Gotti wheels - what nuts ?

[Barreti]

FINALLY !!

I've got a set of Gottis, but without the centre caps of the Estorils the nuts are on show and mine are certainly not up to it.
So fellow Gotti owners, what nuts have you got on yours?

[davep]

Barreti said:

FINALLY !!

I've got a set of Gottis, but without the centre caps of the Estorils the nuts are on show and mine are certainly not up to it.
So fellow Gotti owners, what nuts have you got on yours?

Congratulations! All things come to he who waits. As for nuts, I've 316 Grade SS A1 wheel nuts from JFS Precision Components (Jeremy Smith), who is or was a PHer. Whether he still does them or not, I don't know. I can mail you a telephone number if you're interested.

There's also these from Clever Trev:

http://www.clever-trevor.net/TVR/Search_details/G0...

Edited by davep on Sunday 15th April 15:42

[FlipFlopGriff]

Stainless would be best, but not so easy to get hold of. Are you going to change the 500 front end back too?
FFG

[Barreti]

As soon as you've put your heap back to standard Paul I'll have mine into the garage as yours leaves

I'll see what I can find for Ford Sierra on both the wheel nuts and new locks because mine are not only nearly as ugly as one of your Growl shirts but they appear to be fatigued.

Edited by Barreti on Sunday 15th April 22:30

[Daggsy]

Got mine from shinynuts www.shinynuts.co.uk

[S6 ROR]

Daggsy said:

Got mine from shinynuts www.shinynuts.co.uk

Nobody`s nuts shine more than Daggsy`s Nuts

[griffdude]

Saw these on flea bay, any good?

Item 270954802214

[Barreti]

Thanks for the replies guys. And I'm happy for you Daggsy

Sadly ShinyNuts no longer sell shiny wheel nuts.
And the ones Griffdude pointed me to are open ended, which I don't think will look right somehow.

Obviously I'm able to search myself for Ford Sierra shiny nuts but there are a couple of things I was wondering about
one is the comments I've seen on the sales items mentioning their nuts are not correct if you have OEM wheels. Which strikes me as odd - do Ford have different angles at the bottom of the nut holes?

And the other point is something I remember about Ford alloy nuts is that they are in 2 pieces, so the hex bit can rotate freely from the bit which touches the wheel - which I think is a big benefit for keeping the finish of the wheel.
You can see this with these nuts clicky

I'm wondering if I shouldn't just get something like these from McGard Clicky

[PeteGriff]

Barreti said:

FINALLY !!

I've got a set of Gottis, but without the centre caps of the Estorils the nuts are on show and mine are certainly not up to it.
So fellow Gotti owners, what nuts have you got on yours?

Hi Barreti, I have original Gotti wheels on my Griff. The black painted its that came with the car were all chipped and starting to rust, I changed them for stainless steel ones that I believe I got from TVR Power. Apparently they were original TVR stock as they had the logo on the bag. They look really nice and suit the Gotti's. All the best, Pete

[Barreti]

To update on progress, I purchased a set of nuts from a guy on ebay selling lots of original Ford stuff.
I missed out on 2 of his auctions so contacted him. He gave me the price of £15 for a set of 12 (I have locking wheel nuts so only needed 12)
They are original Ford alloy nuts with the floating washer to protect the alloy paint.
They arrived in 3 days and are brand new.
I'm chuffed and think I got a bargain from a good guy I'm happy to recommend.

This is the guy http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/lilstev1e/?_trksid=p4340...