jza800 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi I have got some custom made wheels to my widebody supra, but need some new nuts to them, i have search the forum, and many say go for steel ones instead of aluminium ones, the holes in the rim is very tight, so i need to find some that do not filling much in the hole. so i have look on this ones, what are people's opinion about those ones? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blue-Tuner-Wheel-Nuts-x-20-12x1-5-for-Toyota-Corolla-Starlet-Celica-Supra-Rav4/273040897113?hash=item3f92817459:g:yvQAAOSwtKVaT6pY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m12aak Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi, I also had to get internal drive nuts, to stop scratching my wheels as the holes were tight. I wouldn't personally trust the internal drive ones from eBay (who knows where they're from and who made them), I recently got some from Driftworks, these ones to be exact: https://www.driftworks.com/internal-drive-wheel-nuts-m12-black-and-silver.html . I've only had them on for about a week, but they seem to be well made, and are steel, so should not strip. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae86l Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Personally wouldnt use ones off of ebay but up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi, I also had to get internal drive nuts, to stop scratching my wheels as the holes were tight. I wouldn't personally trust the internal drive ones from eBay (who knows where they're from and who made them), I recently got some from Driftworks, these ones to be exact: https://www.driftworks.com/internal-drive-wheel-nuts-m12-black-and-silver.html . I've only had them on for about a week, but they seem to be well made, and are steel, so should not strip. Hope this helps! Driftworks get theirs from exactly the same places as eBay lol. I got some steel tuner nuts from my local factors, only 20 odd quid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m12aak Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Driftworks get theirs from exactly the same places as eBay lol. I got some steel tuner nuts from my local factors, only 20 odd quid Oh, well at least I now know - you reckon it's worth getting different ones then, or will they be ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 As long as they're steel not alloy, and torqued to the right number they'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m12aak Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 As long as they're steel not alloy, and torqued to the right number they'll be fine They're steel and are correctly torqued - you had me going there for a sec! , nice one, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jza800 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 thanks for answer, looks like the ones on ebay are same same as other places as long they are steel ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 As long as they're steel not alloy, and torqued to the right number they'll be fine Just to be totally correct and a tad engineering head pedantic you mean Aluminium Alloy as there are also a lot of Steel Alloys available Aluminium alloys are alloys in which aluminium is the predominant material. The typical alloying elements are copper, magnesium, manganese, silicon, tin and zinc. Alloy steels are made by combining carbon steel with one or several alloying elements, such as manganese, silicon, nickel, titanium, copper, chromium and aluminum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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