Wheel nuts

[girlsmiley]

I bought a set of 18 inch aftermarket wheels.

https://enkei.com/shop/wheels/racing/gtc02/

They won't be delivered until Jan from Japan.

The boys tell me I have to buy a set of lock nuts. To prevent theft. I've been online and there are a million different types and I have no idea.

Ones that won't rust, I guess. Ones that will fit aftermarket wheels.

What should I be looking for?

 

[Saint_Ann]

Whatever works on your model of car I suppose.

 

[thør]

I've always heard McGard Locks are good ones.

You might want to imagine how they will look with your wheels.

 

[girlsmiley]

Whatever works on your model of car I suppose.

Yeah, that's what I thought at first. But then I read that the holes are a bit smaller on aftermarket wheels so you may have to buy like a slimmer type of nut.

Such a pain in the arse.

 

[Sean]

Yeah, that's what I thought at first. But then I read that the holes are a bit smaller on aftermarket wheels so you may have to buy like a slimmer type of nut.

Such a pain in the arse.

Um, no.

 

[girlsmiley]

I've always heard McGard Locks are good ones.

You might want to imagine how they will look with your wheels.

If they fit. I'm looking for a set of 20. 16 lugs and 4 lock nuts. I guess my question is what type of nuts do I get?

https://www.google.com/search?q=typ...d=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=VeoiysDf94dBeM

https://www.performanceplustire.com/tech-info/a-few-facts-about-lug-nuts/

 

[girlsmiley]

Um, no.

Oh god.

 

[HisArpy]

Wait until your new wheels come in and go to your local tire shop and ASK THEM to install lug nuts and locks when they put the tires on your wheels and mount them on your car.

Don't forget to have them balanced.

 

[girlsmiley]

Wait until your new wheels come in and go to your local tire shop and ASK THEM to install lug nuts and locks when they put the tires on your wheels and mount them on your car.

Don't forget to have them balanced.

God I wish you would learn to fucken read. I said "I want to buy"

 

[HisArpy]

God I wish you would learn to fucken read. I said "I want to buy"

Yeah, I don't think it's me who isn't reading what you posted. From your OP:

I bought a set of...

 

[girlsmiley]

Um, no.

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit...ls-07-fit-aftermarket-lug-nuts-can-i-use.html

Here, I read it here.

 

[girlsmiley]

What part of "I have to buy a set of lock nuts" do you guys think dipshit up there is struggling with?

 

[doowdniw]

Enkei should be able to recommend the correct part. Are your wheels held on with nuts that screws onto lugs protruding from the hub, or are the wheels attached via screwing lugs into holes in the hub? Bottom line is whatever you use has to mate with the hole profile in the wheels and should probably be rated to the original torque specs.

My $0.02 - maybe worth a penny.

 

[HisArpy]

What part of "I have to buy a set of lock nuts" do you guys think dipshit up there is struggling with?

Somebody, please make it stop...

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/answers/2826000/2826394_1340657703802.11res_372_363.jpg

 

[girlsmiley]

Enkei should be able to recommend the correct part. Are your wheels held on with nuts that screws onto lugs protruding from the hub, or are the wheels attached via screwing lugs into holes in the hub? Bottom line is whatever you use has to mate with the hole profile in the wheels and should probably be rated to the original torque specs.

My $0.02 - maybe worth a penny.

I'll send them an email.

Thank you very much.

 

[doowdniw]

I'll send them an email.

Thank you very much.

If you want to go upmarket, go with titanium (if you use screw lugs) lighter and stronger, but also more expensive.

 

[Saint_Ann]

If you have to change out your lug bolts, you're doing it wrong. Of couse, Aussie bolts are threaded counter clockwise.

 

[jaF0]

A: Don't buy a car that other people want.
B: Don't put stuff on it that other people want.
C: Don't live where other people want your stuff.

 

[girlsmiley]

If you want to go upmarket, go with titanium (if you use screw lugs) lighter and stronger, but also more expensive.

Took a little while but I found the correct lugs. M12x1.5 with a 60 degree taper.

Ordered a set of gorilla lugs and guard wheel locks. Cheering.

Hub centric ring will be next. Probably a plastic one.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

The best advice I can offer is to not ask for any type of advice on a porn board.

 

[girlsmiley]

The best advice I can offer is to not ask for any type of advice on a porn board.

This used to be a good place to go for tips. Not so much anymore.

 

[Not Normal]

I bought a set of 18 inch aftermarket wheels.

https://enkei.com/shop/wheels/racing/gtc02/

They won't be delivered until Jan from Japan.

The boys tell me I have to buy a set of lock nuts. To prevent theft. I've been online and there are a million different types and I have no idea.

Ones that won't rust, I guess. Ones that will fit aftermarket wheels.

What should I be looking for?

Those are good looking wheels. What are you putting them on?

I had an issue with lock nuts years ago. I had a flat on the highway at night. The 'key' didn't stay in well and stripped out the wheel lock and I couldn't get the wheel off, and I had to have the car towed and the shop had to deal with getting the wheel off the car.

 

[Saint Peter]

My Vice Grips think your lock nuts are cute.

 

[Conager]

If you want to go upmarket, go with titanium (if you use screw lugs) lighter and stronger, but also more expensive.

Titanium is lighter but it is not stronger for the same given dimension. The reason you use titanium for strength is you can make the part bulkier, while still being lighter. If you have to fit it in a specific hole, that isn't going to work.

It's always a nice idea to lower the weight of a rotating mass however the lug nuts are located closer to the center pf rotation so it matters less than the weight of the tire or the outer edge of the rim.

Also- Sean as per usual doesn't know what he's talking about. I had to have a machine shop enlarge the holes in a set of rims in order to accept a particular set of lug nuts to work with my application. The size of holes vary considerably from application to application.

 

[rockcasbah]

Yeah, that's what I thought at first. But then I read that the holes are a bit smaller on aftermarket wheels so you may have to buy like a slimmer type of nut.

Such a pain in the arse.

True. Nuts for steel vs alloys factory vs aftermkt are often different.