locking wheel nuts with 15mm spacers on the rear

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 29 May, 2011 13:19

what locking wheel nuts have you chaps used...........iv had a bit of a mooch round today only to be told i'd need specialist ones.
i found ones long enough but because of the 60 degree taper they wouldn't fit .
if anybody has any for sale would be great?
thanks

GazHyde · Post by **GazHyde** » Sun 29 May, 2011 13:39

Here you go Swamper - the thread from when I asked the same question!

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29323

... and the thread which includes the length required...

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29296

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 29 May, 2011 14:21

cheers Gaz

VikingSven · Post by **VikingSven** » Sun 29 May, 2011 15:13

I emailed McGard asking if they could supply locking bolts with 2 normal length for the front and 2 15mm longer for the rear, and they placed it as a custom order for me, and they arrived 3 days later.

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 29 May, 2011 16:06

VikingSven wrote:I emailed McGard asking if they could supply locking bolts with 2 normal length for the front and 2 15mm longer for the rear, and they placed it as a custom order for me, and they arrived 3 days later.

iv just done the same

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:15

got a reply from mcgard

"McGard doesn’t recommend the use of our products with wheel spacers."

so it off to looks somewhere else

GazHyde · Post by **GazHyde** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:21

Ooops, had McGards on my 15mm spacers for about 3months now.

The world hasn't ended in a big ball of fire

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:26

i think there just covering the arse......but im being to tight to buy 2 sets.........

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:27

That's a laugh as they supply the ac schnitzer ones ie it's just them covering their arses

VikingSven · Post by **VikingSven** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:32

Odd. How does a wheel spacer make any difference to a locking bolt??
What did you ask them? I filled in the web form with:

I'm looking to get a set of locking bolts for my BMW Z3, and have 15mm
spacers on the rear wheels, which means longer bolts are needed on the
back wheels than the front.
Can you supply a set of 4 locking bolts with 2 standard length for the
front, and 2 longer ones for the rear?

And got this as a reply:

at first I would like to thank you for your e-mail and your interest shown in our high quality products.
We can offer you a mixed set as you describe in your e-mail. Do you have original BMW wheels on your car?
If yes, I can offer you:
Set 27HLX in M12x1.5, cone seat, 2 bolts with shaft length 26,4mm and 2 bolts with shaft length 42,1mm.
The price of the set is 70,00€ including freight to UK.

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:33

Jonttt wrote:That's a laugh as they supply the ac schnitzer ones ie it's just them covering their arses

so they do.........e-mail on its way back...as iv got nothing better to do

VikingSven..this was the e-mail..
altho i didnt fill any form in........i havent seen that bit

hi i was wondering if you could supply the above locking nuts?
i would require normal ones for the fronts but i have 15mm spacers on the rear wheels.
many thanks
wayne

GazHyde · Post by **GazHyde** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:36

Swamper,

The annoying thing is I have 2 extra length mcgard studs spare. Don't know what the chances are of you buying a short set and them having the same key is?

We could swap two short for two long...?!?!

Gary

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Tue 31 May, 2011 21:43

hmmm...........we could cunning

i dont know Gaz......it cant be the simple..

XVar · Post by **XVar** » Wed 01 Jun, 2011 10:27

GazHyde wrote:Swamper,

The annoying thing is I have 2 extra length mcgard studs spare. Don't know what the chances are of you buying a short set and them having the same key is?

We could swap two short for two long...?!?!

Gary

Pretty sure theres zero chance of them being the same, have you seen how long the code you have to send off for replacement studs/keys is?

GazHyde · Post by **GazHyde** » Wed 01 Jun, 2011 11:24

XVar wrote:Pretty sure theres zero chance of them being the same, have you seen how long the code you have to send off for replacement studs/keys is?

I dug the packet out late last night and saw the code

Looked on their website and found a replacement key was 18 euros...

Life is never simple.

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Wed 01 Jun, 2011 11:33

bugger........nice try tho Gaz thanks for looking