Locking Wheel Nuts

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  1. 20th February 2004, 06:58 PM #1
    euan
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    Anyone know anything about new wheel nuts?

    I've been looking about and seen the McGard Locking ones - anyone seen these? A quick read about on some other forums and they seem decent?

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  2. 20th February 2004, 07:26 PM #2
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    They seem to be about the best about. They seem to win most of the magazine tests and stuff. I was tempted to buy some the other day but was too tight to part with the £29.99! I'm still swithering though.
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  3. 20th February 2004, 08:58 PM #3
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    I've got a set on 'Mutley' :approve: Got them from Halfrauds. About 30 quid. Good quality and they say they are all unique with na twa the same :approve:
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  4. 20th February 2004, 09:00 PM #4
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    Oooooops forgot to mention that they come in a kind of coppery gold colour which makes them look a bit odd next to the factory black or silver ones :approve:
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  5. 20th February 2004, 09:49 PM #5
    euan
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    I've bought a set of silver ones, get them next week, so will see how they are!
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  6. 20th February 2004, 10:18 PM #6
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    I think I've got a set of silver ones in a cupboard that came with my alloys, should maybe think about selling them!!!:approve: (kept the black ones that were on before as they go better with the alloys!!!)
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  7. 20th February 2004, 10:50 PM #7
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    It's been something I've been meaning to sort out for a while, just never got round to it. But I'm about to move house and the car will be a bit more exposed so I've kind of been forced into it a bit more. However, I just can't help feeling that if the wheels dont come off then any thief would just nick the car.

    A guy in our office had a Boxter, until somebody broke into his house in the middle of the night, nicked the keys and drove off. Scary....
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  8. 20th February 2004, 11:55 PM #8
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    Ehhhhhhhhhh I got it wrong dad :I It's the other way round 8) The standard ones are coppery gold and the locking ones are silver DOH :approve:
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  9. 21st February 2004, 04:33 AM #9
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    I've got 2 sets of locking bolts on my car :evil: the factory MINI ones and the McGard's as supplied with the alloys
    In this era of "I can take what I want and not be punished" makes me ultra cautious :evil:
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