Just thought I would share with the forum what I have found today.

I bought a set of brand new Blox wheel nuts from a seller on here, he had bought them from another member but wasn't going to use them as they didn't suit his wheels.

The packaging all looks genuine and good but there is a major problem with the quality of the nuts themselves; they are absolute sh1te.

I fitted a set of Volks CE28N wheels today and was going to use the Blox nuts; after trying to fit the first wheel I found that all the Blox nuts had stripped the threads and were totally useless.

I am glad that this happened upon fitment and that they didn't fail while on the road; these are potentially lethal as you could easily lose a wheel.

Now I know that some will say that I did something wrong but there is no way that the threads should strip like that, I re-used the Muteki SR48 wheel nuts that I had and there was no problem with them whatsoever.

I don't know if the Blox wheel nuts are just very poor quality or whether these are counterfeit items, but I would be very careful when using them.

I am certain that it would appear that Rays Duralight wheel nuts are not the only poor quality counterfeit wheel nut being sold on here.

 

You sure they were the correct pitch?

I've had cheap nuts and they've fitted fine.

 

Yes they are M12 x 1.25 which is the standard Subaru size.

 

Do you know the original seller Ty as I have some of these's Blox type neochrome nuts to fit when I put mine back together,PM me fella

 

What did you torque them up to?

 

65 lbs/ft of torque, which is what I have always set my wheel nut torque at.

 

Must be fake then. Decent alloy nuts should handle 80lbs. A quick google finds them on a chinese wholesale site for $18!

I'd stick with steel nuts anyway.

 

I have the Muteki's are steel and are a real quality item.

But someone could easily be injured due to failing wheel nuts, BOV's are one thing but when wheel nuts fail the results could be a lot worse.

 

Yeah very dangerous that, never fancied alloy nuts on mine I like my wheels to stay on the car, thanks for the heads up fella.

 

Thanks for the heads up mate!

 

There is always something that the Chinese can make a copy of and sell it cheaper
Qualities vary but wheel nuts

No way Keep the original steel on

 

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I've got a set of these on mine, I think I might go check them later on :/

 

After receiving mine on Friday (Cheers Jeff), I fitted them straight away and was surprised what a good fit they were!

Being ally not steel, I was a bit dubious about torquing them to 88lb/ft but did anyway.
The next two days I covered over 450 miles including motorway and uneven country lanes. Checked them today after reading this and they are all fine.

 

yeah you have to be careful with the lightweight nuts, to the op you didnt put them on with a gun did you

 

dangerous. luck escape by the sound of it

 

Damn, you mean I shouldn't have dogged them up with a CP inch drive impact gun?

No I hand tightened them after fitting the wheels and then torqued them up in diagonal opposites and as I torqued each one up the nut threads stripped.

And yes before anyone else asks we have yearly calibrated torque wrenches at my workplace.

 

Any news from blox yet ???

 

I'm curious as well.

 

i bought these off u jeff only fitted last week but seem fine . but let us no the answer mate

 

 

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even though you did not buy them from me ,
I am happy to send you a new set i have tested myself , and for you to send the old one's back, as would like to see them for myself.

 

Can't argue with that,good man Jeff

 

Well the link below is very interesting indeed.

http://www.dhgate.com/blox-forged-70...b6e281484.html

And this site it would appear is quite well known...

 

I don't wish to seem ungrateful but no thanks I wouldn't want another set of Blox wheel nuts after my experience, the only place in my eyes that they are fit for is the bin.

 

Lmao the guys had a bad experience with the wheel nuts so you offer him a new set you have got to be kidding what happend to refunds being handed out

 

uh because the guy offering the free set of wheel nuts is not the same guy who sold them to cannon fodder.

 

u tried ay jeff

 

engage brain before mouth comes to mind