Keyser

Yer the wheel nut was fun NOT - see http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/75392-how-to-sort-a-broken-wheel-nut/ But these were taken when we finished -

Have fun - drive safe

My advice is keep an eye on them, IMO it's over tightening that kills them, we had someones in the other day where the wheel nuts were ridiculously tight - We used the breaker bar to loosen them and the threads literally fell out of them once off, Over use of air guns could well be a cause. If your concerned it maybe worth just going round the car to see if you can undo all the nuts - if you do them one at a time, off then back on with a torque wrench you don't even need to jack the car up. At least you will know that if you get a puncture you can change the wheel @ DoogyRev - You know you can borrow mine anytime your passing

I'm impressed your up already - expected a PM at 1pm saying "I just woke up" : Drive safe see you soon

Should do as long as you get it square - I used a socket on the back to get a nice square even surface to press on - you will also find most garages with a press would do it for a drink

I have seen a few threads on here about broken (rounded) or jammed wheel nuts especially on spacers as well as the good old “I lost my locking wheel nut key†threads. I have fixed a couple but as Buster managed the mother of all **** ups (as only he can) I thought I’d do a little guide on how to get it out and still save the wheel and the spacer OK The best way to get into this mess is use badly designed (read cheap) spacers and alloy wheel nuts – I have come across the problem of the alloy nuts before Busters were D1’s now the whole set is in the bin – I doubt it was over tightening on Busters side but they were pre-owned either way the threads had stretched and this was causing them to jam on the wheel studs. Now when Buster attempted to remove one of the studs it undid about 1cm then jammed on the thread, unfortunately the next thing to go was the stud broke the threads in the spacer so now the stud and nut turned as one. The fix is the same for a rounded nut but its slightly harder the way! The offending nut Starting with a 6mm QUALITY drill bit, drill a pilot hole into the middle of the nut and through the stud The depth can be judged using a thinner drill bit or screwdriver It makes a mess I drill slowly so as not to overheat the drill bit and a drop of oil won’t hurt. Now drill down using a 13mm drill bit try to stay on centre if you get it right the Nut will come off This is what’s left of the stud on the spacer Remove the spacer As you can see this is the bad design the studs bolt in so as you tighten the wheel nuts you loosen the studs Drilled stud Now drill the spacer out to 13mm Pop over to your spare hub And knock out a stud Place the stud into the spacer and give it a squeeze in your 12 ton press Jobs a good un, check the alloy around where the stud was pressed in you may find a slight bulge – I did So a bit of careful sanding Buy a new set of STEEL wheel nuts and put your wheels back on. I also removed all the other studs in the spacer and put copious amounts of thread lock on before re tightening them – hopefully it won’t happen again! Hope it helps someone The Zed Shed Crew

Yup - I quite like the idea for Mrs Keyser

I traced mine and PM'd Alex the picture

Great pic Isn't "Feochan" a swear word

He got mine - Think Jez at Horsham stocks them as well

I have seen these wheels and they are the best looking stock set I have seen the colour is awesome

Only a 5 minute job to change them as well!!!!

Classic Mini

Good luck with the hunt

Bit different but I'm thinking I like them

possibly an air leak - what did you take off?

Hope you find the right one

Is that from Octet's warehouse ??

Dunno what your smiling about, you do well to buy a car that don't get pinched before you even drive it

OK Jean-Luc Picard

Fixed that for ya

Damn you beat me

Looks great