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which one to buy locking nuts or locking bolts

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  • 24-02-2010 4:30pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭


    I was looking at the halford catelogue and saw locking nuts and locking bolts to protect alloy wheels, which one to buy? :confused:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,001 ✭✭✭Wossack


    depends on the car afaik

    could you go to halfords, and in the carpark loosen off a nut/bolt completely from the wheel and go up the parts counter and ask them for an equilivent set of lock nuts/bolts?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    Halfords wanted 17 euro for a car stereo connection from me last week. I ordered it on ebay for 6 euro.

    So maybe check ebay for the item after you know what you want. :) Little things like that are probably easy to find there.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭neilthefunkeone


    which does your car have??

    Nut.
    wheelnut.jpg

    Bolt
    M10whelbolt.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭maskabun


    Wossack wrote: »
    depends on the car afaik

    could you go to halfords, and in the carpark loosen off a nut/bolt completely from the wheel and go up the parts counter and ask them for an equilivent set of lock nuts/bolts?
    Indeed I went today at Consort and the guy told the same to bring one bolt pulled from the wheel. I will go tomorrow again. But I was believing that we only have to buy nuts untill I saw the bolts in the catelogue, so I am confused, do we need to buy nuts and bolts both togather?


  • Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭maskabun


    which does your car have??

    Nut.
    wheelnut.jpg

    Bolt
    M10whelbolt.jpg
    Hi neilthefunkeone,

    My car has bolts the second image.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,001 ✭✭✭Wossack


    maskabun wrote: »
    Hi neilthefunkeone,

    My car has bolts the second image.

    jobs oxxo :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭neilthefunkeone


    Locking bolts it is so..

    Looking at their site and they are €50.. look around you will be able to get cheaper!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭maskabun


    Locking bolts it is so..

    Looking at their site and they are €50.. look around you will be able to get cheaper!!
    As I said I went today to Consort, the guy told me €35 for a set of 4, I didn't notice there were nuts or bolts, most probably they were bolts, I also do not have idea what brand they were. Was going through some related discussino threds and came to know that better to buy McGard brand, so I will compare the price of the same at Consort.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    There is more than one kind of Bolt as well some are conical seat and some are rounded where they sit into the wheel.
    You better check that as well. Using the wrong ones can lead to wheel fractures!
    http://www.eurosportacc.com/hr_wheel_bolts_studs.htm


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