Tire Carrier

[JeepKj96]

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone knows the lug size of the stock spare tire carrier. Not the lugs that hold the wheel to the carrier but the lugs that hold the carrier to the rear tail gate. The ones on it now are crappy looking and the caps have come off of some of them. I want to put black ones on.

Thanks.

 

[tommudd]

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone knows the lug size of the stock spare tire carrier. Not the lugs that hold the wheel to the carrier but the lugs that hold the carrier to the rear tail gate. The ones on it now are crappy looking and the caps have come off of some of them. I want to put black ones on.

Thanks.

There aren't any caps on the nuts that hold the carrier to the door unless someone had installed them sometime in a past life. Just regular nuts on bolts

 

[ltd02]

I'm pretty sure on my 02 I have factory lug nuts holding the carrier to the door too. So should be 1/2-20 I believe. I could be wrong and haven't looked in a bit but can double check tomorrow. Might be an earlier model year thing Tom?

 

[jeeptorino68]

1/2-20 lug nuts hold the tire carrier to the tailgate on my '02

 

[teeje]

The factory lug nuts have a regular lug nut like on older cars but have a pressed on metal chrome cap. I think that's what he's referring too tommud


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[Kal-El]

The factory lug nuts have a regular lug nut like on older cars but have a pressed on metal chrome cap.

And when that cap comes off your lug wrench doesn't fit NEAR as nice...:Insane:

 

[teeje]

And when that cap comes off your lug wrench doesn't fit NEAR as nice...:Insane:

That's why when I got my new rims I said GET THE SPECIAL LUG NUTS! Can't stand those factory ones.


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[Kal-El]

Yep...only SOLID lugs for me on whatever I'm running.

 

[tommudd]

The factory lug nuts have a regular lug nut like on older cars but have a pressed on metal chrome cap. I think that's what he's referring too tommud


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Know what they are talking about, regular nuts hold the carrier on BUT BACK FEW YEARS AGO PEOPLE CHANGED THEM OUT FOR REGULAR lug nuts trying to cool

 

[tommudd]

Yep...only SOLID lugs for me on whatever I'm running.

My 2004 i bought new with over 221,000 miles still is using the stock lug nuts it came with, take care of them, they take care of you