1. What are BONOSS lug nuts on a Tesla car?

A lug nut features a hex-shaped fastener that threads onto the wheel stud, securing the wheel in place and centering it properly on the axle. Equipping your vehicle with the correct lug nuts is very important to ensure safety and reliability. BONOSS forged 7075-T6 lug nuts are specially designed for completing your performance aftermarket wheels style. No-compromise manufacture to ensure quality and its unsurpassed level of safety. The closed-end design provides more gripping strength, more stud engagement, and better corrosion resistance than common lug nuts. In addition, they are about 60% lighter than common steel lug nuts.

2. Why do I need new lug nuts for new wheels?

Generally, the OEM wheel studs determine the size and thread pitch of the lug nuts. Then the seat type of lug nuts depends on the wheels. Since aftermarket wheels are often designed by different manufacturers, there are different lug seats from the stock wheels. The most common lug seats are cone seat, ball seat and flat seat. Sometimes, it is capable to reuse the stock lug nuts if the new wheels come with the same lug seat. However, it’s a perfect time to replace the old, corroded, or damaged lug nuts. If you use higher-strength lug nuts, they will also improve the safety of your new rims.

3. What do you lug nuts do for BBS/Work/HRE/Rays/OZ wheel rims?

A set of new lug nuts will bring a fresh appearance and a better performance to your vehicle. With the correct thread size and seat type, the BONOSS 7075-T6 Aluminum lug nuts fit the following aftermarket rim brands, including Work Wheels, BBS Wheels, Fuel wheels, Forged wheels, American Force Wheels, Enkei Wheels, OZ Wheels, SSR Wheels, Vossen Wheels, HRE Wheels, Rays Wheels and so on. Our customer service will answer if you have any doubts about the aftermarket rim.

4. Is it safe to replace lug nuts?

Yes, aftermarket wheel lug nuts are totally legal and safe to use in racing or off-road events. The only thing you have to do is be careful to properly torque them. Wheel lug nuts are designed to fasten your wheels with a clamping force. When torqued to the manufacturer-specified spec, they will make a strong mechanical connection to the threads on the vehicle hub. Properly torquing your lug nuts are to the correct specifications is the most important aspect to ensure safe and reliable wheel installation. Aftermarket   lug nuts are made to fit various wheels. As long as you get the high-quality lug nuts and get them installed correctly, there is no safety issue.

5. What material are BONOSS lug nuts made of?

These BONOSS wheel lug nuts are constructed from a single piece of aircraft-grade forged 7075-T6 Aluminum alloy which features many desirable properties such as high strength, wear-resistance, excellent toughness, impact resistance, and high-temperature resistance. This metal performs good mechanical properties: Tensile strength≥572Mpa, Yield strength≥503Mpa, and Failure Elongation≈11%. Compared to universal Aluminum lug nuts selling on the market, they have undergone a continuous forging process, their strength and toughness are greatly improved. Precision at 0.02mm tolerance, which offers a perfect complement to both stock and aftermarket wheels, more importantly, safer and more professional.

6. What does the “BONOSS Engraved” mean?

Many competitors often use casting lug nuts in pursuit of lowering the cost, and these lug nuts are often only marked with metric units without brand engraved. In view of this, each BONOSS   wheel lug nut is “BONOSS engraved”, meaning these matching wheel lug nuts are made by BONOSS’s own factory. In case of this, the quality can be guaranteed and the customers’ interests can be protected. This is not only our confidence in the product but also our responsibility to customers.

7. What are the pros of forged 7075-T6 Aluminum lug nuts?

Aftermarket lug nuts can add a personalized style to your vehicle. Usually, they are in a mass variety of colors and styles. You can invest in new lug nuts for entirely aesthetic purposes. By using lug nuts of different styles, you can make the rims more noticeable while keeping the current wheels. If you get aftermarket wheels, you can also choose a set of aftermarket lug nuts to further enhance the visual effect. In addition, Aluminum is around 1/3 the weight of steel. Aluminum lug nuts have a much better strength to weight ratio than steel lug nuts. Each BONOSS lug nut net weight is 28g, a set of BONOSS Aluminum wheel lug nuts weight is about 560g. A lighter spring weight can reduce fuel consumption and vehicle loss, and effectively improve driving performance. BONOSS lug nuts take safety, dependability, and style to the next level.

8. How much standard torque force of different lug bolts or nuts is?

M12: 113NM(83.3Ft-tb); M14: 140NM(103.5Ft-tb); 1/2-20: 130NM(95.8Ft-tb)