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who has the sexiest lug nuts?

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Old 01-24-11, 06:30 PM
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I have no Lexus yet but these are on my Evo right now. Kics Project R40 Neo Chrome that I'm gonna re-use on my IS350 whenever I find one.

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Old 01-24-11, 06:54 PM
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Dang with a title like "who has the sexiest lug nuts?" I was expecting to see some Hello Kitty lugz
Old 02-24-11, 03:52 PM
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What color lugnuts or lugnuts would look good on a black is350 with satin black lc818!? Help, I want some nuts =(
Old 02-24-11, 04:06 PM
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^^^hot pink fo sho
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Originally Posted by KangstaxD
What color lugnuts or lugnuts would look good on a black is350 with satin black lc818!? Help, I want some nuts =(
kind of hard to see but here's the rims you're looking at... and i have Ti open ended lugnuts on them:




looks like these:
Old 02-24-11, 04:20 PM
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LOL Hell to the no! Just kidding but no pink! Hyper, does lugnuts look pretty good even though its hard to tell from the car. How do you like your lc818? I have mine in the garage just waiting till spring break. The rims look nice but does it flow well with the car?
Old 02-24-11, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by KangstaxD
Hyper, does lugnuts look pretty good even though its hard to tell from the car. How do you like your lc818? I have mine in the garage just waiting till spring break. The rims look nice but does it flow well with the car?
yeah, i think they look really nice with the car!!!
specially since my flat black two tone thing was going on, the wheels really made it work...

the lugnuts are nice... i like the open ended design with these wheels...
i had these black chrome ones on before...they're chromoly and they matched well too...

there's so many choices out there right now...

if i have time, i'll try to take pics of the wheels with diff lug nuts on them so you can see...
Old 02-24-11, 04:42 PM
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Thanks man! I have purchased a set of open lugnuts that were relatively cheap. With exposures to the sun, the inside of the lugnut started to rust up. Do you have any problems with rusting with open ended lugnuts?
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Originally Posted by KangstaxD
Thanks man! I have purchased a set of open lugnuts that were relatively cheap. With exposures to the sun, the inside of the lugnut started to rust up. Do you have any problems with rusting with open ended lugnuts?
the chromoly ones might do that, so i put some WD40 and some antiseize on them...

not too sure how that will hold up on the track but for everyday use it was ok...

the Ti lugnuts nor alum ones did that for me...but they could be from your studs... you might want to clean them up real well and coat them with something prior to installing your wheels...
Old 02-24-11, 05:03 PM
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also... one thing to keep in mind is that any anodized, alum lugnut will fade over time...
the only ones i seen hold up well were silver ones...all others pretty much will fade...
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Thanks for the great information. I believe the rust were from exposure to the sun after frequent car wash. Wet lugnuts were exposed to the sun. I was thinking about the f-sport lugnuts. Do you think they are worth $150 or should I go with another route? I was thinking about gold lugnuts since black and gold go well together.
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i'm not sure, i've never used the F-Sport ones before.
they look nice but they look like steel ones.
basically, anything like gorilla locks or mcgaurds (spelling???)

if you do decide on gold, just remember that they will prob fade if you leave them exposed to sunlight for a long time...well, alum anodized ones anyway...
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Old 02-24-11, 08:39 PM
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So hard to choose! Dmaster those lugnuts are so freakin sweet on your rims. If I had silver as well, I would purchase those lugs in a heartbeat. However, I am not sure if tha color will match satin blacks.. Hmm
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I was about to buy some of the muteki neochrome open end lugsbut don't know if they would look good on gunmetal wheels...


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