Black Lug Nuts?

[jrRaptor]

I know lol. Yesterday and the day I bought them it was green and said they fit. I did compare them and they look identical other than color, so I dunno.

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[DinoBirdClaws88]

Ouch! Tough crowd.

Ok, I was being a little harsh….
(Back story- I was in a rush since my wheels were just powered coated and I didn’t want to put the chrome ones back on) We’re all Raptor bros, accept my apology!?

 

[jrRaptor]

Ok, I was being a little harsh….
(Back story- I was in a rush since my wheels were just powered coated and I didn’t want to put the chrome ones back on) We’re all Raptor bros, accept my apology!?

Apology accepted! We're all Raptor bros on this glorious day

 

[mperezkr]

Just came in. Only made time to put a few on. Compared to OEM, they have the same surface area.

On a side note, does everyone have a foot long strip of damn wheel weights?

 

[jrRaptor]

Just came in. Only made time to put a few on. Compared to OEM, they have the same surface area.

On a side note, does everyone have a foot long strip of damn wheel weights?

lol first thing I noticed when I took of the wheels. No wonder they're so heavy.

 

[Top Fuel Friday]

Just came in. Only made time to put a few on. Compared to OEM, they have the same surface area.

On a side note, does everyone have a foot long strip of damn wheel weights?

I know mine does, sheesh I thought the K03’s would balance better than the 37” K02’s on my jeep. Guess not.

here are the amason ones linked earlier in the thread. Torqued to 150 lbs, great fitment.

 

[DinoBirdClaws88]

I know mine does, sheesh I thought the K03’s would balance better than the 37” K02’s on my jeep. Guess not.

here are the amason ones linked earlier in the thread. Torqued to 150 lbs, great fitment.

Torqued to 150!? (Is that the standard???) The manual says 100!

I know the Bronco is 100 and the Braptor is 150, are we guessing the same for the Ranger Raptor?

 

[Top Fuel Friday]

Torqued to 150!? (Is that the standard???) The manual says 100!

I know the Bronco is 100 and the Braptor is 150, are we guessing the same for the Ranger Raptor?

My Mach1 is 150 and a google top result was 150 (was doing both conversions to one pice blue nuts so figured why not). It's probably right at 100 if that's what the ranger manual says,

 

[Rapture2423]

I checked torque on mine at 1000 miles. I set to 100 lbs first and each lug moved just a smidgen before clicking. Thinking it's 100

 

[Goldylox22]

Hopefully. lol. we have factory style. can't find any in 12x1.5 that are locking like the gorilla with "factory style bulge"

Factory lug nuts have more contact surface area than aftermarket lugs, about 30-40% more.

Would S/D Spline type at the proper angle and thread size work too? Or is the surface area that it’s lacking too important?

 

[DinoBirdClaws88]

Would S/D Spline type at the proper angle and thread size work too? Or is the surface area that it’s lacking too important?

I did a deep dive into lug nuts for the R-Raptor.
(Short answer) Basically due to the sharing forces and wheel pressure/leverage you absolutely need a stock style for the correct surface area for off-roading/jumping/high speed cornering. Now- if you don’t plan on any of the above driving situations (I.e. your truck will stay on road all the time), then a thinner spline lug nut will be fine. If you have after market wheels you may not have a choice due to the diameter of the holes, but if running stock wheels the splines will secure the wheel to the bolts At about 1/3 reduction in strength.

 

[mperezkr]

Would S/D Spline type at the proper angle and thread size work too? Or is the surface area that it’s lacking too important?

bulge acorn was the same surface contact area as OEM. S/D looks to be half of the that, but the most important is the contact angle which should be 60degrees. as long as they're torqued correctly they should be fine. These are like the ones I posted but a 24 pack. I ordered a 20 pack because I also ordered a different brand wheel lock.

Gorilla Automotive 71634NBC Gorilla Wheel Lock Systems | Summit Racing

 

[mperezkr]

Advance wheel locks

 

[AFN76]

thank you for your post.

does the gorilla lug nuts meets your search recommendation/conclusion ?

I go for extreme off-roading and wish to replace my bead lock wheels lug nuts to black instead of the stock/chrome.

thank you again

I did a deep dive into lug nuts for the R-Raptor.
(Short answer) Basically due to the sharing forces and wheel pressure/leverage you absolutely need a stock style for the correct surface area for off-roading/jumping/high speed cornering. Now- if you don’t plan on any of the above driving situations (I.e. your truck will stay on road all the time), then a thinner spline lug nut will be fine. If you have after market wheels you may not have a choice due to the diameter of the holes, but if running stock wheels the splines will secure the wheel to the bolts At about 1/3 reduction in strength.

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[NPTR]

I swapped to Gorilla spline on my 350R as I wanted black and more theft protection for the carbon wheels. Very happy with the quality and would like to use them on the RR so an answer on the above would be helpful - looks to me like similar surface area that contacts the wheel so I assume that would be sufficient? The thinner spline part is not making any contact with the wheel, that’s just how you remove it so I assume it’s just as strong as stock?

Separately, anyone have these? Not cheap, but since FP you can trust the spec…and color looks to be a better match for our wheels vs the gloss black on Gorilla. Only issue, no locks. Thoughts?

https://www.levittownfordparts.com/sku/m-1012k-br.html

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