XKRacer, please tell us about your nuts.
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XKRacer, please tell us about your nuts.
(almost PM'd you on this, Tony, but your answer could help many of us...so a post it is...)
I think I speak for many of us when I say that I'm just not happy with my nuts. My lug nuts. I'm sick of the rattle, and the thin metal of the covers gets dinged up over the years.
Many members have conducted fruitless searches for alternatives, with no luck. We demand a better option. So this evening, I find myself asking the question, "What would Tony do?"
A man who powdercoats superchargers and polishes thermostat towers has surely found a great solution to the lug nut problem.
So please, XKRacer, show us what you've got...and don't be shy!
I think I speak for many of us when I say that I'm just not happy with my nuts. My lug nuts. I'm sick of the rattle, and the thin metal of the covers gets dinged up over the years.
Many members have conducted fruitless searches for alternatives, with no luck. We demand a better option. So this evening, I find myself asking the question, "What would Tony do?"
A man who powdercoats superchargers and polishes thermostat towers has surely found a great solution to the lug nut problem.
So please, XKRacer, show us what you've got...and don't be shy!
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I know I just made my own the last time this topic came up. Used 303 series SS and they look alot better than the originals. Unfortunately all the pics I have look like crap. Not the nuts, the pictures. Here's a couple to show you what I mean. Matt's got the only other set I made, I even monogrammed them for him. We were going to try and make them for other members as an alternative but cost was prohibative. Cheaper than new jaguar lugs but still expensive.
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Dpez,
I assume those are one-piece lugs you made, yes? They look quite good. Knowing nothing about metallurgy myself, perhaps you could tell us a little about the material and specs.
Would you be interested in making more sets, for members who wanted to pay the price? And if you were, what would that price be?
...still waiting on your thoughts, Sir Tony!
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I can get the original type for £60 a set (20) or you can have as the picture below, this type which are solid and don't have a stainless cap, these are £40 a set but the plating is not the best, they have just a nickle flash and really could do with a good chrome plate.
In the past I have made my own but like what has been said they work out extrmely expensive compared...... Gives you something to think about
Just as a side note, I am unsure if you guys in the US have the locking wheel nut with the cap, these are rubbish and I don't bother with them, if somebody wants to steal your wheels they will have the gear to remove such things, the type you can buy at any auto store for $20
In the past I have made my own but like what has been said they work out extrmely expensive compared...... Gives you something to think about
Just as a side note, I am unsure if you guys in the US have the locking wheel nut with the cap, these are rubbish and I don't bother with them, if somebody wants to steal your wheels they will have the gear to remove such things, the type you can buy at any auto store for $20
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When you reinstall and tighten them doesn't it "undo" the crimping/squeeze and let them rattle again?
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Originally Posted by The Coupe
I assume those are one-piece lugs you made, yes? They look quite good. Knowing nothing about metallurgy myself, perhaps you could tell us a little about the material and specs.
Would you be interested in making more sets, for members who wanted to pay the price? And if you were, what would that price be?
I assume those are one-piece lugs you made, yes? They look quite good. Knowing nothing about metallurgy myself, perhaps you could tell us a little about the material and specs.
Would you be interested in making more sets, for members who wanted to pay the price? And if you were, what would that price be?
Material specs for 303ss are:
Hardness 160-262 Brinell Scale
Yield strength is 35,000-50,000 PSI
Material specs for 1018 CRS are:
Hardness 126-170 Brinell Scale
Yield 45,000-55,000 PSI
I'm sure debates could go on forever about SS Vs Steel but I've had mine on the car for over a year and they still look as good as when I put them on and all the wheels are still there. I polished the whole lug but I polish the top until it looks like chrome cause that's the only part you really see. Besides many lugs are cast and not machined from a solid billet so I don't even know the strength of them compared to Solid SS.
When I was orignially looking at making these they came in at $240.00 a set or $12.00 each which was half of what a new lug from jaguar costs, I just checked and they're $25.34 each from jaguarparts.com.
Most people were looking for a $100.00 range but my material costs were $160.00 a set. I tacked on $4.00 a nut for labor which was a joke, because it costs me more than that to just polish them. I'm sure material costs are even higher now so not really looking at making them again, unless you have really deep pockets. Sorry Coupe, just can't compete with the chinese market. I don't even know what quality of material they use, I hope it's metal.
I think XKRacer has a best setup for price, 60 pounds is like $120.00, right? and if you don't mind polishing , you could probably make them look pretty good.
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Just as a side note, I am unsure if you guys in the US have the locking wheel nut with the cap, these are rubbish and I don't bother with them, if somebody wants to steal your wheels they will have the gear to remove such things, the type you can buy at any auto store for $20
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The main thing that causes this problem are impact air guns used by most wheel/tyre shops, I never use one unless I am not caring about the nuts if the are being replaced, otherwise it is always done by hand with a breaker bar and torque wrench
As a rule of thumb as I have used as a guide is half the amonut then add it, so £60 would be $90
The only time I use locking nuts is if the customers insurance stipulates it, and unfortunately most go for the standard locking nuts because they match, I have not come across anything yet that gives the quality along with the apperance of the OE....
But I do rate the McGuard Ultra, they are a good wheel nut with many combinations and defeat most removal tools, just don't lose that key
Last edited by XKRacer; 01-13-2012 at 02:06 AM.
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