Thread: Wheel Lugs

Got what sounds like a dumb question here...been working on my 06 GP lately and recently went to take off a wheel only to find the one of the lug nuts was stripped. Nice of the kid with the impact gun to say nothing about it... Anyway, I bought the removal socket and spun the thing off with a breaker bar. I was looking at what they had for lug nuts at AutoZone when a guy who worked there said "don't buy those, they are junk. We have better ones behind the counter"
I'm thinking a lug nut is a lug nut pretty much, but I want something that's gonna look decent and not strip out the next time the punk at the shop thinks he's at Daytona. I have stock wheels on the car now.
Anyone have any recommendations?

I'm guessing the guy had the wrong size socket on the impact gun...he stripped it pretty good. The stud is good. I've had problems with the ones with the tin outer cover too. Thanks for the info, I'll check out the McGards.

Yes, the outer part of the lug was rounded. I had to get a socket with reverse threads on the inside and work it onto the lug nut. Once it grabs you just thread it on backwards until it has enough of a bite to turn the lug.
I'm just driving it with 4 on that wheel now, but when I bought the car there were a few oddball lug nuts on the other tires too. So I'd like to get some new ones anyway.

you could just go to any local scrapyard. and yank a sh1tload of lugs off GM car's.... problem.solved