Rays lug nuts.
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Rays lug nuts.
Would like to know the best dealer/trader to buy these off. I realise there all over ebay but some of these can be fakes. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks.
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Alloy nuts on steel threads are not a clever idea mate, they can come loose or strip the trade so not ideal! Yes they look pretty but you don't want your wheel coming off.
I'm a bit of a wheel nut snob, just something I'm a bit fussy about.
I got a set of Group N open ended Nuts from AS Performance, very nice and excellent quality, I complimented them with the extended studs, due to running various different sets of wheels.
Speak to Alyn at AS performance. Proper competition nuts not some fancy bling ones
I'm a bit of a wheel nut snob, just something I'm a bit fussy about.
I got a set of Group N open ended Nuts from AS Performance, very nice and excellent quality, I complimented them with the extended studs, due to running various different sets of wheels.
Speak to Alyn at AS performance. Proper competition nuts not some fancy bling ones
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I have a set of alloy nuts that were on my Rays GC-07j when imported after doing a few miles I got slight wheel wobble and found a few loose after tightening they did the same again!! As said above get steels
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Working on that logic, what does everyone think of these?
http://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/pro...oducts_id=1812
http://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/pro...oducts_id=1812
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I use these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tuner-Whee...0AAOSwPe1T9hGZ
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-BLACK-...IAAOSw~bFWHoRE
Fit inside Rays/Rota/XXR type wheels with narrow lug nut holes and are steel, not alloy. Much stronger!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tuner-Whee...0AAOSwPe1T9hGZ
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-BLACK-...IAAOSw~bFWHoRE
Fit inside Rays/Rota/XXR type wheels with narrow lug nut holes and are steel, not alloy. Much stronger!
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Reason l'm looking is l would like a set of wheels nuts/lug nuts that wont give up the ghost after a few months, ie; either rust or the paint peel off or both. Got a set of AS Performance lugs on now are the rust as hell. Cant remember how long l've had them but l think its less than a year.
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Genuine sti wheelnuts
What about Mcguard STI wheelnuts???
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Yes zany there very nice but being a snob l've got a bug wrx and although l admit l've got some sti parts on it there not visible and l dont want to have sti nuts on me wheels, though l may end up having to if l can't the quality nuts l want.
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You can get them without the sti branding on aswell bro
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How many times have they been undone and re-used ? I'm sure I've heard Alu nuts are to only be used once. Mine always seem to loosen not so as wheel would come off but not to correct tourque
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I use these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tuner-Whee...0AAOSwPe1T9hGZ
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-BLACK-...IAAOSw~bFWHoRE
Fit inside Rays/Rota/XXR type wheels with narrow lug nut holes and are steel, not alloy. Much stronger!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tuner-Whee...0AAOSwPe1T9hGZ
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-BLACK-...IAAOSw~bFWHoRE
Fit inside Rays/Rota/XXR type wheels with narrow lug nut holes and are steel, not alloy. Much stronger!
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Sorry , you still have to insert your key into a internal socket / seen countless fails & round offs over the years due to crud , water ingress , over tightening / like I said ... Everyone has a opinion , thr not for me lol
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Also on a lot of the cars I accuired they had the tuner nuts like a spline going in as long as it's greased up right there's no corrosion and I never had a problem with them but if you want quality it has to be mcguard
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Do NOT use alloy nuts with STEEL studs.
I have had first hand experience with studs snapping when using alloy nuts! These pictures were of my M3 back in 2013.
As alloy and steel have different material properties, they heat up and expand at different rates. Which causes one of two things to happen, the alloy nuts work loose and come off, or the steel is weakened and snaps!
DONT USE ALLOY NUTS WITH STEEL STUDS, EVER!
I have had first hand experience with studs snapping when using alloy nuts! These pictures were of my M3 back in 2013.
As alloy and steel have different material properties, they heat up and expand at different rates. Which causes one of two things to happen, the alloy nuts work loose and come off, or the steel is weakened and snaps!
DONT USE ALLOY NUTS WITH STEEL STUDS, EVER!
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I bought these... McGard
got them off the McGard stand at the NEC autosport show the other month
got them off the McGard stand at the NEC autosport show the other month