gus

iTrader: (1)

whats your views?

i heard bad things about the alloy ones but then it is unsprung weight

Icurus

I know every little bit counts when trying to shave off weight, but 16 steel wheel nuts is not going to break the bank compared to the safety margin they have over lighter alloy ones?

Remember that Ecos that lost a wheel at FF this year......

gus

iTrader: (1)

no

what happened there then? and why?

MK MOTORSPORT

iTrader: (1)

use titainium if you want to save weight but still want the safty of steel

phil_focus

i agree with Icurus.

would you save weight by having an ali roll cage??
same principal in my eyes.

gus

iTrader: (1)

whats the cost of titanium (16)

whats the deal with the ally ones then?

Char1ie

iTrader: (6)

Alloy ones are banned for racing. Stick with steel.

Charlie

Icurus

The Ecos lost a wheel, mind you, I think he was running 1 short on that rim.....

But they need to be well looked after and do fatigue much much quicker then steel ones.

zetec-Sam

iTrader: (2)

Titanium is bad for using on high stress areas, such as for wheel nuts, so I'd advise against this!

tabetha

Unless at high level racing just use steel, would love to know the weight difference though, can't imagine you'd notice it ?
tabetha

gus

iTrader: (1)

on there own i guess you will never notice but with the mag wheels it may all add up

Danny @ Enhanced Performance

iTrader: (3)

My escort lost a wheel stud because of the wheel nuts imo and being a numpty and all fired up went out again on 3 studs witch is a defenate no no!!!
The alloy wheel nuts are shit, just get steel ones theres around 2 ounces of difference between them!!!


cheers danny

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

as danny said, there is such little weight difference in them, just get the steel one.

if you want alloy ones tho, ive got 16 genuine ford ones with the rotating collars for sale cheap, they didnt fit my wheels so no use to me

zippyobrien

iTrader: (2)

Ally ones are used allot in jap fitments. Do not gun them up, tourque them, the again afyer 10 miles. The problem arises (this is refering to racing not road) when the breaks heat up it is in theory possible for the heat expansion to strip the threads of ally nuts. At m12 your only looking at 1.5 mm thread thickness, as a machinest, trust me, that's fuck all. Stick to steel for relaibility.