On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> they also require a cone face lug nut or bolt .
> And it's not exactly the same as the one used on 14 inch alloy wheels...
> close, but not the same .    Alloy lug nuts or bolts would work....but the
> contact area is a lot larger on the alloy nut or bolt.

  I've seen alloy lug bolts fail.   They are prohibited on racetracks.  I
don't use them on any vehicle.  A 'ham-fisted'  mechanic with an air impact
wrench can over-stress them with ease and you'd never know till they let
go.  You can even twist them right off 'by hand' (make the bolt shaft break
using a normal lug wrench) and they sometimes seize onto a steel hub due to
dissimilar metals reaction.
  Don Hanson