Well, a couple of months ago I purchased a set of Zenki lugs from one of our sponsors.
I received them promptly and blah blah... I was happy.

Put them on the car, immediately noticed they're bit fragile. So be careful if you don't want to scratch the **** out of your brand new (expensive) lugs.

Result? really nice.





Nice and blingy. Loved them. They don't weigh anything either. I immediately noticed less vibration while driving. Lugs aparently throw the balance out of whack a bit.

Anyway... fast forward about a month...

Why did you buy pink wheel thingies? People started asking me...
I was not pleased.
About a month or 3 later... they look kinda like this:





The sun has bleached them, and on post parts the color is completely gone.
I did NOT use any sort of agressive solvent on them. They have been driven in the summer only, so have not seen sand, salt or other winter muck.

Let's just say I'm really dissapointed with the overall finish of these.
So...I painted them.



And the result:



They're not as shiney as they used to be... but atleast they're red again.
Next time, I'll go for polished lugs instead.

So be warned, if you're just going for the bling... you might want to consider another brand. Weight wise, I'm happy with them.

 

I have the titanium one and they have not discolor in almost 2 yr now.
I hope mine stay that way.

 

good idea on the repaint alteast...

 

That paint is just gonna chip off from putting the lugs on/off and daily driving. I have a feeling you will be painting these often to keep up that finish.

 

Damn that sucks I just ordered the same ones

 

Well..the wheels are painted too...so that shouldn't be too bad.
I will have to be careful putting them on... but I also had to do that with the flimsy anodised layer.

 

yea, zenki lugs fade real nice...

 

these have been known to fade since the riser of their popularity

 

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mine did too thats y i haev Buddy Clubs now

 

On my Volk nuts I put a tiny layer of plastic wrap around them before I go to take them on and off. It helps protect the finish from the scrapes it would get just from removing them all the time.

 

good call... I'll try that.

 

i got the silver ones....my blue ones from b4 turned midori

 

my red ones faded to pink in a week, got comp'ed for another set and they faded again.

 

many peoples fade...kinda sucks

 

i had the same problem..i boguht a set of black zenki tuner lugs and within 2 week they were starting to turn gold already.. the gold acutally doesnt look too bad but i bought them black and they shouldnt be fading already

 

Same here. Faded quicker than Ruben Studdard. This is what I've learned.
Zenki = OLDER Kouki=NEWER. The person I bought it from is a cool guy though, nothing against him

 

my friend also had the same probs with the red ones....at first they turned to a jdm ***** pink color then to a polished color....**** cheap lugs, I'm happy with my Rays lugs....no fading of color what so ever with mine..

 

my homie got the black ones n they faded to bronze

 

I had 2 sets of these lugs, one was the titanium color, that set didnt fade, but the other set red, faded to **** in like a month

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VTEC_Club &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Same here. Faded quicker than Ruben Studdard. This is what I've learned.
Zenki = OLDER Kouki=NEWER. The person I bought it from is a cool guy though, nothing against him </TD></TR></TABLE>

Kouki...?

 

the set of red ones i had faded too

so i guess i am just going to use them for bling effect, and not for every day use...

 

muteki's best lug for the money IMO. and theyre locking too. Zenki's i was sorta disappointed due to the fact they were $60+ and they werent even locking.

 

Look at the pic... I have zenki locking nuts.
Not ALL of them.. but 1 on each wheel.

 

My silver lugs have'nt faded at all...

 

i wonder if thats where the vibration in the front of my car is coming from hummm o well.. Thanks for the heads up