Hello Fellow rodders - once again I have to tap into your expertise I really need to find a supplier for 10 wheel lugs and 10 ET-style washers for my VINTAGE Torq-Thrust (look like) aluminum wheels The washers look like this and have a tapered seat BUT my application requires that the hole for the wheel stud is centered (not offset as shown in the pic). This enables the wheel to fit a Chevy bolt circle. The wheel studs are 7/16-20 I would genuinely appreciate any assistance as to where and how I might be able to find these parts. Thanks in advance, Michael
Michael...those are easy to find on Ebay. Google Lug Nut King and you will find them. I looked on Ebay and saw lots of 1/2" non GM setups... there is one guy selling the GM ones at the moment. Lug Nut Guy. Anyway..contact Lug Nut King at their store...im sure he will hook you up.
ET used either the A or the B washers which gave the option of either a bolt pattern of 4 1/2" or 4 3/4". Can't remember which is which now though. Maybe E-Bay?, like Black Panther stated.
There is one washer with the offset lug hole its for 4 1/2" with the hole towards the center, or flipped with hole towards outside for 5"lug patterns. The washer with the lug hole dead center is for GM 4 3/4" patterns..
Michael...ETs are my favorite wheel. I have about 5 sets in different sizes. Only one pair of 10" wide though. I like the idea of running the same wheel on my boogie van 5" pattern...or a '55 Chevy...or a Ford..or Mopar...or?
Wow, I wish that mine were as nice as yours. Mine date back to the sixties and they are showing their age but when I get access to a lathe with a big swing I will polish the hell out of them. I had a close look-alike to them custom made for me by American Racing wheels, 15 x 15 and have a big set of street Hoosiers mounted on them for the back of my street rod. They look tough!
Michael..thanks! When I Googled Lug Nut King..I got a seller in Australia. While they have the ET washers and lug nuts too..I mean Lug Nut King in Ontario CA. I see them at evert swap and am kind of spoiled in that I can see them in person. It seems like they have a Facebook presence..but I don't. Here's a phone number for them I found..
My local tire store carries those washer in conical, or mag type in stock. And if he doesn't have enough to do a whole car, he gets them within hours. I switched my wheels from the shank type mag washers to conicals after I almost lost a rear tire! Last I bought were .50 cents each about 4 years ago. This is the link to Lugnut King on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/str/lugnutkingiv?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563
Here's his center hole conical. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3133997953...knbdqIBgkvbsmjiHOwwxqIfVnF|tkp:Bk9SR9yl57ThYQ
The Ebay link showing $20 for 10 washers isnt horrible...but for comparison, at the swaps I think he charges me $15 or $20 for a complete set of 20 nuts and washers...his prices are probably cheapest if you deal with him direct..
They are. He had a listing for four two-bar knock-offs on eBay for $60 including shipping. I needed five. Called, they were $10 each and with shipping were still under $60. Make the call.
look on the rare wheels thread last page at this time. great info from an old catalogue by 1933_willys_77 I have bought some off EBAY recently from lugnutguys got what I ordered fast
I have a set of early E-T direct bolt pattern 15X6 &15X7 but I don't have any Uni-Lug wheels. I have 2 sets of NOS center hole washers with lugs but there's no way I would sell them for what you could buy the repro ones for.
Yeah, the conical seat is superior to the shank style, both in staying tight and ease of installation. ET really did have the best uni-fit design, the Cragars I have are a PITA to mount with the slotted holes and shank-style nuts... But I did have issues with porous castings that leaked right through the wheel. Back then the cure was that goop they used to sell for flat tires (the gray stuff, not the green...), these days I'd have the inside of the wheel heavily powdercoated for sealing.
Jb Weld on inside of wheel leak holes works. I had a factory GM aluminum wheel. It was more than 10 years old when a little hole started to leak. A little jb fixed it for good.
The front wheels on dads coupe leaked through the mouths casting. We had the bad spot ground out and welded up, but the wheels still leaked. would you believe a coating of spray on flex seal did the trick great! Yea, the stuff from the infomercial actually worked well.
Do any of you guys that need E-T Mags Uni-Lug washers and lugs ever think to contact us? We still produce the washers and lugs for our old wheels, 7/16, 1/2 and 12mmx1.5 and 1.25. in stock. www.etmags.com
Can you help with production dates on some ET mag wheels. I picked up a pair the other day and was just curious. Thanks James.
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