never had problems with my orange calipers, just the rest of the car
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never had problems with my orange calipers, just the rest of the car
If race teams use steel lugs, why would a regular joe use aluminum?
CS is to blame for making a the product, but the buyer is at fault for buying them. Plus, on all stock plus Konig Illuisons...what was he really going to gain with aluminum lugs?
That being said I did run aluminum lugs for about 2 months, every week I had to retighten them and then Phen made the same statement above and I switched back and never had a problem. Thanks for the common sense Phen!
As for the lugs, he was using spacers with an aluminum lug and stock length studs then went autox, what else could he have done to ask for more problems.
And menchies I will be at tomorrow, with the kiddo, but no Mazda. Also, wife has the night out, so its just me an the little guy. First Menchies meet FTW!
And menchies I will be at tomorrow, with the kiddo, but no Mazda. Also, wife has the night out, so its just me an the little guy. First Menchies meet FTW!
949racing uses their brand aluminum lug nuts on their race cars. When the cars come in for a tire change they pick cold ones out of a container and put them on.
I ran the same lug nuts for a few years, with and without spacers (25mm). Now granted, I wasn't on a race track... But I do drive aggressively and on the street there's a lot more potholes/bumps/etc....
With all that being said, the single most awesome upgrade I did to my 2 was the CS rear torsion bar. Which promptly broke 100% around one of the two welds within 2 days of installing it, and it even happened "off road" at Nelson.
They sent me a new "custom" one, which I think was just solid aluminum instead of hollow. And painted instead of powder coated. Whatever. Best mod to the car by far.
I ran the same lug nuts for a few years, with and without spacers (25mm). Now granted, I wasn't on a race track... But I do drive aggressively and on the street there's a lot more potholes/bumps/etc....
With all that being said, the single most awesome upgrade I did to my 2 was the CS rear torsion bar. Which promptly broke 100% around one of the two welds within 2 days of installing it, and it even happened "off road" at Nelson.
They sent me a new "custom" one, which I think was just solid aluminum instead of hollow. And painted instead of powder coated. Whatever. Best mod to the car by far.
princess peach
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bewbs
Hey now, I use the in-car view so I can see the dashboard and stuff! Makes me feel like I'm not actually just sitting on the couch, getting fat.
Speaking of... let's get some Forza going again.
I've had some no-name brand aluminum lug nuts (recommended by AutoRND) on the RX-7 since the first set of RPF-1's. Granted, the car only saw one Hyperdrive and 7/8's of a single HPDE weekend but I've had the wheels on and off more times than I can count. Not once were they loose. Does CS recommend a certain torque? Maybe that wasn't followed or isn't correct. I know when I got my first set of RPF-1's the manual that came with them had recommended torque values for both aluminum and steel lug nuts. I think I was torquing them to 85 ft-lb but I can't remember. I need to check the manual again. Yes, my wheels came with an instruction manual...
This got me thinking. Would anyone be interested in a "league" where we all race comparable versions of our own cars? It's been a while since I've placed Forza but I'm pretty sure they have most Mazdas. I just think it's be kind of fun to try to gage what our cars would do versus one another. Sure obviously concessions would have to be made (no USDM MSP and N/A RX-7's in Forza) but I imagine we could get pretty close.
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princess peach
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I got random aluminum lug nuts from Amazon and use them on the MSM, most of you how I drive 
It would probably be a good idea to get longer studs though
It would probably be a good idea to get longer studs though
I think there are two problems this dude encountered.
1) the CS are a two piece aluminum (not a problem in itself)
2) he ran wheel spacers, and essentially was only holding on by 2.5-3 threads. Now, had he installed longer studs to use 75-100% of the available threads in his new extended lugs, he would have been fine, imo.
1) the CS are a two piece aluminum (not a problem in itself)
2) he ran wheel spacers, and essentially was only holding on by 2.5-3 threads. Now, had he installed longer studs to use 75-100% of the available threads in his new extended lugs, he would have been fine, imo.
Everything points to the guy not using extended studs.
I typically do about 80-85 as well.
In that thread, the guy says Corksport recommends 65 ft/lbs...that seems too low to me though. My McGard spline-drive lug nuts have the same 2-piece design, but I made sure I didn't get Aluminum lug nuts. I've done 2 autocrosses and a track day at Mid-Ohio on them without any issues.
I typically do about 80-85 as well.
In that thread, the guy says Corksport recommends 65 ft/lbs...that seems too low to me though. My McGard spline-drive lug nuts have the same 2-piece design, but I made sure I didn't get Aluminum lug nuts. I've done 2 autocrosses and a track day at Mid-Ohio on them without any issues.
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Yep, user error. And unfortunately MSF is going to blacklist CS for it.
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i torque mine to 90
The guy at least said he wasn't trying to start a flaming war against CS. He said he was just trying to warn people not to use their lugs with wheel spacers. Regardless, I can almost guarantee he would have had the same exact issue with wheel spacers no matter what lug nuts he was using. You have to make sure the lug nuts utilize enough of the threads.
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