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Locking wheels nut woes
« on: June 27, 2011, 08:06:45 pm »
Hi all

I had some issues with my standard locking wheel nuts on saturday. Basically they were on really right and i had to get a 1meter bar on it to get them off. This has ended up chewing the locking wheel socket to bits so that now it will only go on with persuasion from a hammer, and then the sockets gets stuck in the bolt.

So.... are McGards the last word in locking wheel nuts? Or should i just get some new OEM ones?


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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2011, 08:33:00 pm »
Get oem ones mate,they won't Nick the wheels just the car :signLOL:
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2011, 11:01:45 pm »
If getting McGards, get the ultra ones...
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2011, 11:05:18 pm »
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2011, 11:12:28 pm »
I had the same problem a while back and got some new ones from the dealer. These were a much better design than the factory fitted ones and feel much more sturdy!  :happy2:
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2011, 11:14:35 pm »
Make sure you get them with the right shaped bolt head to suit your wheel Rich (round, tapered e.t.c) :happy2:

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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2011, 11:14:49 pm »
^^ any pics/info greeners?
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2011, 11:23:24 pm »
No pics but pretty sure I can dig you out a part number tomorrow......
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2011, 11:39:40 pm »
I had a similar issue with the OEM locking bolts on my A4 and ended up buying another key from Audi, I went to  order one and was told they had them in stock??? I was surprised to see the guy get a box of around 20 keys and grab one which he handed over and charged £5, " how do you know it'll fit " I asked..... " cos they're all the same throughout the VAG range" he answered!


I promptly went to Halfords and had my eyes out over a set of McGards which i still have fitted to the golf.  I could'nt stand the thought of any Vag owner being able to get my wheels off.
Strangely, I bought another set of McGards in the tapered profile for a different car and the key was the same????

So that just goes to show there is always a chance that some scrote 'could' have the key to fit your locking bolts
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2011, 11:46:01 pm »
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2011, 12:59:50 am »
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If you do get McGards, don't let anyone use a wheel gun on them - They can strip/damage the key pattern. It hasn't happened to me but I know of others who've had this problem.
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2011, 08:24:15 am »
Quote from: GTiscrupes on June 27, 2011, 11:39:40 pm
I had a similar issue with the OEM locking bolts on my A4 and ended up buying another key from Audi, I went to  order one and was told they had them in stock??? I was surprised to see the guy get a box of around 20 keys and grab one which he handed over and charged £5, " how do you know it'll fit " I asked..... " cos they're all the same throughout the VAG range" he answered!
the set of keys you mention is a master key set of which we have for the scoobys we do at work


I promptly went to Halfords and had my eyes out over a set of McGards which i still have fitted to the golf.  I could'nt stand the thought of any Vag owner being able to get my wheels off.
Strangely, I bought another set of McGards in the tapered profile for a different car and the key was the same????

So that just goes to show there is always a chance that some scrote 'could' have the key to fit your locking bolts

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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2011, 05:53:46 pm »
I had mcguards on the rear of my 25th anniversary along with spacers and then recently transfered them to my edtion 30. I have found that the key design is prone to slipping off the locking wheel bolt which damages the key and over time it renders the key useless. I got a replacement key FOC from Mcguard and bought a spare while I was at it but now both of these are looking a little 'tired' I think the only way to prevent the keys from slipping off is to use a wheel brace to keep it at a right angle (and as such fully seated) when you apply the force to untighten them.

The OEM toothed design is much better in my opinion but then I need longer bolts due to spacers.

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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2011, 10:08:50 pm »
Rather than spend 40 quid on the mcguards, go to sixonetwo (google it) and get their locking bolts.  They are much cheaper and just as good.
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Re: Locking wheels nut woes
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2011, 08:37:54 am »
Quote from: BDMAlex on June 28, 2011, 10:08:50 pm

Rather than spend 40 quid on the mcguards, go to sixonetwo (google it) and get their locking bolts.  They are much cheaper and just as good.


....Only about 6 squid cheaper a set (excl shipping) and how are they different apart from the bling finish which would attract extra attention?
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