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Originally Posted by shu5892001
try to avoid muteki, drop engineering and similar lug nuts as they are prone to chipping. Aluminum ones are better in which the color only fade over time but don't really chip. I had muteki red ones for my mazda 3 and it turned to chrome after 1 season, I also used red rays extended lug nuts for my mada 3, it became pink after a season
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Lol time to learn something new. Muteki's or any other steel lugnut will be safer to use than aluminum ones. the reason u had the steel ones fade colors is because they are either painted or powder coated and NOT anodized. Steel cannot be anodized which is a process that actually changes the coloring of the metals surface with a super tough micro thin coating. Paint and powder coat are just coatings and will deteriorate and erode.
However the process that is done to make the "Neo Chrome" finish can both be used on steel and aluminum. I have Neo chrome steel mutekis that are totally fine. This Look takes a different procces than anodizing but has a similar end result in changing the actual metals color appearance.