ETI Aluminum Wheels

[Iowa Dave]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

Dave,
Is that a new tow vehicle in your pictures or the Highlander??

Nope Jim it’s the 2018 Highlander now with 105,000 miles. Love the 8 speed transmission and the shiftable feature. I tow in 6 and the easier I take it the better my milage. Staying off the Interstates when we can.
Hauling windfall and rotten apples up to the little timber above us. Deer are having an apple smorgasbord.
Iowa Dave

[marsman]

We also have the aluminum wheels on our 2019 5.0; After 3 years they still look pretty good but the lugs are all rusting and pitted. Living in Ontario, the trailer does see some salty roads on its way south and back north, I do try to rinse them once we get where we're going.

[rsweden]

We have the same lug nut corrosion. They really don't like coastal northern California. The wheels are still looking pretty good. (2019 19'). Not sure, is there a dissimilar metal corrosion issue with AL wheels and steel nuts?

[C57D]

I live in the Seattle area but miles from any salt water.
Picked up rig in Dec 21, all 20 lug nuts were rusted within months; and all the plastic painted axle covers were shedding their silver paint.
My 1994 F150 has the same lug nuts since it was new and they have no rust.
Things just aren't built as well as they used to be....

[rbryan4]

Originally Posted by C57D

Things just aren't built as well as they used to be....

Or apparently as high a quality as Escape used to supply. My aluminum wheels are almost 8 years old and both the wheels and lugs still look like new.