aftermarket lug nuts on stock wheels?

[Shinchu]

I had muteki lightweight short lugs on my first ae86. lasted a year until I sold the car. never used impact.


now I have powered by max steel open ended spline drive lugs on my frs.
drove with them for about 3 weeks on my stock wheels, now they are holding the new rollers on just fine (and the length allows me to spin with fingers as they protrude slightly from the deep wells on the aftermarket wheels).
my wife asked me why I needed $100 lugs. I said "you want my wheels flying off on the freeway? how much do you love me..."
/discussion lol

[rmr]

Originally Posted by churchx

Strength wise good aluminium lugnuts are strong enough indeed, it's not that easy to strip them. Cheap ones .. have no experience with them, also using rays duralumin lugnuts, for stock studs ones of short type. But some buy them for bling/looks, and of course are not very happy to see lugnuts finish to be damaged.
Stock thread of studs/lugnuts should be M12x1.25. Most commonly used aftermarket studs, eg. APR ones usually have thread of M12x1.5. As i don't use spacers and don't remount wheels too often for stock to be soon to striping, not yet considering of aftermarket studs.
P.S.
I wouldn't overthink too much lugnut things. They don't cost extraorbitant prices, they don't change looks THAT much, weight gains with lighter ones are not too noticeable (even more so because stock nuts are rather light). Just get some you like look-wise from not cheap chinese ones to lessen quality issues chance and forget about it. Good aluminium nuts are not that weak. At most i would switch to some chromoly steel lugnuts, if car would see many remounts per year (such as to-from track day wheels), for some piece of mind. I wouldn't get some uber expensive ones too. Mostly it's about their bling, but if you remount, finish gets damaged .. so why pay too much for some uber-titanium burnt finish for it to be scratched later on. Rather get cheap set with some spares if some ever gets striped/got lost or damaged by lazy tire shop staff.

This is all good info ^

You cannot really go wrong with some good quality steel lugs. Open ended vs closed ended is up to you and how much stud you have to account for. Closed are probably a little better for winter/dirt/seize potential but I don't have personal experience.

Ensure that you have
A) The proper thread for your studs (M12 x 1.25 for factory studs on the twins)
B) The proper lug seat style (conical for OEM wheels on the twins and aftermarket wheels)
C) Enough thread to account for your studs


Only thing I will add is I'd stay away from cheap aluminum ones and don't offer any real advantages over steel ones. A good set of quality lugs wont cost you much, can be more aesthetically pleasing and durable, and allow you to have the factory lugs as a backup/spares if needed.

edit; Just saw you are sticking with stock lugs. They are fine for the factory wheels and aftermarket wheels assuming no changes to stud length. Enjoy

[Yardjass]

Originally Posted by timmydatooth

hmm seems like closed ended would probably be better for me. are aftermarket lug nuts fragile or something that they would get damaged by a pressure gun? do you happen to know the exact size I would need to buy for our stock oem wheels? also if anyone has a pic of some muteki lug nuts on some stock oem wheels please share because I would just like to see how they look and if they look stupid or not lol. thanks.

Are you talking about an impact driver? Anybody that impacts ANY lugnuts on is a moron.

[churchx]

As most of tire shops for lazyness/speeds use impact, that is norm. Even though bad one.

[timmydatooth]

ok so if I do decide to get some aftermarket lug nuts for my stock wheels, does anyone know the exact size and type of lugnut to get for our cars?

[yelsew]

Originally Posted by timmydatooth

ok so if I do decide to get some aftermarket lug nuts for my stock wheels, does anyone know the exact size and type of lugnut to get for our cars?

Should have read a couple posts above yours:

Originally Posted by rmr

Ensure that you have
A) The proper thread for your studs (M12 x 1.25 for factory studs on the twins)
B) The proper lug seat style (conical for OEM wheels on the twins and aftermarket wheels)
C) Enough thread to account for your studs
Enjoy

[timmydatooth]

Will these work for the oem stock wheels on our cars?

https://www.kseriesparts.com/cr/MUT-...FYMkgQodpIwP6A

I really like the burning blue color. are the new muteki SR45R lug nuts supposed to be made with better quality steel than the muteki SR48 lug nuts? not really sure what the difference between them is but the SR45R is more expensive

[Icecreamtruk]

Originally Posted by timmydatooth

Will these work for the oem stock wheels on our cars?

https://www.kseriesparts.com/cr/MUT-...FYMkgQodpIwP6A

I really like the burning blue color. are the new muteki SR45R lug nuts supposed to be made with better quality steel than the muteki SR48 lug nuts? not really sure what the difference between them is but the SR45R is more expensive

Yes they will work on stock wheels.

[venturaII]

If you autocross or track your car, be aware that there are some sanctioning bodies who require open ended lugnuts in order to visually check to ensure there is enough of the stud engaged by the nut.

[timmydatooth]

no autocrossing here just some fun DD. I just really wish i could see a picture of someone with these lug nuts on stock wheels on there car before I actually buy them. I guess it's not really a popular choice to do this. lol