Aftermarket wheel bolts are made in a variety of styles, seat types, and materials. They feature threaded stems that secure the wheels directly onto the vehicle hub. Most European-made cars are originally equipped with wheel bolts. People who like to swap their wheels usually end up replacing the wheel bolts to fit the aftermarket wheels. Equipping your vehicle with the correct wheel bolts is very important to ensure the safe and reliable mounting of the wheels. There are various types of aftermarket wheel bolts that offer more options to make your new wheels better. A set of aftermarket wheel bolts come with all the necessary hardware to safely secure new wheels to your vehicle. They are machined based on your specific vehicle and matched up to the rim. This provides a better installing experience as well as good safety. Of course, you can invest in new aftermarket wheel bolts to improve appearance and performance while keeping the current wheels.
Appearance Improvement with Aftermarket Wheel Bolts
Although every car is made unique in style, in order to cater to the public’s acceptance and lower the cost, the originally equipped wheel bolts are generally designed to be more normal. Some manufacturers use bolt covers to enhance the look. However, this is not enough to satisfy those customers who pursue personality and beauty, so the idea of changing the wheel style is growing popular. Actually, replacing wheel bolts is one of the easiest and quickest ways for wheel enhancement. By installing new style aftermarket wheel bolts, you can make the vehicle look good, personalized, and different.
BONOSS forged grade 12.9 shell-type wheel lock & bolts consist of standard wheel bolts and aluminum shells. The shells are engineered in different colors which maximally beautify your wheel while protecting the bolts from debris and water corrosion. Besides, forged aluminum alloy features good finishing characteristics and responds well to anodizing. This ensures the colors of the aluminum shells are not easy to fade. By matching your wheels with proper color shell-type wheel bolts, the style of your wheels improves.
The practicality of Aftermarket Wheel Bolts
If you’ve purchased a set of aftermarket rims, you’ll possibly need to replace your stock wheel bolts to match the new wheel insert holes. Aftermarket wheel bolts come in three standard types: cone seats, ball seats, and flat seats. It is essential that the wheel bolts seat and the wheel lug seat match. If the wheel bolts seat type does not fit the wheel lug seat type, it is possible that the wheel bolts would be bent or damage the wheel. The mismatch between bolts and wheels could potentially cause the bolt to loosen and the wheel to become insecure to the vehicle. Aftermarket wheel bolts are made to match specific mounting holes and fit different seat types of rims. This is especially important if your aftermarket wheels are not compatible with OE wheel bolts.
The Performance of Aftermarket Wheel Bolts
Sometimes, aftermarket wheel bolts are safer and better than OE wheel bolts. Most wheel bolts are made of steel, aluminum, or titanium. BONOSS Forged grade 12.9 wheel bolts applied JIS SCM440 steel material. Forged SCM440 steel provides good hardness, high strength, high-temperature stress resistance, structural stability, low harmful elements, few surface defects, and more advantages. Besides, they have achieved ISO Grade 12.9 standards: tensile strength≥1,282Mpa, limited life range test≥2,000,000 stress cycles without damage, ultimate tensile load≥152,000N, hardness (HV)≥395. Furthermore, the shell applied forged 7075-T6 Aluminum alloy for high strength and excellent toughness while maintaining lightweight for extreme performance improvement.
