Are aluminum lug nuts safe? I'm getting some new rims and I want to get some light weight lugs. What type of lugs does our car take. Any info would be nice.

 

12X1.5 is our size. I have talked to a number of people that use or have used them and get mixed input. One problem they do have is they stick. Never try to take them off when they are hot, been driving or racing, make sure they are cool and dont use an impact gun on them. Other than that they seem safe. Keep in mind you get what you pay for, some are crap.

 

Would you or should you use anti sieze on them?

 

Any links to some good one?

 

I hear the ones the Edge Racing sells are good and come in at a nice price. The best ones are the Volk's, but something like $125.00.

 

I have never used it.. Not sure I would on wheels studs.

 

I've always used grease on the wheel studs.

 

What about these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...QQcmdZViewItem

 

You can get them from Edge Racing for less.

 

This tends to be a bad idea. Grease (or anti-sieze) reduces friction. Reduced friction means for a given level of torque the lug nut is tightened more than otherwise would be the case. More tightening means the stud is subject to more "pull" which increases the chance you exceed material specs and the stud shears off. Sheared studs can lead to wheels falling off which tends to have bad effects on a car in motion.

If you grease the studs you need to reduce the amount of torque, but the amount to reduce it by is not generally understood. So the easiest thing is to stay away from the problem altogether and not grease the studs.
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I always put a light coat of anti-sieze on mine (regardless of type or material) and the general rule of thumb is to drop torque by 10%, most studs break because the thread interface surface between the nut and stud galled, anti-sieze greatly reduces galling

I highly recommend the Buddy Club aluminum nuts if you feel like you really need them, I have a set but at the time they were produced by some other JDM company name. There's a lot of junk aluminum lug nuts out there so buyer beware ...

 

I need links people!

 

Get titanium.

 

lol....yea too pricey

 

http://www.google.com

 

I'd never buy aluminium wheel lugs. Steel or titanium. The fact that you can't use an impact gun on them, alone, makes it a pain in the ***.

 

tried that

http://www.altavista.com/web/results...ts&kgs=1&kls=0

http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

no luck

i found the buddy club ones

 

http://edgeracing.com/

That was tough.

 

i was at that site but didn't see any lugs

 

Step away from the computer.... Pick up the phone and call them.

Never mind.. I called for you, they are on the way.. I will come over to install them for you. Anything else we can help you with.

 

yea, wanna install my springs too?