So if I understand correctry, it is best to install truck-wheels on a model S?
Maybe warn Tirerack.com ;-)
Re: my sketch of Tesla OEM lug nuts [post 85]. CORRECT this sketch to remove any shoulder contact. Contact is ONLY in the taper as on most/all rims. On the first ModelS I got my hands on sufficient to pop off a wheel, it appeared that there would be shoulder contact. Very hard to see if this was the case since lugnut disappears down into the tapered hole. Thin strip of paper would have confirmed contact/no contact, but we were out in a parking lot at the time.
At the Tesla Shop I looked at a black, instead of plain stainless, lugnut that had a very small shoulder. This would indicate the shoulder is there just to wrap the stainless steel cover around, not for contacting the rim.
Regardless, the taper contact area on the TESLA branded OEM rims is huge just by itself. Thus can handle 125 ft lbs of torque. Be sure any aftermarket rims have an equivalent taper contact area so you can use the OEM lugnuts (don't use dinky 14mm nuts).
Btw, the shoulder flare on the OEM lugnuts does serve as an extra bit of safety in case the rim cracks and tries to exit the hub.
Please, if you shred a rim with the S, photos!!, or it didn't happen.
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If you order wheels from Tunershop, you should specify in the notes that you need M14x1.5 lug nuts, otherwise they will ship the wheels with M12x1.5 lug nuts, which will not fit. Because of a timing issue, I ended up buying lug nuts from Summit Racing, Gorilla Small Diameter Lug Nuts 26144HT - SummitRacing.com, which were suggested by the parts advisor at Tesla. They are only $56.99 for a set, and they are locking nuts, which is a bonus.
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These dinky lugnuts are a joke on the ModelS. 'Small diameter' = worthless to handle the power/torque/4700 lb weight. NOT Ok. LOL.
So you plan to only econo-cruise with a raw egg under your right foot using 250 kw/mi max, never turn off TC, never dish out attitude adjustments (when necessary), and never try a curve at speed. Like low riders cruising about on donuts down on the snubbers.
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