View Full Version : Are Titanium Wheelnuts gay?
What colour did you order? :gay:
Burgo FTW lol
Tbh i dont think theyre gay i just like using my right to vote burgo:thumb:
I used to be into my mountain biking and we all used to run lightweight alloy bolts for brakes and chainrings and the like so i can see the benefit especially when youre after faster and faster track times so i say no theyre not gay!
**edited** as i sounded like i was contradicting myself lol
trackdaynova
17-09-08, 07:43 PM
Lee... 2 vs 1, close the thread, i win, they're cool lol
Lee... 2 vs 1, close the thread, i win, they're cool lol
WHats wrong, not feeling confident? lol lol
I used to be into my mountain biking and we all used to run lightweight alloy bolts for brakes and chainrings and the like so i can see the benefit especially when youre after faster and faster track times so i say yes!
Im 100% sure they will knock off less track time than they will add homosexuality :thumb:
i will be keeping my eye on you and your 19mm socket at the next show Mr Lee lol
Yeah but for how many reasons lol
LiquidPug
17-09-08, 07:53 PM
definately not, i've already ordered them :cool: lol
all 16 weigh just less than 2 standard ones :p
Why not get some Kwik-Fit plastic bolts, they're much lighter ;)
RSTChris
17-09-08, 07:54 PM
Deepends on price!
But it is unsprung weight loss after all!
Deepends on price!
But it is unsprung weight loss after all!
I may have agreed until I was told you can choose your colour, and assorted logos for them.
Any machoism gone ergo GAY lol
Definately gay! Over priced, over rated, mininal weight loss and should only be used on race cars which have to have every gram shaved off!!:wtf::thumb:
RSTChris
17-09-08, 08:05 PM
pmsl gotta agree there
so how much
Anyway, we are not discussing the merits of using them, we are discussing if anodised titanium wheelnuts are gay or not!
sorry, wheres the rule book? i must have missed that chapter lol
In the back, i wrote it there!!;)lollollollol
Anyway, we are not discussing the merits of using them, we are discussing if anodised titanium wheelnuts are gay or not!
Yes they are, wether coloured or not!:thumb:
trackdaynova
17-09-08, 08:11 PM
lol ahh yeah, page 204...
lol ahh yeah, page 204...
lol lol lol lol lol lol
vaughanmc
17-09-08, 08:32 PM
I voted there gay lol
Too much free time when you start to worry about stuff like that
Each to their own though
how much are they?
(thats a major deciding factor of the gayness!lol )
well alloy ones are £4 each so titanium ones are probably about £10 each lol
dhdev (Oli)
17-09-08, 09:07 PM
They're cool, anything that saves a gram or two is :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::c ool::cool:
between £3 and 3.50 each
nah pretty cool then but if they were £10 each(£160 on wheels nuts!:tard: )then they would be gaylol
lol if someone is paying £4 each for an alloy one... they're paying over the odds lol
£between 3 and 3.50 eachto be fair the price i am quoting is out of demon tweeks so yes over the odds
liftoffoversteer
17-09-08, 09:13 PM
For the weight you're gonna save, why not have a big dump instead?
For the weight you're gonna save, why not have a big dump instead?what if youve just been??
For the weight you're gonna save, why not have a big dump instead?
exactly!how much is a packet of superlax?lol
dhdev (Oli)
17-09-08, 09:15 PM
But if you had a dump AND bought the wheelnuts, you'd be even lighter ;)
i think you have to be a hard core weight saver to understand
i agree with weightsaving
unsprung mass ftw
shaper steering response, better handling, better suspension response, faster acceleration
all ever so slightly, but every little helps!
trackdaynova
17-09-08, 09:25 PM
lol @ me, it's not as Sainsburys say... as thats "taste the difference" lol
I mean Tesco... "Every little helps" :D :thumb:
lol @ me, it's not as Sainsburys say... as thats "taste the difference" lol
I mean Tesco... "Every little helps" :D :thumb:
Lmao, i did wonder wtf you meant lol
But if you had a dump AND bought the wheelnuts, you'd be even lighter ;)
i could imagine you being 6 stone,head shaven,cut finger nails and all body hair removed,1 less toe on each foot and one less finger on each hand trying to reduce excess weight!lol ..........and driving naked :eek: :D
trackdaynova
17-09-08, 09:27 PM
i could imagine you being 6 stone,head shaven,cut finger nails and all body hair removed,1 less toe on each foot and one less finger on each hand trying to reduce excess weight!lol ..........and driving naked :eek: :Dhave you never met that Oli? he is exactly as you've described, 10stone at the max.
This Olly on the other hand... isn't lol
t45_ste
17-09-08, 09:35 PM
Cool as ten:thumb:
trackdaynova
17-09-08, 09:37 PM
Lee, Mr PNG = FAIL lol OMGz
Most members would be better off buying some elax and saving more weight and be less ful of ****!
liftoffoversteer
17-09-08, 10:09 PM
what if youve just been??
choke the chicken?
mikey14sr
17-09-08, 10:14 PM
On an out and out track car, used in serious competition, perfectly fine imo.
Used for anything else, I vote gaaaaaaaaay, to me it's like spending an extra £30 on a pair of trainers just because they've got a fancy label on them, when a plain simple pair will still do what they're designed to do, and probably last longer!
(based on my own previous experience of Nike's longevity comapared to brands like hi-tech and others)
i voted no, any weight loss is good loss dont matter what it is your buying or how you do it!
