Locking nuts for a Ford Focus?

fussyonion · 12-01-2018 5:28pm #1

Does anyone know how much a set of locking nuts for a 09 Ford Focus Style would be?

Bloc Party! · 12-01-2018 5:33pm

fussyonion wrote: »

Does anyone know how much a set of locking nuts for a 09 Ford Focus Style would be?

I got a flat on mine and didn’t have the lock nut key for it, so I brought it to a garage and they busted the 4 old ones on them and put 4 new ones on it with the key. It cost me 28 euro altogether for 4 new ones, the key and for the work that the garage done to break the old ones off and put on the new ones. Hope that helps!

fussyonion · 12-01-2018 5:53pm

Bloc Party! wrote: »

fussyonion wrote: »

Does anyone know how much a set of locking nuts for a 09 Ford Focus Style would be?

I got a flat on mine and didn’t have the lock nut key for it, so I brought it to a garage and they busted the 4 old ones on them and put 4 new ones on it with the key. It cost me 28 euro altogether for 4 new ones, the key and for the work that the garage done to break the old ones off and put on the new ones. Hope that helps!

€28 for everything? Or was it €28 per wheel? I was told today it would be €25 per wheel to remove them.
You seem to have a gotten a real bargain!

colm_mcm · 12-01-2018 5:58pm

IF they’re the original dealer/manufacturer supplied nuts then a dealer will have the adaptors to take them off. There’s only a few combinations Ford use.

Bloc Party! · 12-01-2018 6:02pm

fussyonion wrote: »

€28 for everything? Or was it €28 per wheel? I was told today it would be €25 per wheel to remove them.
You seem to have a gotten a real bargain!

28 in total!

TheDriver · 13-01-2018 8:42am

Are they needed anymore?

clogher71 · 13-01-2018 8:49am

TheDriver wrote: »

Are they needed anymore?

Not unless you have something very special. Some people have them for peace of mind too!

TheDriver · 13-01-2018 10:41am

I always found them a pain. I took them off all family cars as no one is stealing standard wheels and tyres anymore

bazz26 · 13-01-2018 1:41pm

Don't kid yourself, they will try steal anything that has some sort of monetary value these days no matter how low. Locking nuts might not stop them but it might slow them down long enough to move onto another car.

colm_mcm · 13-01-2018 4:11pm

YEP even the tyres are a target

CalamariFritti · 13-01-2018 4:47pm

Dont do it OP. Seriously. Unless you have something very special and expensive who is going to rob the rims off a Focus? Or any car for that matter. Its not a realistic scenario nowadays.
On the more practical side they are a bad idea too because tyre places don't deal with them correctly and a destroyed lock nut is very very difficult to get off.

My car came with them from factory and my mechanic advised me to get rid.

bazz26 · 13-01-2018 9:05pm

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Dont do it OP. Seriously. Unless you have something very special and expensive who is going to rob the rims off a Focus? Or any car for that matter. Its not a realistic scenario nowadays.
On the more practical side they are a bad idea too because tyre places don't deal with them correctly and a destroyed lock nut is very very difficult to get off.

My car came with them from factory and my mechanic advised me to get rid.

Go onto donedeal and see the state of some of the stuff including alloy wheels, tyres, etc for sale. As I said, if they can get any sort of money for them they will steal them. If they got €50 for a set of manky Focus alloy wheels, it's €50 they didn't have yesterday.

jimbis · 13-01-2018 10:31pm

As a tyre fitter I'd say bin the lock nuts unless you've really something desirable on there. Easily 1 in 5 jobs im called out too haven't got the lock nut key, they are nothing but hassle for the ordinary joe soap. The chances of your car being stolen are far greater then just your wheels being robbed.

TheDriver · 13-01-2018 10:57pm

Suppose it depends where you live.

CalamariFritti · 14-01-2018 9:55am

bazz26 wrote: »

Go onto donedeal and see the state of some of the stuff including alloy wheels, tyres, etc for sale. As I said, if they can get any sort of money for them they will steal them. If they got €50 for a set of manky Focus alloy wheels, it's €50 they didn't have yesterday.

It'd be easier to work for a few hours in a shop to get €50 than going through all that hassle of robbing wheels in the middle of the night, transporting them, trying to sell which may or may not succeed not even mentioning the risk of getting caught.

Unless you're living in a really bad area I'd say the risk is minimal. And even then they'd probably just take the entire car and wreck it.

Locking nuts for a Ford Focus?

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