alluminum lug nuts?

[gotta240]

Have a set of 120 dollar alluminum, locking lug nuts..... How strong/safe are they to use for HEAVY GRIP(wide tires, track use) and some drifting?


Was also thinking of just selling these and getting gorillas... any suggestions on a type/place to buy them for cheap.(under 40)

[RightWheelDrive]

Get the Gorillaz at SPLParts for like 26 bucks.

[mizizax]

i drift on egay aluminum splines, no problems

[chmercer]

i personally wont use anything besides steel lugnuts

many race tracks require your lugs to be torqued to 100 pounds, which you cant really do with aluminum lugnuts

besides that, the weight savings is totally minimal

[20 til 3]

rock volk/rays lugs...there the best and yeah, roughly 120 on ebay...i bought mine from mackin industries*sp

light as hell

[gotta240]

they are rays... Light as hell which really doesn't matter with my heavy ass rims.... Just had them and thought i'd put them to use...

and i don't see why you can't torque them to 100... I'm assuming they were designed to be torqued to factory specs(around 90) so i'm assuming 10ftlbs isn't going to destroy them....

As a matter a fact...if they CANT be torqued to 100, i won't even consider it..

[chmercer]

theyll strip out

the threads are good to around 75 pounds

[slideways2004]

theyll strip out

the threads are good to around 75 pounds

yes. one of the old school porches uses aluminum lugs from the factory. they are very light. and are very easy to cross thread and over tighten which leads to strippage. goto your local discount tire and purchase a set of gorilla's

[240sxworkinprogress]

yes. one of the old school porches uses aluminum lugs from the factory. they are very light. and are very easy to cross thread and over tighten which leads to strippage. goto your local discount tire and purchase a set of gorilla's

Yea my friends 86 944 has aluminum lug nut and we almost strip them out many times. There too much of a hassle having to always worry if you’re going to strip them out.

[gotta240]

WOW. Thanks guys... WHY THE FUCK would anyone pay 120 bucks for lugs you can't use at the track, or torque to factory specs is beyond me...I'm just glad i got them for free...


Gorilla's it is...THANKS!

BTW- anyone know if gorilla uses one key or if they make/sell multiple keys...(cause one universal gorilla key would make theivery too easy imo)

[chmercer]

universal key

also they come off with like a 17mm socket i think fits on there

but yeah there is really no such thing as theft prevention lugnuts

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5840/rodi194065944193jk9.jpg

u can buy these at sears

they will take off pretty much any lugnut in like 5 seconds

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/products/?sfID1=259&sfID2=261

these are the only ones i have seen that would be hard to remove without the correct key, since you would have to bust off the sleeve thing first to use tools on it, but i would be kindof scared of breaking the lug key since it is so thin.

[arkive43]

also teh aluminum will melt after it gets hot, messin up ur studs and etc....i run gorrilla lugs.

[gotta240]

lol at alluminum melting on studs...

Thanks for the replies chmercer... I agree, MOST lugs are REAL easy to remove... I actually have those "easy out" sockets you showed and i removed ALL the "locking" lug nuts on a car i bought without the key...

Some locking ones i've seen make it a little harder and require a socket be "pounded" on, taking a good 1/2 hour to remove them all. The only ones i've seen yet to be effective agains ANY normal 12 or 6pt socket are these damn alluminum ones!!!lol. The locking ones actually LOOK normal but upon further inspection have 7 sides....


And BTW chmercer- any suggestion on WHICH of those styles to get? I'm assuming "accorn" for peformance wheels...but i've never heard of the "dublex accorn".. is that just a longer lug nut?

Also, do you have any opinion/experience with the "hex" style which use an key inside? I had a cheap ebay set...besides the key wearing out, they seemed fine... opinions on those vs the other gorrila types?

EDIT- FUCK. Just realized the "duplex accorn" dont come in 1.25... I don't think the short ones will work with extended studs..... Thats sucks cause that design is badass.

[slideways2004]

chmercer is right. we take off wheel locks at work all the time for customers taht lose/can't find there wheel lock key. some cars take 5 seconds. some cars take 5 minutes but we eventually get them off.

[gotta240]

like i said, i'd be happy with a set that takes 5 minutes...

Thief+30 minutes of working on my car, in my neighborhood=mutilated

anyways, can someone (yes, that means YOU chmercer) read my novel...i mean post above?

[smelly240]

i ruined a alum lug yest... im putting the steel ones back on.