Lee you fail lol
No! their cool, now wheres the link to buy them? :D
dhdev (Oli)
18-09-08, 08:17 AM
If you're gonna be running Titanium wheelnuts, I hope your studs are trimmed down as much as possible! :thumb:
Adam C- I'm definately not carrying excess weight, that's for sure ;)
I dunno, your nips look heavy....
I voted Gay as its simply a costly gayness for next to no gain... I bet you'd notice more "feel" change by cocking about with tyre pressures than the Tit nuts.
Also on that basis you want to be using Helium in the tyres and running a much much lower pressure than normal to keep that weight down lol
dhdev (Oli)
18-09-08, 09:19 AM
I dunno, your nips look heavy....
Do you think I could go nip-less? Give me a smooth euro look :wtf:
Philsutton
18-09-08, 09:19 AM
titanium is gay to machine, in fact if possible never go anywhere near Nickel Titanium as thats a right pain to machine as its heat shape memory lol
Hold them on with a bit of spit and bubble gum works fine on mine and alot lighter lol.
Pistol Pete
18-09-08, 09:48 AM
I'd say gay. Weight saving is good but thats abit extreme... But then i've got a titanium rod in my leg so does that mean im gay:eek: and lightweight??!!lol
Just out of pure curiosity, how much do these cost and where to get them ;) lol ?!
Pistol Pete
18-09-08, 09:52 AM
meh, but i'm leightweight!! lol
Titanium body parts/glasses etc are cool as funk, Titanium on a lardy ****d nova is GAYYYYY lol
novarally
18-09-08, 10:14 AM
Definitely they're good.
I used to use them on my Nova race car, until a scrutineer spotted them and insisted I change them for steel ones (Hillclimbs/Sprint regulations dictate steel only for wheel nuts/bolts).
Definitely they're good.
I used to use them on my Nova race car, until a scrutineer spotted them and insisted I change them for steel ones (Hillclimbs/Sprint regulations dictate steel only for wheel nuts/bolts).
Thats very harsh!
meritlover
18-09-08, 01:47 PM
Are Titanium Wheelnuts gay? (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=963862#post963862)
only if they sleep together, or listen to a lot of George Micheal.
meritlover
18-09-08, 01:48 PM
Thats very harsh!
rules is rules!
supposing someone used plastic wheel nuts? that seems a flippant example but steel is specified in the interest of safety.
xxx
I vote gay in this case lol You need a c/f roof skin and bonnet, f/g doors etc to warrant them lol
Next thing you will be wanting to get down to a size zero lol
Jeff16v
18-09-08, 04:13 PM
As gay as a gay flight to Gaysville. Does your bum look big in themlol
meritlover
18-09-08, 05:42 PM
definately not, i've already ordered them :cool: lol
all 16 weigh just less than 2 standard ones :p
WOW!! ive saved more weight having a dump before i go for a drive. :roll:
Id say all the Burgo voters would have voted Gay for sure :)
mikey14sr
18-09-08, 05:59 PM
I vote gay in this case lol You need a c/f roof skin and bonnet, f/g doors etc to warrant them lol
Next thing you will be wanting to get down to a size zero lol
BMW allready came up with that though to a point, all those co*ks in their CSL's.lol
would this be a good time to mention the fact ive actually been pricing up titanium bolts for all the front suspension compents? its the suspension components to start with aswell, ill move on to replacing other bolts after that
loggyboy
19-09-08, 11:14 AM
I vote burgo ...
but they not gay.. weight saved by having a dump does not reduce Unsprung weight... which is the key advantage over any other weight saving..
Ps where do you get TIT NUTS from?
NavNova
19-09-08, 01:55 PM
Is far as I understand it titanium isnt really strong enough for using as wheel nuts.
I know that WRC teams use them but they get replaced at every tyre change. So thats about every few hundred miles. You shouldnt use them unless you can afford that sort of expense.
Wheels falling off is very gay.
craig green
19-09-08, 01:57 PM
On a Nova they are gay IMO.
On a Radical or something similar, hell yeah.
hybridturbo
19-09-08, 02:46 PM
Gay on your car olly because you are carrying around possibly 2 of the heaviest seats out on the market
Start with the big heavy stuff first then start shaving your nuts
Is far as I understand it titanium isnt really strong enough for using as wheel nuts.
I know that WRC teams use them but they get replaced at every tyre change. So thats about every few hundred miles. You shouldnt use them unless you can afford that sort of expense.
Wheels falling off is very gay.i thought titanium was stronger than steel :confused:
Welsh Dan
19-09-08, 04:29 PM
No, titanium is much softer, but much much lighter. A titanium bar needed to support x weight at y reach would weigh a lot less than its steel counterpart, but be much thicker.
NavNova
19-09-08, 04:33 PM
Ahh, I though it was stronger but it just cant take the same abuse.
So on an application like a wheel nut where the thickness is fixed a titanium nut would be weaker.
twistysnovagte
19-09-08, 06:47 PM
ive heard if you pack in smoking you pile on the pounds,so no gains on the weight loss/track time effot!:p lol
Is far as I understand it titanium isnt really strong enough for using as wheel nuts.
I know that WRC teams use them but they get replaced at every tyre change. So thats about every few hundred miles. You shouldnt use them unless you can afford that sort of expense.
Bullsheezer chap ;) the reason they get replaced every tyre change (well, apparently they change them) is to keep the nuts thread clean, thus completly minimising the chance of cross threading them :thumb:
BTW, WRC teams would do one stage then change tyres, so say about 20 miles if that (including road miles where competitive driving is N/A)
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