Aluminum Lug Nuts
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Aluminum Lug Nuts
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.
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
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.
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What about these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...QQcmdZViewItem
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
What about these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...QQcmdZViewItem
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
I've always used grease on the wheel studs.
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 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 ...
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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://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
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
i was at that site but didn't see any lugs
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.
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