Black caps

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:32 pm

I keep losing one of the black caps that cover my wheel nuts, I've gone through 3 since having the car, all from the same wheel. Has anyone else had this problem? If so how did you sort it?

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:28 pm

Sugar, not much luck at all, thankfully mine have been alright but what you could do is put a bit of Blu-tack inside the cap and see if this will make a difference.

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:45 pm

you're losing them because the nut you're putting it on is a locking nut, so it has a different shaped head, and the black covers dont grip onto them. you can get black covers meant for the locking nuts, so you'd have twelve normal black covers and then four for the locking nuts

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:13 pm

Good point Nickpolo! Totally skipped my mind...

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:51 pm

Have they still got the Alan Key hole in like the others?

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:52 pm

yeh they look exactly the same from the front

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:58 pm

Well that explains that then

That's why I love this forum, I'd have just kept putting them on everytime one fell off

Cheers Nick.

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:04 pm

VAG Parts do em for about 16p each I think

inder · Post by **inder** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:42 pm

hehe

yep you need 6X0 601 173 A - Cap for Anti-Theft Wheel Bolt x 4

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:49 pm

Cheers guys

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:48 pm

Another satisfied customer...just what I want to hear!

inder · Post by **inder** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:26 am

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:36 pm

Another follow on question, can you buy the lockin wheel nut key from VW, I don't think my car came with one?

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:01 am

ModifiedMadness wrote:Another follow on question, can you buy the lockin wheel nut key from VW, I don't think my car came with one?

Yep you can, but you need to know which one... check in the boot 'tool box' first, it looks like a small bolt.

If not there, im sure car info can be looked up to see which set was fitted to your car to get the correct key. Each VW set has a two digit number code embossed on the key

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:11 am

I'm not sure that I have a boot toolbox either