Why does Lexus use these retarded lug nuts?A 60 degree taper is perfection, no need for anything else
Because they're better than you and they know it.
>>29135420It's the alternative to machining and inserting steel tapered seats inserts into your aluminium wheels.Pretty much all aluminium wheels used to use shank wheel nuts back in the day when alu was first becoming popular.
>>29135426>inserting steel tapered seats inserts into your aluminium wheels.I've changed wheels on likely thousands of cars & And I have never seen that before.
>>29135449Show me your magical aluminium wheels which don't take shank nuts but also somehow don't have hardened steel taper inserts.You were probably just too stupid to notice them.
>>29135449
>>29135420>>29135426I own a IS350.This is news to me.Interesting.>>29135452>Show me your magical aluminium wheels which don't take shank nutPic related Although I know a $1,000 wheel isn't exactly common.But they do exist.
>>29135452Forgot pic.
>>29135522Most WELD wheels take shank nuts so I don't know whats up with that one
>>29135538I've been road racing with them for years and years 60 degree taper life.I want more threads showing though.1-2 threads past the lug makes boomers freak out even if it doesn't violate their rules.
>>29135566Show me what the seat looks like then
>>29135420the taper's only there to nudge the wheel into position as the lugnut is tightened, all lexus and toyota wheels are hub-centric. Lug-centric is objectively inferior.
mcdonalds ass lugcentric trash send that shit to carmax
>>29135452I’ve been working on cars my entire life and scrapped like 100 sets of alloy rims and only ever run into 2 sets of rims that had steel inserts, most don’t, I check every rim with a magnet too so the scrap yard can’t fuck my rates up
>>29135593See>>29135522>>29135626Lug centric makes sense on race cars though.No hub centric wheel is gonna fit larger hub bearing sizes on our cars.That and it's way easier to find (real) forged wheels as lug centric.>>29135635& Those lugs are off a double wishbone car.
>>29135790wow that's a really cool story dogfucker and yet you haven't shown a closeup of the seats on any of those wheels because you'd probably prove yourself wrong
>>29135936you see how I posted a high resolution close up so that you could actually see wtf is going on with the seat? >>29135538
>>29135943I literally check every wheel with a magnet so the scrap yard can’t Jew me, like I said I’ve only seen it on 2 sets and I simply use a hammer and chisel to knock em out
>>29135973Those are some very compelling words you've written dogfucker but for some strange reason you still won't post pictures of these mythical aluminium wheels without hardened steel seats.
>>29135980Uhh ok I’ll finish my breakfast and take a picture of every single alloy wheel in my yard and show you if you want
>>29135987Congratulations for being retarded enough to post AI slop which couldn't go 2 dot points without contradicting itself
>>29135995I mean I literally have 2 F350s, 2 suburbans, about 10 cars, 4 jeeps, 2 Volvo wagons, 2 Miata’s, and dozens of various other wheels in the yard, none of them have steel inserts, I’ll go ahead and grab you some pics just because I like to btfo people on the internet
>>29136001turns out you were just too busy fucking dogs to notice them LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo
>>29136012>can’t even post a picture that is your own>has to find a random picture off the internet >meanwhile I literally own dozens of cars and trucks and only post my own pictures and show examples galore This is just sad, do you even own a car?
>>29136015>MY MX5 WHEELS DON'T HAVE STEEL INSERTS!!!!!*posts picture of MX5 wheel with its steel inserts*>B-B-B-B-BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN YOUR OWN PICTURE IT DOESN'T COUNT!!!!better luck next thread dogfucker
>>29135790Based junkie
>>29135635based non-wrenchlet, non-ricer. a bit misguided but we're gonna let it slide
>>29136019My Miata wheels don’t have inserts and they cost 2000 dollars, oddI think that might be more than you make in an entire year >>29136020That was like 700 bucks in one truck load, I just make a pile of wheels and batteries and stuff in the yard and take it in when it gets big and unsightly
>>29136036must've had a bit too much dog semen in your eye m8 I can see the inserts right here
>>29136037Wym mine don’t have any? And neither do these https://www.ebay.com/itm/168737735954And neither do the BBS on my e39
>>29136041they've been painted over you fucking retard>most observant dogfucker
>>29136047Or they/them got some chink knockoffs
>>29136047Here’s a suburban rim with no insert
>>2913607806 F350 alloy no insert
>>29136084JL jeep 2024 no insert
>>29136087C4 vette salad shooters no insert
>>2913609001 TDI golf no insert
>>29136093American racing alloy truck wheels from the 80s, no insert
>>29136095Jeep XJ factory rim no insert
>>29136097K2500 suburban no insert
>>29136084These clearly take shank and washer nuts you absolute retard>>29136090>>29136093These clearly have inserts you absolute retard
>>29136108>These clearly take shank and washer nuts you absolute retardNo? Pic rel >These clearly have inserts you absolute retardNo? I’ll grab a pic with a dangling magnet on a string and hold it next to em
>>29136118What the fuck does your retarded dogfucking brain think is happening here?
>>29136118Furgot pic
>>29136108>>29136118
>>29136122Well it's not a fucking conical nut is it dogfucker? It has a washer to prevent it from galling the aluminium.
>>29136125>dangles it above the holehilarious the lengths you tranny types will go through to keep up your delusions
>>29136136>>29136129>I was just pretending to be retarded
>>29135945Anon, you may need glasses.
>>29136163Anon, it's time to stop responding.You clearly proved your point, that other anon is likely just a spam BOT.
>>29135790I have a set from a Lexus ls400 I need to scrap. How much do you usually get? Any tips on not getting ripped off? I need to pull the tires off too.
>>29135426bullshit, shank vs acorn is lug vs hub centric wheels>>291354522nd gen dodge ram rims....
>>29136414I got 1.10 per lb last time I went, call every scrap place and ask for a price on alloy wheels, make sure you get a price, write it down, they will often give you one price over the phone and a different price in person, if they try and do that tell them you called ahead of time and got a price that was more, also make sure there’s no valve stems or steel inserts(Kek) I crush the wheels in my log splitter and the tire falls right off the rim, some places have different rates for crushed wheels vs whole wheels so make sure they don’t try and Jew you on that too
>>29136163Any reason you chose to avoid actually putting it in the hole where it would get stuck to the steel insert dogfucker?
>>29136228You see a dogfucker tell the thread miatas don't have steel inserts, then you see a miata wheel posted with steel inserts and the dogfucker change the subject and you think to yourself "wow that dogfucker really proved his point!"?You see a dogfucker tell the thread BBS wheels don't steel inserts, then you see original BMW BBS wheels posted with their steel inserts and the dogfucker never brings up his BBS wheels again you think to yourself "dogfuckers rule!"?
>>29136491Cool. Thanks, man.
>>29135426wait, am I gonna need new lugnuts when I swap to these wheels next year? (the one on the front, but I have all four)
>>29136645
>>29136648idk I'm used to steelies but I'm also used to flinging hubcaps into ravines so these will be going on the car next year
>>29135973AmCan? There is a Vietnam dude who stole a crank shaft and axle shaft from my yard art. He has a blue pre OBDII Chevy truck. Help me find him and I give you half of the five hundred I sue him for.
>>29135452Brudda. Just because your one wheelset was one way doesn't mean the rest are. Steel inserts on ally wheels are very uncommon.
