Locking Wheel Bolts

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:20 pm

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

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:07 pm

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

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:05 pm

Yeah its the extra long one I need the fk spacers I got aint the hubcentric ones. Anyways found them on bigboystoys.com lol

blkpolo · Post by **blkpolo** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:29 am

how exactly do locking wheel nuts work?

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:10 pm

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

drewbar · Post by **drewbar** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:04 pm

Our local euro car parts have a large selection of mcguard bolts suitable for all applications.

blkpolo · Post by **blkpolo** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:54 pm

ah thats good

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:12 pm

Dude, I would get hubcentric spacers and use your existing bolts. They're much safer.

polospeed · Post by **polospeed** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:51 pm

Whats the difference between normal spacers and hubcentric ones then? How can one set be safer than another???

Josh_polo · Post by **Josh_polo** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:55 pm

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...?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:57 pm

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.

polospeed · Post by **polospeed** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:00 pm

Coz I have 10mm spacers and you still get some of the hub sticking through so you can line the bolt holes up

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:02 pm

That's fair enough. Mine are 25mm, so I'd be in trouble if mine weren't!

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:00 pm

Hubsentric spacers are next on my list lol

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 pm

chewy wrote:Hubsentric spacers are next on my list lol

the ones on ebay for Â£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