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Locking Wheel Bolts
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:20 pm
by chewy
Anyone know where I can get some 50mm locking wheel bolts? Going to be putting tt comps with 20mm spacers on soon and dont want them to walk
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:07 pm
by pip_polo
are they extra long ones? or you using good spacers so you can use yourt excisting ones? if you need normal ones you can get them off ebay pretty cheep or even halfrouds do them. or if you want proper ones get to VW and they sell them too.
if there extra long ones you'll need the internet i would've thought
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:05 pm
by chewy
Yeah its the extra long one I need the fk spacers I got aint the hubcentric ones. Anyways found them on bigboystoys.com lol
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:29 am
by blkpolo
how exactly do locking wheel nuts work?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:10 pm
by chewy
You need a special "key" to undo the bolt, stops people just undoing your bolts and walking off with your alloys.
Here is an example
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/p ... bolts.html
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:04 pm
by drewbar
Our local euro car parts have a large selection of mcguard bolts suitable for all applications.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:54 pm
by blkpolo
ah thats good
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:12 pm
by Tim_GTi
Dude, I would get hubcentric spacers and use your existing bolts. They're much safer.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:51 pm
by polospeed
Whats the difference between normal spacers and hubcentric ones then? How can one set be safer than another???
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:55 pm
by Josh_polo
polospeed wrote:Whats the difference between normal spacers and hubcentric ones then? How can one set be safer than another???
If im correct hubcentrice you bolt them on and they have another set of drill holes for your normal bolts, normal ones have have holes your bolts go through hence needing longer bolts...?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:57 pm
by Tim_GTi
Hubcentric spacers have they're own hub, or lip on them. Meaning that you can use that to line the wheel up properly and fix it straight on. non hubcentric spacers rely solely on the bolts to line them up properly.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:00 pm
by polospeed
Coz I have 10mm spacers and you still get some of the hub sticking through so you can line the bolt holes up
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:02 pm
by Tim_GTi
That's fair enough. Mine are 25mm, so I'd be in trouble if mine weren't!
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:00 pm
by chewy
Hubsentric spacers are next on my list lol
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 pm
by pip_polo
chewy wrote:Hubsentric spacers are next on my list lol
the ones on ebay for £80 all round (4) are a bargain. i have them and they do the job just as good as fk and the like.
without hibcentric there is a high chance under serious braking/acceleration the bolts will sheer
