Does anyone here have lightweight wheel nuts and what kind? I was going to get some D1 spec or Rays wheel nuts in black but wanted some opinions first. Some people say they are a bad idea being aluminium and can be dangerous.

 

Any info appreciated

you could make them out of wet paper and butter if the nuts could be torqued to 110nm.

so The Ali ones could be fine. But they really mean Ali-alloy. and being an alloy it can be made of a thousand things. So get the grade there are made from and do some home work. easy.

more interestingly- why would you bother? the weight saving/ mass inertia/cost and unsprung weight could could be more effectively gained/lost by trimming the unswept circumference of your brake disks.

I suspect you have seen some and think 'hey why not-gotta spend money on something'

go to the pub instead. buy a pint. buy someone else a pint. in the middle of the afternoon. have a chat. it can be something to tell ya friends about. other than... I've got expensive wheel nuts.

ive got D1 spec fitted for a few months now no problems here :)

I also have D1 nuts on mine. No problems whatsoever.

 

I chose them as I liked the colour, thats about all... they are really light though :thumbup1:

Cheers guys thats all I needed to know :thumbup1: Im buying them because mine are pitted and marked from the previous owner.

 

Cheers

thought it might have been a 'looks' thing :) orig nuts are horrid arn't they.

 

Quick story- I had a car with placcy hub caps that retained purely aesthetic & fake wheels nuts. Kid at the tyre specialist took an air gun to them, all four wheels, then came and asked how to get the now chewed-up hub caps off. hahahahaha. fingers crossed your ali nuts survive, there's some monkeys out there.

thought it might have been a 'looks' thing :) orig nuts are horrid arn't they.

 

Quick story- I had a car with placcy hub caps that retained purely aesthetic & fake wheels nuts. Kid at the tyre specialist took an air gun to them, all four wheels, then came and asked how to get the now chewed-up hub caps off. hahahahaha. fingers crossed your ali nuts survive, there's some monkeys out there.

 

The answer to that is; Don't let them use an air gun on your wheels, they tend to warp the discs when put on too tight.