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At least no more swollen nuts
The washers will probably corrode similar to the original ones. But that won't be visible and the wheel nuts will still come off normal. And all the other ones will likely perform worse in terms of corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance of the coating. And the resprayed steel cap design versions will likely suffer equally from the swollen nut syndrome as the silver ones.
18th Jan 2017 9:19 pm
donknizi
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Whilst changing the seized/worn brakepads, I quickly swopped the wheelnuts. To be honest, I can live with the black nuts on a silver wheel. So I will wait for some news from McGard; in the hope that the aftermarket wheel nuts will be a lot cheaper than the black ones...
I put the wheel locks on because SHMBO insists that she has seen Land Rovers on bricks in London. I personally fear more that someone nicks the black wheel nuts. So the lock will prevent the wheel from falling off if the theft was initially undetected.
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22nd Jan 2017 1:04 pm
donknizi
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nessie wrote:
From corroded caps to corroded washers ... ehm ...
I think I understand now the thinking behind the steel capped wheel nuts: the wheel nuts are quite exposed in terms of visibility. As there is always some rust around the braking system, there will be inevitably some rust deposition on the wheel nuts. Putting the steel cap over the wheel nut allows the corrosion to take place behind (and unfortunately under) the visible part.
With the solid wheel nuts one must trust superficial rust will be prevented by the coating process; hopefully the washer on the black wheel nuts act as a target for rust so that again it occurs away from sight.
Whilst changing the seized/worn brakepads, I quickly swopped the wheelnuts. To be honest, I can live with the black nuts on a silver wheel. So I will wait for some news from McGard; in the hope that the aftermarket wheel nuts will be a lot cheaper than the black ones...
I put the wheel locks on because SHMBO insists that she has seen Land Rovers on bricks in London. I personally fear more that someone nicks the black wheel nuts. So the lock will prevent the wheel from falling if the theft was initially undetected.
Looks nice indeed ..
I've got darker rims, so should you be looking for someone if you want to get rid of the black nuts ... D4
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22nd Jan 2017 3:35 pm
donknizi
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donknizi wrote:
With the solid wheel nuts one must trust superficial rust will be prevented by the coating process; hopefully the washer on the black wheel nuts act as a target for rust so that again it occurs away from sight.
After having spent some time in the Alps and a few seasons with salt spreading I can confirm that the black wheel nuts do nut show visible signs of corrosion (except very superficial under close inspection). However the locking wheel nut has rust within the matrix area; this again is superficial and can likely be resolved with some anti corrosion oil. The rotating ring has seized due to corrosion.
While there a re now chrome wheel locks available in the US, McGard did not see sufficient interests in the after market for a chrome version of their wheel nuts, which is a shame.
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From corroded caps to corroded washers ... ehm ... 
