Nuts....

[splinter]

Just a quick silly one.....

Anyone fitted aftermarket wheel nuts they would recommend? Plenty out there but experience tells me there not all that good...

Genuine from Rimmer bros are £11 each! Need 8 and think 88 quid is a bit much!! :hmmm:

[tallgeese]

Buy a used set off a breaker on eBay bud you'll get a set for under a tenner easy

[grimmy]

I have Mazda nuts on my wheels.had them for years and no problems.

[Maxfly]

I have Mazda nuts on my wheels.had them for years and no problems.


^^^this, they are a bit bigger so just mind and have a suitable wheel brace. They are much better as they are solid so don't fall to bits like our standard ones sometimes like to do :)

[splinter]

Cheers chaps. Any particular model Mazda and when you say bigger presume you mean actual size as opposed to the shoulder size?

[Maxfly]

Iirc they are 19mm Simon And standard are 17mm?!? I believe any model is fine.

[talkingcars]

Any nut with a 60 degree taper to fit a M12 x 1.5 will work.

I normally use a 19mm socket on my wheel nuts, the Mazda 6 uses 21mm.

There are some options from my ebay search for 19mm 60 M12 1.5 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H2.X19mm+60+m 12+1.5&_nkw=19mm+60+m12+1.5&_sacat=0

[Maxfly]

Any nut with a 60 degree taper to fit a M12 x 1.5 will work.

I normally use a 19mm socket on my wheel nuts, the Mazda 6 uses 21mm.

There are some options from my ebay search for 19mm 60 M12 1.5 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H2.X19mm+60+m 12+1.5&_nkw=19mm+60+m12+1.5&_sacat=0

Ahha, in that case ignore my sizes And go with the above.

[splinter]

Cheers guys

[180arvey]

sets off e-bee are ok,as mentioned 60 degree are a must,got set for zr 18 month ago,still good.set with non self destruct lock nuts on zs now.chrome on dark wheels mean leave centres off.

[Mark S]

If you need 8, I'll supply you 8 mk2 chrome covered wheel nuts for a tenner posted!

[splinter]

Cheers Mark but found some yesterday at a breakers.

Thanks for the offer though

[David Sayer]

Love looking up these old threads for information, had a nightmare this morning changing a wheel with nut caps breaking off and tightened too much in my opinion by tyre shop, do you guys use a torque setting and if so what? If this had happened by the road I would of had to call AA so I'm going to change the lot to be safe

[stamford]

You say nut caps? Are these plastic covers? If so these should be removed before placing socket, that’s how it reads in your post, I may be wrong. Nuts are 110Nm.

[David Sayer]

I've never personally torqued them up properly(only by feel) but now I know the number I will. Don't know what the impact guns are set at the tyre shops use but I've never had to use all my strength to get one undone.