Are these original GT350 lug nuts - or something else?

[Gary_H]

I recently purchased a 2019 GT350 and trying to figure out if this is an OEM lug nut or do I have replacements?

This is one of the lug nuts:

It is tapered, so a 13/16 does not fully seat:

A 21mm fully seats. This is what I used to remove and re-install it with:

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[WD Pro]

If the 13/16” doesn’t fully seat, someone has already used a 21mm on them, and likely with an impact gun (i.e. they are on their way out, and you should consider swapping them now, before they become a problem).

Those are the standard Ford two piece nuts, at least for a GT (I’m assuming the 350 used the same type)

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[WD Pro]

This might help :



I made that short video following someone on here telling me that couldn’t hold a spanner (or some similar wording), and that 21mm was correct …

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[Kachow]

This might help :



I made that short video following someone on here telling me that couldn’t hold a spanner (or some similar wording), and that 21mm was correct …

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Love the video.

I bought a 6 owner 350 with 32k on it. Had to use 3 different socket heads to remove the stock lugs off the car. They are garbage. Replaced them with Optimum Performance lugs.

 

[Gary_H]

Thank you for the video link.

Some years ago I had a GLK350 with 2 piece lug bolts. The head looked like a flower, but a metric socket worked on it. The head piece came off one of them revealing a torx head underneath. Fortunately I have a kit with larger size metric E-torx sockets so it was not a big issue.

 

[matthewr87]

Buy some sweet Gorilla nuts and call it a day. I love my Gorilla nuts; so hefty.

 

[Gary_H]

Buy some sweet Gorilla nuts and call it a day. I love my Gorilla nuts; so hefty.

That is a good plan

Parts for the tone ring TSB are coming in tomorrow and I just removed the decklid panel today to put the Shelby logo back on. Carfax says last oil change was August 2025, so that's coming up on the to-do list.

So for right now, I think the lug nuts are going on the back burner until tire replacement. My plan is to remove the wheels myself and take them to the tire store for mounting. I can then manage not cross threading nor under torquing myself.

What's funny is I sold my '65 convertible (see avitar) in hopes I could cruise this new one a month or two without working on it

Edit: I don't see any concern about driving without a backup camera attached?

 

[sox3]

Those lug nuts are definitely not one of Fords better ideas. Dump them and get a set of Gorilla nuts. Had my neighbor yesterday that had 2 of them that got stuck in a socket.

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