge of decorative nuts, Sidney. Lots of cars and trucks use chrome covers over their lug nuts. It gives the lug nuts a nice, shiny finish, because who among us wants dull-looking lug nuts?

Owning a truck with six-lug hubs and axles used to be a pain when it came time to buy new wheels for your ride. With the exception of billet wheel manufacturers that would custom-make a wheel with the ...

Chrome-capped lug nuts allow moisture to seep between the cap and the inner nut. That causes corrosion and swelling, making ...

1) remove the lug nut while the car is parked in garage, then put a regular non-locking one in then take to mechanic, who will do the wheel swap for free because they feel bad and I'm a loyal customer ...

We usually don't pay attention to our wheel's bolt pattern that often but it is an important thing to know since every car has a different bolt pattern. The wheel bolt pattern is the number of lug ...

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My problem is that my lug nuts have some kind of cover on them. And the covers are turning instead of the lug nuts themselves. How do I get the lug nuts off? — Sidney Ah, the scourge of decorative ...