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Old Mar 30, 2013 | 08:30 PM
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anodized red wheel bolts

anyone know where i can find some?

i will be getting set of Kosei K1 TS rims and they have red valve stem caps i also have red calipers so i thought that maybe i can find some red bolts to match the rest of the scheme.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2013 | 09:07 PM
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Just a heads up you probably won't find bolts because anodizing is a process normally performed on aluminum items. Because lug bolts are steel, they are normally plated. A full aluminum lug bolt would probably break as soon as you would tighten it to full torque spec, regardless of the grade (6000, 7000, 2000). The threads that would have to be machined (not rolled, like on a steel lugbolt) would be series of stress risers, which would snap off before you even were able to get all the wheels on.

Now you could put a stud kit on and then get anodized red lug nuts.
 

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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 01:20 PM
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+1
Ditto on the above!!
 
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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are there any plated steel bolts? i really dont want to move to studs write now. ill think about it aventually but cant right now.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 03:32 PM
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http://www.gorilla-auto.com/aluminum-lug-nuts

BUT you CAN get LUGBOLTS CAPS!!
http://www.gorilla-auto.com/lug-bolts
 
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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i like the caps i think those are a good thing to add, i get the strength of the steel bolt but i get to dress it up with the cap!
 
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