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What lightweight nuts do you recommend?


ManwithSupra

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Hi all,

 

I need to renew my Nuts :eyebrows:

No really the ones i have on the Supra at the moment are getting old and look pretty shabby, i also will need a nice new set of locking wheel nuts too :D

 

I would like the normal Nuts to be as lightweight as possible really but not sure what brands would be best?

 

With regards to the locking wheel nuts i think Mcgard are the only ones i can think of, however if there are any others that you may think of then please tell me :)

 

Rich

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Depends how much you want to spend, I have Volk ones on my silver Supra, they don't weigh anything, look on RHD japan site if you want some

 

I have these too... they're crazy light but soft as Jamie said. Gaz do you know what torque they're supposed to be tightened to? I guessed and overdid one, stripping the thread. Now I've got an odd wheel nut and a £120 price ticket for a new set! :faint:

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Titanium ones are good, dont bother with alloy, i bought some D1's as they was open ended, they are silly soft, gone back to steel nuts again now.

 

Thanks Jamie, will have a look at some titanium ones if they are stupid expensive then i may just stick with steel, i dont want soft nuts :)

I forget the size of what the nuts need to be :innocent: could someone jog my memory? i think they are M12 x 1.50 :D

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I have these too... they're crazy light but soft as Jamie said. Gaz do you know what torque they're supposed to be tightened to? I guessed and overdid one, stripping the thread. Now I've got an odd wheel nut and a £120 price ticket for a new set! :faint:

 

I haven't the foggiest mate, isn't it on the volk website? If I find out I will pm you

 

The size is m12 x 1.5 dude

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Unless you have ultra light rims, light tyres, and lightweight brake discs and bells, the weight of the wheel nuts will be totally insignificant, so just buy quality steel nuts. Even with lightweight bits, being so close to the centre of the hub, the inertia of wheel nuts is not a great deal. The unsprung weight is a tiny percentage of the overall, too.

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Unless you have ultra light rims, light tyres, and lightweight brake discs and bells, the weight of the wheel nuts will be totally insignificant, so just buy quality steel nuts. Even with lightweight bits, being so close to the centre of the hub, the inertia of wheel nuts is not a great deal. The unsprung weight is a tiny percentage of the overall, too.

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its more for the look the wheel whores love

 

i was going to buy a set of D1s

 

can you elaberate on why they are soft?

 

i dont quite understand how you can get soft metal

 

There are thousands of different alloys (mixes of metals) to perform various functions. You can make a very good aluminium alloy wheel nut and have it heat treated to make it extremely durable, and have it hard anodized for further wear resistance and corrosion protection. It all costs though, which is why OE high quality alloy nuts and similar quality aftermarket ones are very dear, and why cheap ones are made of unsuitable material and strip easily. As I said before though, 90% of people over torque wheel nuts. The correct torque is often surprisingly low, effort wise with a breaker bar, or wheel nut brace.

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There are thousands of different alloys (mixes of metals) to perform various functions. You can make a very good aluminium alloy wheel nut and have it heat treated to make it extremely durable, and have it hard anodized for further wear resistance and corrosion protection. It all costs though, which is why OE high quality alloy nuts and similar quality aftermarket ones are very dear, and why cheap ones are made of unsuitable material and strip easily. As I said before though, 90% of people over torque wheel nuts. The correct torque is often surprisingly low, effort wise with a breaker bar, or wheel nut brace.

 

Chris, does 80 to 90 ft/lbs sound right to you, I cannot find the spec sheet anymore and need to put my wheels back on this morning :D

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Unless you have ultra light rims, light tyres, and lightweight brake discs and bells, the weight of the wheel nuts will be totally insignificant, so just buy quality steel nuts. Even with lightweight bits, being so close to the centre of the hub, the inertia of wheel nuts is not a great deal. The unsprung weight is a tiny percentage of the overall, too.

 

I was thinking more or less the same thing.

What tyres are light though? I have had a hard time finding weight of tyres from manufactures, especially in "our" sizes..

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