Hi, was thinking of putting Ti lug nuts onto the car. I don't use spacers.

1. Anyone have experience in them? If so sources/thoguhts?
2. Anti seize: there seems to be a bit of controversy on should it be used...I lean toward using it to avoid galvonic corrosion.....which leads to
3. What is the right torque if you use antiseize.....


And, as always, thank you in advance. PS: Did a search first...

Why: Weight saving and my being tired of rusty steel ones. ....

 

2: yes, definitely. See chart of Titanium vs Aluminum (wheels) and Steel lug studs. Both are in the red zone.
3. weight savings will be negligible. Ounces on unsprung weight and unfelt on rotational mass because they are so close to center of rotation.

 

Thanks!
About 1/3 to 1/2 the weight....or so they say.

Maybe 400 gms (anyone?) per wheel...or about 1lb saved. Not very rotational........fully agree.

jb

 

Titanium is about 60% the weight of steel. There's not much point going from f*** all to 60% of f*** all.

If 1lb matters to you (it shouldn't), you can save that by using the dunny before driving.

 

Well 1 lb of unsprung weight at the corners will be more noticeable than 1 lb of static weight so that doesn't quite serve the same purpose.

 

Appropriate username 😂

 

Fitted Ti lug nuts to my carbon blades as the stock nuts looked really shabby, plus was trying to offset weight gain from fitting 10mm spacers, (didn't want to go 15mm adapters as the weight gain v look was too much for me). The Ti nuts will not save much weight, yes I did weigh the old and new, just to check. The 20 stock lug nuts including lockers came in at 1,505g. The Ti nuts (Jaguar Ti Lug nuts) came in at 925g (61% of stock), so 705g (1.55lbs) saved overall . The nuts I purchased have a slightly longer thread ~2.5mm, so reduced the risk from the 10mm spacers. So in summary little if anything to be gained in weight savings, although it did halve the weight gains of my 10mm spacers. The Ti nuts look so much better than stock. Final point, as an ex vehicle mechanic, you were taught never to put any coatings on wheel studs/bolts, always fit them dry and torque to recommended settings.

 

One source of rust on the lug nuts is the water that collects around them. After washing my car I use a Blaster Sidekick to dry it. I am always amazed at the amount of water that blows out from around the lug nuts when doing so. I would think going for a drive after washing it would probably remove the water as well.

 

Who doesn't go for a drive in their nice clean car after a wash? Any excu... er, reason!

 

Just for the record—and Healthy & Happy New Year to my friends across (on both sides of) the pond—I don’t need a clean car to have an excu…er, reason to drive my car! But, yes, it’s extra nice when it is clean. Speaking of clean—-detailing tip: I use wooden skewers with whatever I am cleaning my car and wheels with and gently wrap a paper towel around the skewer and wipe it around each lug nut. I don’t have to tell you how dirty it gets in there, do I? Didn’t think so.

2024 here we come…10, 9, 8…

 

When I put on my forged rims I also thought the original lug nuts were looking rather shabby. I got some replacements from Gorilla. They're holding up well enough, but weigh pretty much the same as stock.