hey guys, these were on sale @ inlinefour.com for $40 and it says that they have a dished end. does this mean that the ends are rounded/tapered? sorry for the newbie question.

 

I never heard of dished end lug nuts, but I can tell you that the green packaged ones on the top are open ended, and the yellow ones are closed ended. There all have a smaller circumference compared to the stock ones.

 

but are the ends rounded? not flat, used in domestic vehicles?

 

i wouldnt buy those unless u want stripped lugs....and i think dished and tapered means the way the ends of the lugs are.....i think tapered are like this \ / and dished like a U shape....dont quote me

 

those lugs are a complete waste of money, stripped my stud

 

In eight months, I have yet to have any problem with my Kyokugens. I torque them to ~75 lb/ft, like the instructions say to. I'm not saying people haven't problems with them, as they obviously have, but mine have been problem free so far.

 

the general rules are dont use air gun and only use a torque wrench to tighten our lovely automoble wheel fastener(aka lug nuts)

they are nice but i wouldnt get them.
i have regular tuner nuts on car, bling bling silver

believe it or not, the best way to fasten a fastener is to put a little bit of anti-serze on it, so the torque wrench getting the real torque number instead fractional torque, they WILL NOT fall off the car, i learn it in ASE cert. class.
with the anti-serze, you can take out your lug nut next time without getting stuck or strippe/break a stud.

air gun sometime over torque(break a stud) or under torque(causing a seperation of wheel from vehicle at high speed cornering or braking )

 

oh yeah, look at my sig!

torque wrench is not even that expensive, anyone work on their car should get one

edit: sp3llin'

 

You can use an airgun, just use torque sticks.

Dish = Taperered = Conical

 

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will it be 100% accurate? NOPE

 

my friend has never had a problem with his lug nuts....

 

Kyokugens strip. They work fine for the first few times, but they don't last long. Nothing more frustrating then one last screw/lug/bolt keeping you from getting a job done....

 

The lugs are fine as long as you don't over torque them. Just use common sense, anything higher than 75 ft/lb is useless.

And I don't think the Kyokugen or Muteki are available in a bulge/conical seat. They all use a 60 degree tapered edge (flat seat).

 

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Master of the obvious...

 

those lugs are cheap and worthless.
stay away from them.

 

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Master of the obvious...</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahaha

 

i came to the realization i spent a minute of my life reading people talk about lug nuts.... i will go do something good with my life now