jcsperson

I was polishing my aluminum wheels yesterday when I noticed that my chrome lug nuts are looking nicked and a little rusty.

Also, I have one locking lug per wheel that needs to be replaced per NCM's rules for its HPDE.

Any brand I need to be looking for?

ErnieN85

Just pick up a set at NAPA for the track

StKnoWhere

I just bought some Gorillia and they were rusting at the edges within a week...

Never had this problem with McGuard.

Timz06

Titanium

dvandentop

the only choice

Timz06

I hear that titanium lugs are also an excellent safety mod!

GTSC5R

Where to buy? Also, I see aluminum lugs for sale, are those safe or not?

RX-Ben

Titanium lug nuts are the biggest most important speed and safety mod you can make. I think they are only $600/set from BPP.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...he-market.html

Seriously - run parts store steel lugs or OEM stockers - open-ended. $20/set. Avoid the chrome stuff. My $20 steelies are in way better shape (after approx 3,000 on/off cycles) than the chrome things that came with the car.

Dan Wendling

RaleighSS

for HPDE stuff stock ones have no issues .. I have only had to replace when I screwed them up by cross threading ... never any failures ....

DRUGschnorr

i have one full set plus 5 or so of the deep steel lug nuts that i used for 18 months for sale if u want them.

I paid $10 each...$100 for all of them

AU N EGL

Open ended hardened lug nuts from NAPA

about $1.50 each

Bedouin

I've been looking for aluminum lug nuts, closed-end preferred, for my C6 GS...anyone know where to find these?

Timz06

I was driving today in Mexico and a beat up bus had 4 inch lug nuts like spear tips, reminded me of road warrior. Didn't get a pic.

el es tu

while were on the subject - who makes the best extended thread lugnuts for our cars and is there such a thing as titanium extended thread lugnuts for our cars?

AU N EGL

ARP lugs.

using two different metals, steel on the lug, and aluminum or Ti on the nut, may not be a good idea.

rocsvette

For NCM events we suggest removing the locking lug nuts but it's not mandatory. In general I've seen more problems from lost key for the nut than prevention of wheel theft. All that's needed to steal a wheel with a locking lug nut is a big socket, a hammer and the socket driver.

Solofast

The probalm is galling. If a bit of mateial gets it started you wll have to break the stud to get it off.

Ti on Ti or Al on Al can result in galling. Stainless and TI are also very susceptable to galling, so you never want to put those two together as a threaded joint without a coating (like cad) on one of the surfaces. There are also hardcoatings that are applied to the thread to help prevent it. But bare Ti has a nasty habit to gall in threaded joints and it should be avoided if you are going to be removing the fastener frequently.

The amount of weight saved with TI lug nuts is trivial. Same for aluminum. Considering the potential hassles created by frequent removing and replacing of wheels (like we do with track day and racing), there is simply no real reason to go that way. If you've got a car that you want to take to shows and create a wow factor, go for it.

Solofast

Saw a semi with those on it the other day.

Looked crazy dangerous, worse than the "spinners" I pilfered from the "Ben Hur" movie set back in the day...

Bedouin

Good advice & thanks. My needs are a little different as I'll soon run Michelin PSS's full time, & only do a couple hpde's/year. I recall how light my 911's aluminum lug nuts were & would like the same for my GS.