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04-19-2015, 10:43 PM
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Titanium lug nuts and wheel studs?
Anyone interested in a titanium lug nut and wheel stud kit? the nuts alone do not save much weight like the studs also would do.
We are planing on making them. |
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04-20-2015, 08:53 AM
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Jumanji
Drives: '14 Z/28 - AGM - No A/C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Alaska
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What is the estimated weight savings over stock with a full stud/nut setup? And the corresponding weight reduction to my wallet?
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04-20-2015, 09:28 AM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Cape Cod
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Price?
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04-20-2015, 10:44 AM
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Drives: 2014 Z/28 #82+#192, 18ZLE 66Nova Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: By the lake in AZ
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Let me know the price?
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04-20-2015, 10:59 AM
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Drives: '14 1LE Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NJ
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Interested if the price is right
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11-16-2019, 08:57 AM
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 Drives: Camaro Z/28 - 2015 Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Germany
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What has become of this project?
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11-16-2019, 05:14 PM
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Drives: 2015 Camaro Z/28 #311 Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Roscoe, IL
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Aluminum lug nuts
I have been using hardened aluminum lug nuts for 3 years now and have had no problems with stripping or lugs coming loose. I have saved almost 5 Lbs. That's over a pound a wheel.
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11-16-2019, 08:53 PM
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Drives: Camaro Z/28 - 2015 Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Germany
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I thought so too. The idea of Skylane765, also the studs in Titanium, I would also like to do. But I have not found a company that offers pressed studs in Titanium.
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11-16-2019, 10:24 PM
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Raging Bull Reborn
Drives: '09 CGM Z063LZ '15 RH Z/28 #0631 Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Broken Arrow OK
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Are the rotors a steel center? If so how do you propose countering galvanic corrosion on those pressed in studs? I’ve done years of corrosion work in designing oilfield coatings here in Oklahoma...and studs slowly corroding after being pressed in could lead to catastrophic failure.
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11-17-2019, 09:16 AM
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11-17-2019, 01:20 PM
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Drives: Camaro Z/28 - 2015 Join Date: Sep 2019
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Therefore I would replace the steel studs with titanium studs, but I do not know who offers pressed titanium studs. |
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11-17-2019, 02:11 PM
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Drives: '15 Z/28 #0270 Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: San Pablo, CA
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Titanium lug nuts made by the OP
https://zl1addons.com/collections/ca...ro-and-mustang Titanium lug nuts made in California https://ozmoengineering.com/shop/m14...nical-lugnuts/ Haven't found wheel studs yet. |
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11-19-2019, 08:29 AM
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Raging Bull Reborn
Drives: '09 CGM Z063LZ '15 RH Z/28 #0631 Join Date: Mar 2012
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That’s why I asked - the rotor structure is steel, pressing Ti lugs into that WILL cause galvanic corrosion, at the steel-titanium interface..you need an anti corrosive on the Ti lugs to prevent the inevitable corrosion. Potentially a passivation coating that is applied via a flame ionization might work,for a perfect product.
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11-20-2019, 11:53 PM
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Drives: Camaro Z/28 - 2015 Join Date: Sep 2019
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Okay, thanks. And how about the connection between the oem studs and titanium lug nuts - are there any problems? |
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