Hey guys...while at the International Auto Salon a couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with the General Manager of Mackin Industries concerning lug nuts, and the problems that I have personally had, or have seen with Aluminium lug nuts...specifically galling, stripping, and overall shoddy craftsmanship. After the conversation he agreed to send me a set to see what I thought of them prior to the lug nuts actually hitting the market(they're importing them into the states in June).

From what I was told these nuts are made by Rays out of 7075 Al...which is much stronger than the 6061 that the majority of the Al nuts are made out of. The lug nuts have an annodized finish, and the blue nuts are almost the same color as the Spoon calipers...forgot to take pics of RBoosted's car with the Spoon calipers and the lug nuts . As you can see they are packaged in 4 nuts per package with a current retail of $25.00, final price is yet to be determined, most likely it will be a little less $$$.

I'll try to get some pics of the nuts installed on my car...the blue nuts look rather nice installed on my black itr and Mugen MF-10's...




I'm going to have to take another pic of this and have someone translate it for us...Yoshi










Cool little tool that I received...it's basically a spark plug socket with plastic inside so that you don't scratch the annodized finish.




And here is what they look like on a set of Volk LE-37's...17x7, formerly installed on a RSX.






[Modified by Austin, 9:32 AM 5/14/2002]

 

125 bux for lugs... eeeeekkkk

Craig - Who just spent 35 bux for some gorrillas

 

they kind of look like skunk2 lugnuts. Hayame has lugnuts like these in gunmetal droollll.



They are on groupbuycenter.com for 85.00 shipped for 16

 

Do they make them with a spherical seating surface so they can be used with the OEM wheels?

 

That's nuts!

 

Which is ~$21.25 per 4 nuts, of roughly 15% below the MSRP for these nuts...not sure what prices that we will see on the street...but I'm sure that they will be competitively priced...and they're availble in the colors that I prefer.

 

That's something that is currently unknown to me...I'll have to inquire with Mackin Industries the next time that I'm speaking with them.
Austin

 

Austin

They look just like my Axas lug the package look the same to.
Mine did not come with the tool thou. Where can I get one so mine don't
get mesed up?
I mean does the tool come separate?


[Modified by rolow, 6:18 PM 5/14/2002]

 

find out for us!and are they open end ? it looks that way but just making sure (for ARP wheel studs

 

The tool was sent with the nuts...it is something that they will be selling with the set for some extra $$$, don't think that they are available as of yet.
Austin

 

.....so are these new rays lugs better than the ones i currently have?

 

Ken - you don't need to run open ended lugs for your street/autoX setups. I wouldn't even bother with the "new" lugs from rays.

 

McGard!!!! I got mine the other week, and will be putting them on for the first time tonight! One really neat feature is that they have a 'floating' washer on the contact area, which allows the nut to spin with out marring the surface of the rim!!!

 

Ken...they are produced by Rays, which is a good selling point, however they are branded as another company, just an alternative to the Rays nuts that are next to impossible to obtain here in the states.
Austin

 

I have a set of used Rays nuts if anyone is interested. IM me for details.

 

The tool will be imported into the states in June...estimated retail of $10.00.

 

Yes, they are open ended...I just got off the phone with Mackin Industries, and they are inquiring with the Japan office to see if the OE seat style lug nuts are available...I'll have to update everyone when they have updated me.
Austin