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| posted on January 13th, 2011 at 06:19 PM |
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Nice looking lug bolts.. .where to buy?
Hi pplz,
I need new lug bolts but i want some nice'ish ones that are chrome to match my rims.
Where in aus (or even perth) can i find a selection/where has everyone else got theirs from?
Is there a typical length that i should order for rims or is it just a matter of checking what i have?
Also;; same question for locking lug bolts!!
Glenn.
cheers for any help u can give 
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| posted on January 13th, 2011 at 08:25 PM |
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try your local tire place, they can generally order what you want.
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| posted on January 13th, 2011 at 09:47 PM |
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Careful with chrome... most end up rusting really soon. Cheap chroming and then the friction on the edges gives it a starting point
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| posted on January 13th, 2011 at 09:49 PM |
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hmm ok sage advice!
What kinds do you guys have then...?
Just black?
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barls
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| posted on January 13th, 2011 at 09:52 PM |
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mine are stock kombi ones and i changed to studs and nuts.
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 12:04 PM |
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ok thanks barls, ill have to look into it then
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 12:37 PM |
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Having a brainfart at the moment but theres a model of calais or statesman that has neat plastic covers that clip over the wheel nuts that fit VW
wheel nuts
Will probably come to me at 2am 
Mums Peugeot has them too but there 17mm nuts
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by barls
try your local tire place, they can generally order what you want.
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Hi
this is non VW... but My Wife's Suzuki swift chromed nuts had three crack while I was undoing them...
they were also going rusty...
One cracked bad enough that I had to have a bolt welded to it to get it off...
after checking out 4 tyre services... for replacements..
and no one had any.... at all??
I then checked on the internet and ebay...
and the only place that I could find that sold HIGH Tensile chromed nuts that I needed was in the USA....
I bought a pack of 5 to check them out...
then bought a pack of 20... not expensive either..
LEE
When You do find some locally, make sure You wax them every few weeks to keep the rust away...
I have seen chromed VW studs on cars...
I'm sure You could get studs and buts....
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 03:55 PM |
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Be careful using chrome studs. If they are not heat-treated IMMEDIATELY after chrome plating, they can suffer from hydrogen embrittlement - deadly
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 04:20 PM |
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My beetle I first owned was a Championship beetle and it came with silver plastic bolt covers like mentioned earlier and I believe CIP do them in
black and silver.
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 04:23 PM |
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Holzl @ V Force sells these if you are interested
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-Volkswagen-Beetle-WHEEL-NUT-STUD-conversion-kit-/26...
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 07:07 PM |
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I have the black covers Joel mentioned they came off
A friends VN SS and they fit perfectly.
You might find some at a wreckers?
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 07:16 PM |
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Just about all of the Generals cars have black plastic nut covers now methinks, i've got them on the wench and they came off my Crewman, just noticed
today that one has gone walkies, not to worry as I've got spares. 
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| posted on January 14th, 2011 at 10:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ancientbugger
My beetle I first owned was a Championship beetle and it came with silver plastic bolt covers like mentioned earlier and I believe CIP do them in
black and silver.
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where did you live then????
Mexican beetles had black ones I believe...
also Lemerertz wheels [on German beetles] used them...
LEE
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| posted on January 15th, 2011 at 08:52 AM |
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Champion would be US, each country had their own name for the 72 record breaking models.
They were just 15millionth commemorative here but Europe called them Marathon beetles.
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| posted on January 20th, 2011 at 09:31 AM |
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If you use a rattle gun on the chrome nuts the chrome will come off, i have two cars with chrome nuts on them for years with no issues
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