Alloy lug nuts yay or nae

[Oorwill]

Hi,would like advice on alloy lug nuts,I have purchased some and I am a bit unsure if they will be fine

[Tidgy]

Depends what material they are, some are cheap and nasty and you'd be better off using cable ties, some are ok. Any more details on brand etc?

[Oorwill]

Thanks for your reply,the lug nuts are epman brand. I've used the oem nuts,just got alloys returned and was looking for matching lug nuts but hard to find

[savage bulldogs]

I'd chuck those in the bin , buddy .

I bought a set of epman wheel nuts ,they looked good with caps to stop the centre's going rusty /fury....

Stripped the shockingly weak threads out of 2 of the first 5 I fitted , very dangerous .

I now run steel tuner style nuts and just touch up the paint in the center every now n then 

[Oorwill]

Thanks il take your advice and skip them. The chrome nuts look not too bad,theyl do the now 

[Tidgy]

I know the MSA banned them cos there were do many crap ones out there

[Oorwill]

Thankfully got my 30 uid back for the lugnuts,must stop impulse buying lol

[savage bulldogs]

I'm fairly fussy about what I fit to my scooby,  especially when it comes to brakes and steering. 

But still thought they looked a good buy and got caught out on the epman wheelnuts ,too 😏

 I did post up on my build thread , how shoddy they were at the time but I did get a full refund from them . So the customer service was good even if the quality of the item was bad .

 

[Jay762]

Yup steel or Titanium is what I would run - Titanium on longer studs though