cegan09

as part of my dismantling adventures today i pulled the wheels off (somehow never had to till now). The lug nuts are psychotically light, to they point that you'd swear they were plastic if you picked one up. Are these really stock? or aftermarket. I can only assume they are titanium or some other light material.

i apologize if this is a silly question, i'm just used to steel lugs on all the cars i've played with.

krystar

probably aluminum ones.

i just worked on a guy's 944 turbo and he had same kind...i could toss at yer head and u won't feel a hit. i advised him to get the open steel ones.

cegan09

Cool, thanks. They feel light to the point that i'd be scared using them. If they are aluminum i'd be scared using them on steel bolts.

somewhere along the line i think an owner replaced security keyed ones with open ended ones of the same material, because each wheel has 4 closed ended ones, and one longer open ended one.

I_am_imprezed

the aluminum ones are nice for a street car especially if the car sits outside as they dont rust. however on my DE car i run open steels even when i drive the car on the street.

Will Feather

They are aluminum with a steel base. And they suck because the aluminum will strip or break leaving you with no way to remove them.

cegan09

i assume you mean steel base as in the studs themselves, not that the nuts have steel and aluminum in them. Steel on aluminum is bad, aluminum loses, which is why i'm amazed that is what they are.

Will Feather

The nut, as far as I know, is aluminum with a steel base. ****ty idea.

ArthurPE

I think the open end ones are oem, they are just missing the wheel locks

imo the nuts are fine, as long as installed properly, clean threads, evenly torqued to spec

KuHL 951

I've driven the closed aluminum versions extremely hard in mountain driving for many many years and never had one fail, loosen, or not torque correctly. I suppose the open nuts are a security issue for track use though and are a better option.

CPR

^^^^Agreed. NOTHING wrong with the Aluminum nuts at all.

And why the 'steel to aluminum is bad' statement? Who the hell is running steel rims?

tblofsky

All 944's came with aluminum nuts. there is no metal bast on them. they are all aluminum. The open ended ones are for the lock. You are just missing the lock portion.

PorscheDude1

A little dab of anti-sieze on the studs will go along way.

gratian

The aluminium nuts are very strong...mine was torqued too high with air gun so I was forced to use a breaking bar 1 meter long to loose them...now some of them are no more straight if you can believe this!?! still use them

Tom R.

the open steel lug nuts are good if you are not using oem wheels and want to make sure the lug bolt is completely on the nut.

ernie9468

Had those on the car 27 years when the pic was taken never had any problems ,never seen one broke or strip in all those years ,one thing I've never do is use a air gun on them either on the 944 or the 968 & a dab of petrolium gelly (vaseline) on the studs won't hurt once in a while ,most of use will discard the locking one since if you loss the key there are a PITA to remove ,as far as being light sleep in peace there are very strong,mine were buff hence the alluminum colour.