New light weight alloy wheel nuts now in stock!

TWSTD · Post by **TWSTD** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:37 pm

New light weight alloy wheel nuts now in stock! red / blue / black - 1.25 and 1.5 thread pitches :-)

A mere $4.95 each (less toyspeed discount) = $89.95 for a complete set of 20 - thats the same price as standard replacements steel ones!

HELBND · Post by **HELBND** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:51 am

hey al how much lighter are these than a standard nut?

i didnt think standard ones were paricularly heavy :lol:

TWSTD · Post by **TWSTD** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:56 am

a lot! I need to weight them on some accurate scales - but i would less about 1/3 the weight. Have you held a full set of 20 steel nuts - they are actually quite heavy. 20 of these weighs next to nothing- plus, some might argue - they have certain aesthetic appeal :-)

HELBND · Post by **HELBND** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:01 am

yea i guess 20 of those standard nuts would be quite heavy. even a small weight difference adds up when you multiply by 20. if you could weigh them and doo a comparison thatd be sweet

Stealer Of Souls · Post by **Stealer Of Souls** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:40 am

pics?
I've got the sort of nuts which you need a adaptor from "single hex type to allen key type" (Advanti Vallens).
Do you have these sorts?
Are they lock nut type, or just plain?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:45 am

of course, considering the nuts are located close to the center of rotation they will have virtually no effect on the total moment of inertia of the wheel

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:50 am

How about lock nuts?

Stealer Of Souls · Post by **Stealer Of Souls** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:21 pm

All_Fours wrote:of course, considering the nuts are located close to the center of rotation they will have virtually no effect on the total moment of inertia of the wheel

What about unsprung weight? Assuming someone had gone to all the expense and effort to get lightweight alloys. Might as well go the last 5%.

sergei · Post by **sergei** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:27 pm

Stealer Of Souls wrote:
All_Fours wrote:of course, considering the nuts are located close to the center of rotation they will have virtually no effect on the total moment of inertia of the wheel
What about unsprung weight? Assuming someone had gone to all the expense and effort to get lightweight alloys. Might as well go the last 5%.

you mean 0.5%?
I honestly would not put alluminum alloy nuts on my car...

Ebola_One · Post by **Ebola_One** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:57 pm

The ones I have (not from Driven) a full set of 20 weigh roughly the same as 4 standard nuts.

You do have to be careful not to over tighten the aluminium nuts too, I must've tightened two up too much and half way down the front straight at manfield I developed a wobble. The thread was stripping out of the nuts.
But, like I said earlier, I didn't buy the nuts I have off Driven, and I lay the blame on myself for over tightening.
Just something to keep in mind.

Which brings me to a question TWSTD, do you have correct/recommended torquing settings for these nuts?

TWSTD · Post by **TWSTD** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:54 pm

No - no lock nuts sorry.

OK - sample pic of the two styles avail and 2 of the 3 colours.

I have just weighed one alloy nut in at 23.7g

[img]http://www.drivenperformance.co.nz\images\alloy_nuts.jpg[/img]

Good point re torque settings - I will inspect the packaging and if there is none listed I will ask the manufacturers of the products.

Ebola_One · Post by **Ebola_One** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:15 pm

TWSTD wrote:Good point re torque settings - I will inspect the packaging and if there is none listed I will ask the manufacturers of the products.

Any joy?

TWSTD · Post by **TWSTD** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:06 pm

ive not had a reply, no.