Alloys Other locking wheel nuts?

MARK182 · 30th December 2006, 19:52

do these come as std or a option on the EX as there is no mention in the brochure?
thanks

AL56 · 30th December 2006, 20:06

Locking Wheel Nuts
Hi Mark182 . I got mine as standard on the ex, but had 18" altimos fitted.

MC Hammer · 30th December 2006, 23:52

Should be standard if you have OE alloys, your dealer will let you know.

Russell 10 · 31st December 2006, 04:49

I bought a 1.8 SE with a upgrade to 17" sport alloys. The dealer fitted locking wheel nuts without any charge. Shame they didn't change the recommended tyre pressure label on the door jam!

crid · 31st December 2006, 12:30

I've got a 2.2 SE with standard wheels and I got the locking wheel nuts without even having to mention them. I guess if they put them on an SE you should get them with an EX as well. My previous car, Civic Type-R also had them as standard.

bounce75 · 31st December 2006, 12:39

My 1.8 SE came with standard wheels & has locking wheel nuts.

Dutch_Civic · 31st December 2006, 13:50

Here in Holland they fitted the 18" Storms without locking wheelnuts. I had to ask for it and then they fitted them for free.

czechplastik · 31st December 2006, 15:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch_Civic

Here in Holland they fitted the 18" Storms without locking wheelnuts. I had to ask for it and then they fitted them for free.

Typical! If you don't ask you don't get!

Miggins · 1st January 2007, 02:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russell 10

I bought a 1.8 SE with a upgrade to 17" sport alloys. The dealer fitted locking wheel nuts without any charge. Shame they didn't change the recommended tyre pressure label on the door jam!

Try a firm but polite request

czechplastik · 1st March 2007, 23:18

I found a set in my car today, never noticed them before! Nice touch, was curious as to whether they were standard or not. My car still has the standard alloys fitted.

Kremmen · 2nd March 2007, 07:03

I queried that as well.

They do come with LWN but if you want specials like chrome to fully match the normal nuts then they are the ones in the options list in the brochure.

freeze01 · 2nd March 2007, 08:03

Probably trhe most stupid question ever.....

I ordered the locking wheel nuts,but dont really know what they do. I expected it to prevent someone stealing my wheels.
I ordered 17"storm wheels.
Do the nuts come on the outside of the wheel?
Is it in the same colour as the storm wheel..?

Gr,
Freeze01

apemonkeyman · 2nd March 2007, 11:08

Got mine free (built into the £850 price tag) for my 18" Storms...

The Doctor · 2nd March 2007, 12:15

When I went to collect my car, I noticed that there weren't any locking wheel nuts fitted. I asked the salesman doing my hand-over where they were & he didn't seem to know whether they were standard or not (I was pretty sure they were). I pointed out to him that every other alloy wheeled car in the showroom whether on display or waiting to be collected by new owners, had them fitted. He consulted with the service people & said I could either get them ordered which would take a week or he would take them off another car. Tempting though the latter was, I decided on moral grounds to order them. he reckoned that they are delivered to the dealer with ordinary nuts and the dealer fits the locking ones. Ther next week I got them to put the locking ones on for me & they gave me the ordinary ones they had removed, so now I've got 4 spares which is handy.

Copycat · 2nd March 2007, 13:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by freeze01

Probably trhe most stupid question ever.....

I ordered the locking wheel nuts,but dont really know what they do. I expected it to prevent someone stealing my wheels.
I ordered 17"storm wheels.
Do the nuts come on the outside of the wheel?
Is it in the same colour as the storm wheel..?

Gr,
Freeze01

Heya, Freeze.

They are pretty simple really. You get four of them, one for each wheel. They simply replace one of the original nuts. You then need a special key to open those four. Not sure about the colour though. Here's a picture from www.difflock.com.

Copycat · 2nd March 2007, 13:14

Actually that site had a very good description of exactly what they are.

http://www.difflock.com/buyersguide/..._remover.shtml

Brodick · 2nd March 2007, 22:29

Yep set of locking wheel nuts were bolted to our car when we picked her up -

Miggins · 3rd March 2007, 11:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by apemonkeyman

Got mine free (built into the £850 price tag) for my 18" Storms...

Me to - shame they fitted them by just removing the nuts they were replacing (not torqued in sequence) and then forgot to tighten them down to the correct torque.

Mine appear to be the shiny chrome ones - same as the original nuts?

MARK182 · 4th March 2007, 18:21

they came with he car yesterday, the packet was in the door pocket with the normal nuts in there.

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Dutch_Civic Wheelnut Join Date: 17th October 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Here in Holland they fitted the 18" Storms without locking wheelnuts. I had to ask for it and then they fitted them for free.

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Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 2,846 Thanks: 13 Thanked 19 Times in 19 Posts iTrader: (0)	I queried that as well. They do come with LWN but if you want specials like chrome to fully match the normal nuts then they are the ones in the options list in the brochure.

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MARK182 Wheelnut Join Date: 14th December 2006 Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	they came with he car yesterday, the packet was in the door pocket with the normal nuts in there.