alloy wheel nuts

[Jonny Rochester]

Aluminium wheel nuts on ebay. Anyone had any issues with alloy nuts?

[keimeier]

not personally but be careful mate in what u buy off ebay

go a set of the D1s cheap, look good and match the superior rays

[R&D Mechanical]

dont use rattle gun on them

[keimeier]

yeah tahts the other thing i was gon say especially cheapies

[biggo]

i know of a rally car that used alloy wheel nuts, the wheel fell off at on stage and put him in the trees. I didnt like the driver so i lol'd

[redsprinter]

umm yeah .. dont get them . not good if you constantly changing wheels or require a quick pit stop, ie drifting .

they get threaded very easy.. rattle guns wear them out.. espiacilly cheap ones.

[Sam-Q]

does sound like it's worth the high risk and hassle for such a trivial gain

[H8CHIR6KU]

as a general rule i would only use cheap nuts 3 times before i throw them away

[Sam-Q]

wow that's a short service life. Why do you keep using them that being the case?

[H8CHIR6KU]

i dont keep using them but when i do thats how long i would use them for.

having said that even normal wheel nuts have a short lifespan. dont know if its from the rigures of drift but it seems that the first couple of threads always bash out

[Sam-Q]

I see, I can't say I have ever had any deterioration on my wheel nut threads

[Jonny Rochester]

Well, I am thinking of going to 19mm wheel nuts rather than 21mm, so I don't always have to use a spark plug socket (13/16" = 21mm) with the aftermarket wheels.

I may leave the alloy ones alone.

[FAST EDDIE]

i stripped my bosses genuine porsche ones, just wheels coming on and off alot distortes the thread

[sundee]

dont use rattle gun on them

rattle guns... hmmm quick but for some reason u always need a piece of pole over the wheel brace to get the suckers off

[Cerby86]

most rattleguns are adjustable. or failing that you might be able to turn the air pressure down on the compressor depending on how good it is. I've never had a problem with using my rattle gun, but i turn mine right down and always do the last quarter turn or so with the wheel brace.

[R&D Mechanical]

Its the on and off banging that kills it, use your man hands :P

[sundee]

yeah ive never used one myself - but everytime i go to take them off after the car being at a tyre shop its out with the 4ft breaker bar to crack the nuts... i only do them up firm then just crack them tight. done.

[Cerby86]

yeah tyre places shouldn't be allowed to have rattle guns. I ALWAYS have trouble getting them off haha