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sorry if this in the wrong section but didnt know whitch one to put it in.....
anyway, im about ready to put my wheels on soon but need a set of locking wheel nuts.
because they are after market alloys then im not sure on the right ones.
here is a pic of the bolt.
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now would these do.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOCKING-WHEEL ... 415f53b2da
or even thinking these...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Locking-Whe ... 3ca73b47c3
or if im compleatly wrong can some nice person send me a link....
cheers.
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Don't buy the first link. For that price, they will be shit!
Lockers should never be done up massively tight but you still don't want to buy crap. Mcgards are about 30 for a set and seem to be fairly good (I've had them for 2 years and they have been on and off more times than a prostitutes underwear!). Take one of your bolts into halfords and match them up to some mcgards. Take the model number and buy them cheaper online.
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As Niall says, McGard bolts are the way forward. Looking at the picture of your bolt, they look the same as mine. These are the McGard's I bought:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290328698695
They are the ultra strength type.
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feckin how much. suppose you get what you pay for and you got to think of the safty thingy.
will have to stop off the beer for a couple of nights then.
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Do people even still nick alloys these days?? I find lockers a pain in the ass tbh. :problem:
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I don't normally use lockers for standard wheels. Do with my lensos  McGuard are best IMO bloody brilliant when I had them. Like Niall said get em cheaper online!
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Some people still don't use lockers and that is why kids, I am shortly 'aquiring' some turinis......
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Niall Wrote:Some people still don't use lockers and that is why kids, I am shortly 'aquiring' some turinis......
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Doesn't Scott have Turi.....oh.... :think:
Seriously though, I also have McGuards on the Golf, and apart from only having only one key and the problem of remembering where I put that one key, they work well I suppose.
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Not got lockers on mine, meh, too much hassle and my wheels are insured anyway 
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As I learnt the hard way - it's really a good idea to use locking nuts.. because you never know, somebody could start trying to steal it and fail, then your wheel falls off because the nuts are loose.
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vlj Wrote:As I learnt the hard way - it's really a good idea to use locking nuts.. because you never know, somebody could start trying to steal it and fail, then your wheel falls off because the nuts are loose.
Im pretty sure this has happened 3 times in recent years to forum members 
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Depends on your area. I've never heared of anyone around my way have there wheels nicked. All the alloys I've owned. Including my old set of team dynamics multispokes that I had refurbed never had them and never had a problem.
It's your nice dust caps and centre caps you gotta watch out for these days.
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I didn't have lockers to start with, till I was at a local car meet, and one of the blokes was saying how he sold a car and wished he taken his old wheels off as they were worth abit, then heard him say it's alright he doesn't have lockers I'll just go jack it up. Had a laugh about it.
4 days later I see him with the wheels on his car........
Then next time I see him he says I like your wheels :|
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Matt Wrote:I didn't have lockers to start with, till I was at a local car meet, and one of the blokes was saying how he sold a car and wished he taken his old wheels off as they were worth abit, then heard him say it's alright he doesn't have lockers I'll just go jack it up. Had a laugh about it.
4 days later I see him with the wheels on his car........
Then next time I see him he says I like your wheels :| what a pregnent goldfish. As if you actually do that. I wouldn't think about going to rob my old td's.
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Yeah he did seem a complete cock. Proper dodgy bloke. Hate to think how much of his car he'd paid for lol
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i hope your not using that bolt in the pic, there is no threads left on it and i bet the hub is no better
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As has been said, don't skimp on bolts... They're kind of an important thing to stay firmly attached to the car 
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so, i need new bolts and decent wheel nuts.
anyone throw a link up for any of these please.
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If I was you as your going for bolts as well give speedshack a ring they good. For my stud conversion it was £1.50 studs £2 and lockers would of been £30.
And when I take my centre caps of the shiny new studs look awesome on the anthracite.
But defferntly don't skimp on lockers as they're shit I had to get mine surgically removed when I first had the pug as someone before me had arms like popeye.
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