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Where do you keep your locking wheel nut?!


dave_t

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Through the 3 years of my ownership, my Westfield hasn't had any locking wheel nuts - as it was never left anywhere that I'd worry about the wheels disappearing.

 

When I went to Le Mans, I fitted a set and have decided to leave them on ... although I will be removing the spare wheel and carrier again (that I refitted for the trip), and relying on a puncture repair kit. 

 

In tintops, I've always tended to keep the locking wheel nut with the spare, in the boot. But I've no idea where to safely keep it on the Westie!  Where do people tend to keep them?  On the car, or in the tool box at home?  If on the car, where?  There's nowhere that springs to mind, to me!

 

Ideas and thoughts much appreciated :)

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How about a tie wrap under the bonnet on a chassis rail?


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I've often thought about where to keep anything small and "valuable" should you need to and I'd probably go for under the seats or perhaps a small locking money box bolted to the floor.

 

Wouldn't trust hiding it outside of the passenger area just in case it disappeared or dropped onto something rotating...    

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Small lockable cash box (with plenty of padding inside and out) bolted to the scuttle maybe...? Engine bay or footwell side as you prefer.

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Do people still steal alloy wheels ?

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i've just removed my locking wheel nuts.... did my fruit in.

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In a ziplock bag cable tied out of sight to the dash hoop.  But I ditched the locking wheels nuts for the very reasons I'd forget it, it would be a pain if it rusted or failed as it did on my tin top, and if they want the wheels that bad, locking wheel nuts are unlikely to stop them anyway and they'll come tooled up.  But I've been fortunate on that front, never had a set of wheels nicked and can't remember the last set I heard of being nicked (that might be my old age kicking in).

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In the boot of the Westie ... if I had locking nuts. I always keep a small toolkit of adjustable spanner, screwdrivers, alle keys, zip ties, jubilee clips, spare dribble of oil and coolant, can of tyre repair etc, and the all important rain jacket, all locked in the boot.

 

Never mind the wheels, if they want the entire car they could reach in, let the handbrake off and winch it onto a low loader in 30 seconds. If they're that determined to spend the time jacking the car up and taking off the wheel nuts one at a time, a locking wheel nut won't stop them

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My wheels have a cover over the nuts, this is locked with a key.

I keep the key on a loop of paracord (no reason, might as well be garden string), hooked around the harness eye bolt and dropped down behind the drivers seat.

 

When I get rid of the old catch tank from other side of the panel by the drivers feet, I intend to build in a small tool box in that otherwise wasted space, the key can eventually move there.

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Do people still steal alloy wheels ?

 

I must say I havent heard of it other then folk tales.

 - The locking tool for the E36 BMW lives in the center console, visble from outside.

 - But equally, I have had a set of E46 wheels on ebay for £50 and they haven't moved for 2months.

 

 

Daniel

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Do people still steal alloy wheels ?

Probably not these days.

However, back in the 80s I went to a wedding in Basildon. A friend asked if I could give him and his girlfriend a lift home. I asked 'why didn't you drive' and he replied.......'this is Basildon, they nick your wheels '

We left the wedding venue and hey presto .......my wheels had been nicked...Capri 2.0S alloys....GONE ,

Drove home on four odd spares. Still laugh about it today....NOT happy at the time......

30 years later and still don't go to Basildon.

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Thanks all :)

 

It seems that quite a lot of people have adopted a similar (unspoken) thought of mine ... ditch them!   All-in-all, the best plan for me, I think, given the probability of me losing the key :d

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Mine (on my old tin top) are in the waste bin of the specialist I had to pay to get them off. Never had any on the Westfield.

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I must say I havent heard of it other then folk tales.

- The locking tool for the E36 BMW lives in the center console, visble from outside.

- But equally, I have had a set of E46 wheels on ebay for £50 and they haven't moved for 2months.

Daniel

Have you not got the tool fixtures in the car? My e36 coupe lock nut lived in the flip down tray on the boot and my current e36 touring has a tray for it in the boot.

I'm going to ditch having one on my Weatfield. I previously lived in the bag with the jack behind the passenger seat but I don't have a passenger seat at the mo.

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