Gorilla Lug Nuts – My Review and Comparison

It's quite rare that you see a car outside with simple stamped wheel disks. Everyone tries to make the vehicle look good among other transport units on the road. So, cast steel wheels are up-to-date and also forged disks are great decision to put on your car and admire its new outfit. But are the wheels alright with old rusty lug nuts?

No, they aren't. You may find plenty of specially designed nuts for forged and cast steel wheel disks. Today we are looking precisely at Gorilla Company production which seems to be wonderful on all ways. But wait, let's have a close look at first and then only find out the pros and cons of products.

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My Gorilla Lug Nuts review will concentrate on the most popular items and also will tell you everything about the products. Actually, we just need to consult with the customer responds and also look at ratings of experts to understand huge amount of pluses in the products. We can only make a simple review of some. Let's start with it.

What are the pluses of Gorilla lug nuts for you?

Before you buy any product for your vehicle, you try to measure all sides of the prospective purchase. It's quite difficult providing you research through all the market and take all ideas of lug nuts and other accessories. There are hundreds of options to go for and sometimes even experts don't know what to buy.

Gorilla lug nuts are sometimes seen as optimal decision in the market and there are some reasons for that. These reasons could be called the biggest pluses of the product:

  • very pleasant price range which puts these options into lower segment according to money spent;
  • quite good appearance and loads of design features to choose from - very rich assortment;
  • high quality of production which is really better than of other opponents in the same price range;
  • possibility to use extraordinary safety locks which protect your wheels of being stolen;
  • big amount of pluses which you don't see at first like high resistance of form changing;
  • very good durability even if you need to change wheels often, the nut is always save.

Are these factors enough? For this price range propositions it's quite enough in all ways of looking at the nut. But it's surely not professional option for sportsmen and racers. You have to estimate the possibilities of the things you buy in the market with all features which are needed in use. And in this field you can't expect Gorilla products to serve for years. But I personally know one street racer who uses exactly this brand of wheel accessories.

By the way, if you want to make your off-road car more functionally rich, look at my review of K.C. HiLiTES - optimal additional optical devices.

What is there in the Gorilla's product range?

There aren't only simple lug nuts but also racing options and small diameter things for rare cars and old rarity vehicles. You may find everything in the assortment of the company. Also there are locks to protect your car of robbery. There are whole kits for wheel replacements which are real "must have" for all drivers on the road.

You can expect from every product in the price range to serve you quite long. It's a great decision which could replace original nuts and bolts with no troubles. By the way, if your car needs not nuts but bolts, you can also find them in the assortment of Gorilla. So, the producer seems to be quite specific and with good choice of products.

Gorilla Automotive Small Diameter Lug Nuts

One of the most popular products in the assortment of the company is small diameter lug nut. 12 mm X 1.5 size isn't as popular among producers and you can easily buy it in the range of Gorilla Automotive Company. It's made of Chrome Vanadium steel which is quite durable and hard resistant to any damages.

There is a big range of optimal qualities and variants to use the things. You are free to choose among them whatever you like. And also there could be special purposes for your car wheels. According to a lot of customer reviews you may be sure that these options are really wonderful in all ways. And the other reason is that it's quite hard to find other products in this size.

Also note that there are black and chrome options in color to provide it's quite appropriate for needed design.

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Lock System of Gorilla Automotive with Chrome Lug Nuts

If you are going to buy small diameter nuts, there are also some needs to buy a special company key - instrument to take the wheel off the car. But you may purchase the whole kit of things to get the lug nuts of needed size, needed instruments and keys to operate the nuts. In the set there are 4 sets of lug nuts which make together 16 pieces. And also there are 4 different keys to provide optimal installing and taking the wheels off.

Different styles and colors of lug nuts and bolts from Gorilla

Also there are lots of green, red, white and black options, not only chrome ones. You can find bolts of different sizes as well as nuts in a range of colors. And also there are stylish options to buy like some rarity old things designed to be used in different vehicle models. There are such options to look at in the market:

  • classical small and normal sized nuts for your vehicle specially;
  • universal ideas to use in absolutely any models having different sizes;
  • special design of some brand like Toyota or Cadillac special nuts;
  • optimal designs for classical forged wheels of world-known brands;
  • tuning options to make your car even more beautiful after modifications.

You also can look at some different options. In some situations it's cool to have the designs of bolts or nuts to change from time to time. It makes your car different in details which is quite important to notice. Every driver has some ideas to use in car appearance - now you can make them real.

Gorilla Telescoping Power Wrench for standard socket

One more little product to mention in this review is Gorilla's special telescoping wrench for wheel bolts and nuts. You can buy it for quite a low amount of money and use it for a long time. Every car owner should have this instrument in the trunk. If you have stopped with broken wheel in some desert road, you really know the importance of such things. And the most interesting point in the wrench is that it can serve you for years. It doesn't rust and doesn't get destroyed with any other factors.

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McGard, Gorilla or Rays - let's choose between competitors

Rays locking system is really wonderful for racers and professional drivers but it's very expensive. So, yes, it can be really competitive for Gorilla, but only in that way if you have quite a lot of money to buy the nuts. Otherwise, there is no need to look at such products because of their quite big prices.

McGard wheel locks are nearly the same price as Gorilla options but they really don't go further in quality and other factors. There is no safety at all in using these wheel nuts and the other problem - you don't get good assortment to choose. These products are made to be sold as safety equipment but they don't seem to be optimal in this way.

Gorilla lug nuts are optimal in correspondence of price and quality. You don't have to worry about small things like durability and long lasting work. With these products it's always true. And you have a big choice of designs and other features. There are quite a lot of small protective nuts which you can use on any kinds of cars.

So, should I buy exactly Gorilla wheel products for car?

We usually don't know exactly which kinds of lug nuts or bolts it's better to use. You have to decide what the main reason of this purchase is. And the next step is simply buying some kinds of sets in different colors, different shapes and options for locking your wheel. These are main factors to choose the best variant of special accessories. Because you can compare different options exactly on the car.

This gives you real freedom to change the appearance of the vehicle in some ways. And it also shows you that different options are possible. One variant will look sporty, the other will create classical appearance. In Gorilla Automotive production you may find optimal options to operate and change the way your car looks like. And speaking about the price, the products are quite affordable. So, I can really recommend you buying exactly this kind of accessories.

Want to see how the lug nuts look like in real life? Watch the small video with product description and review:

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The CarAraC research team is composed of seasoned auto mechanics and automotive industry professionals, including individuals with advanced degrees and certifications in their field. Our team members boast prestigious credentials, reflecting their extensive knowledge and skills. These qualifications include: IMI: Institute of the Motor Industry, ASE-Certified Master Automobile Technicians; Coventry University, Graduate of MA in Automotive Journalism; Politecnico di Torino, Italy, MS Automotive Engineering; Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Mechanical University in Skopje; TOC Automotive College; DHA Suffa University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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