# Do not use the Lug Nuts from your Allow Wheels on Your Snow Tire Steel Wheels **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-not-use-the-lug-nuts-from-your-allow-wheels-on-your-snow-tire-steel-wheels/204847 "2026-01-16T00:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-not-use-the-lug-nuts-from-your-allow-wheels-on-your-snow-tire-steel-wheels/204847/10 "2026-01-16T17:09:16Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I am more worried when I see a spare installed with the lugs on backwards… Let’s drag up the past with this old posting of mine from 5-years ago. It might bring you a laugh about my experience with Lug Nuts when I was a naive teenager in the '60s with my first car… It’s not a short read, so feel free to ignore it if you do not like “Long Reads…” as it adds nothing to the discussion, other than a humorous side note… > [@What is the "least" smart thing you've ever done to a car?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-smart-thing-youve-ever-done-to-a-car/178654): > > What is the “least” smart thing you’ve ever done to a car? I would have said what is the “stupidest” thing you’ve ever done, but I’ll bet that at the time, it did not seem so stupid… This topic came to me when I saw the following web site and the “innovative” ways folks have used their imagination to address an issue with their car. OK, I’ll bare my soul first. I’ve told you all about my first car, a 1954 Dodge Meadowbrook, that I bought in '65, a year before I could even get a driver’s li… ![lug](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/0/8078afdd4e995e902d56a5aa06789797f2a70f1e.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-not-use-the-lug-nuts-from-your-allow-wheels-on-your-snow-tire-steel-wheels/204847)._