Hey everyone, need some advice!

[Youngblood]

Hey guys, I just joined the forum but have been using the site for a while. Awesome site with a lot of cool very knowledgable peeps. Anyway I'm new to qauds but have been riding streetbikes and dirtbikes for years. I picked up a 05' 400EX in pristine condition, the one thing that worries me is the guy I bought it from replaced the OEM rim lug nuts with car style acorn cap nuts, the nuts have a beveled back but as you know the rim surface does not. Everything seems tight but I dont want these nuts to end up gouging the rims up. What do you think, should I try to track down the OEM nuts or do you think I'm overdoing it? Thanks

Joe

[0101]

I use nuts that are beveled kinda like an acorn.... I've never had a problem till i put them on my sand tire rims and torqued them down. It pushed the aluminum into the lug bolt.. Had one hell of a time getting those rims off after the trip.

[Youngblood]

I noticed that the stud holes (all stock rims) seem to have a little "wiggle room", theyre not as tight a fit as I thought they would be, so does this mean that the bevels in the nuts are just to center the rim like a regular car rim?. Again I'm just worried about them egging out the softer aluminum of the rim and its throwing me off since the rims have no taper themselves.

[Youngblood]

Thanks 0101, you used the acorn type nuts on your stock rims right?