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Default F-Sport Factory Lug Nuts Swollen

Anyone have experience with these for replacements? My factory lug nuts are swollen.

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Anyone have experience with these for replacements? My factory lug nuts are swollen.

https://www.gorilla-auto.com/gorilla...otive-73138tbc
What means "swollen"?
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What means "swollen"?
Swollen lug nuts are two-piece factory lug nuts with a steel core and a thin, decorative chrome or aluminum cap that has expanded or warped due to rust and moisture infiltration between the layers
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
Swollen lug nuts are two-piece factory lug nuts with a steel core and a thin, decorative chrome or aluminum cap that has expanded or warped due to rust and moisture infiltration between the layers
Thanks. Didn't realize that.
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Those are the American lug nuts. It is a known issue. Toyota 90942-01033 should be the Japan built part number.
See this discussion on Sienna Chat, as it takes the same lug nuts.
It has wheel hubs that are the same as the RX and its wheels and lug uts are interchangeable.
https://www.siennachat.com/threads/s...ug-nuts.47857/

This is Post 17 from Sienna Chat:
OK, so the Toyota parts department employee I spoke with today was very familiar with the swelling and corrosion issues of the lug nuts used on Toyotas assembled in North America including those on the gen 3 Sienna - part number 90084-94001 - and he launched into a surprisingly detailed technical explanation of why they deteriorate.

When I told him that I wanted to instead buy the lug nuts that are installed on Toyota vehicles assembled in Japan - part number 90942-01033 - he told me that doing that was a known solution for the problem.

It was clear that he would have sold me the crap OEM Sienna lug nuts if I had asked for them but that he was more than willing to sell me the lug nuts for Toyotas assembled in Japan if I asked for them. He guaranteed that the ones for the Japan assembled vehicles would fit my U.S. built Sienna but I still measured them to verify.

The lug nuts for the Japan assembled Toyotas are slightly different in that the tapered portion is a slightly longer.

I can't guarantee that the lug nuts for Toyotas assembled in Japan won't have any problems but none of the lug nuts we've had on Toyotas assembled in Japan have swelled or corroded and we've kept three of those vehicles for 14 years.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22729406196...EMSKQJK8T9FWET

https://lexus.oempartsonline.com/oem...nut-9094201033


I found a set on eBay that were take-offs when someone bought aftermarket wheels.
I read about this somewhere else several years ago.

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I've used Gorilla lug nuts in the past with good success, especially if you want black lugs on your rims. The black finish held up pretty well, although after 10+ years they started to corrode.
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