Best place to buy locking wheel nuts for a Vantage
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Don't bother. The wheel fitment is rare so little incentive to steal them and locking wheel nuts can be removed in seconds using a tool that costs £12-99 (inc VAT!) http://www.screwfix.com/p/laser-locking-wheel-nut-...
Sorry, but I disagree with the don't bother argument.
My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
Manwhoneverwas said:
Sorry, but I disagree with the don't bother argument.
My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
I totally agree. ("The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90"). My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
One of the first things I had them put on my car when I purchased it.
bomberh said:
Manwhoneverwas said:
Sorry, but I disagree with the don't bother argument.
My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
I totally agree. ("The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90"). My own car is a 2007 V8 Vantage Roadster and I have just recently fitted a brand new set of V12S Satin Black Lightweight forged alloys complete with new Pirelli P Zeros.
A set of AM locking wheel nuts is circa £90 from the AM dealers (that is what I bought)
I think they are actually manufactured by a company called McGard and they are now available at a cheaper price here (check your cars compatibility)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGard-SU-Standard-Locki...
Whilst AM owners realise they probably only fit other Astons and the don't bother argument applies, can you apply that train of thought to your average thief.
The locking nuts don't stop theft, but they just make it a bit harder and it gives me a little bit piece of mind for £90
One of the first things I had them put on my car when I purchased it.
When I sold off some old V8 wheels some time ago, I asked the chap who turned up what Aston he had. He was fitting them to something else.
Seeing how many Bentley wheels are fitted to dubs, it's not a stretch to consider that the target tea leaf may not be looking to punt them to people other than Aston owners.
http://www.wheel-size.com/pcd/5x114.3/
I think I remember last time this came round we even had the argument that they would throw the wheel balance off which I suppose might be detectable at about 500mph - perhaps.
For those of you after a little "peace of mind" how do you sleep at night with the fact that they might write the chassis off jacking it up incorrectly? Cue for someone to post up the picture of the DBS on bricks in Mayfair - well the picture actually shows what had happened when it fell off the bricks - not pretty
The choice is clearly yours and £90 is less than a full tank of Super Plus (oh no, I've started that one again too!) so go for it if you want them. Personally, I feel better spending that cash on an insurance policy with decent cover.
For those of you after a little "peace of mind" how do you sleep at night with the fact that they might write the chassis off jacking it up incorrectly? Cue for someone to post up the picture of the DBS on bricks in Mayfair - well the picture actually shows what had happened when it fell off the bricks - not pretty
The choice is clearly yours and £90 is less than a full tank of Super Plus (oh no, I've started that one again too!) so go for it if you want them. Personally, I feel better spending that cash on an insurance policy with decent cover.
I've used locking nuts on every vehicle I've had in the last several years. But yes, they are only a deterrent. They are not thief-proof.
McGard is a highly-regarded company, and they are the OEM supplier for at least a few marques. Be careful with cheap lug nut brands. When I was young and foolish, I had Muteki lug nuts on a car. The lug key cracked along its length, and I had to take it to a welding shop to have it fixed so I could get my lug nuts off.
Do NOT lose the lug key. If you do, you won't be able to get your own wheels off the car. Along those lines, don't forget to have the lug key ready when taking the car to a shop. If they don't have the lug key, they can't get the wheels off, either. You'll end up going back and forth to get them the lug key.
There are different types of locking lug nuts. Some have machined "key" engravings in them and are probably the most thief-resistant lug nuts there are. Some look like standard lug nuts but are seven-sided.
McGard is a highly-regarded company, and they are the OEM supplier for at least a few marques. Be careful with cheap lug nut brands. When I was young and foolish, I had Muteki lug nuts on a car. The lug key cracked along its length, and I had to take it to a welding shop to have it fixed so I could get my lug nuts off.
Do NOT lose the lug key. If you do, you won't be able to get your own wheels off the car. Along those lines, don't forget to have the lug key ready when taking the car to a shop. If they don't have the lug key, they can't get the wheels off, either. You'll end up going back and forth to get them the lug key.
There are different types of locking lug nuts. Some have machined "key" engravings in them and are probably the most thief-resistant lug nuts there are. Some look like standard lug nuts but are seven-sided.
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