Locking wheel nuts

[JW1]

Does anyone have any recommendations for after market locking wheel nuts for a Vantage with 19" alloys?

[Johnny42]

I got the Aston set because I wanted to be sure they were right. But I believe they are made by McGard (Same appearance and packaging shape) so if you search on their website you should end up with the same ones, and saving a bunch of £££.

http://www.mcgard.com/

Edit: I just did the search myself and the ones that came up don't look like the ones I have, they are too long! Mine are McGard though, the key has the word 'McGard' stamped on it. Sorry this isn't much help.

Edited by Johnny42 on Friday 3rd March 00:06

[Car mad enthusiast]

I took mine OFF and replaced with another OEM wheel nut. Don't like them and they are a PITA sometimes. I never leave my Aston outside where some dick could nick the wheels anyway and that sort of practice died back in the late 80's early 90's. You don't hear a lot about wheels being stolen these days. If however your car is left outside on a regular basis then by all means fit them to be safe. There are many differing types to choose from these days.

JW1 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for after market locking wheel nuts for a Vantage with 19" alloys?

[JW1]

Thank you, I'll do some research.

[Flugplatz]

Can I ask a silly question please?

Im sure this will amuse quite a few but...

Does a locking wheel nut effect the wheels balance?

[bogie]

Flugplatz said:

Can I ask a silly question please?

Im sure this will amuse quite a few but...

Does a locking wheel nut effect the wheels balance?

nope,its attached to the hub rather than the rim

[Flugplatz]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Martin-Locking-Whe...

[NAC63]

TBH They are a bit of a waste of money I had them on my last car and I lost the key all I had to do to remove them was knock a tight fitting socket over the locking nut to remove it so easy.

[Car mad enthusiast]

And that's how the thieves do it also in the night albeit they can now buy those lock nut removal tools now for when the key is lost so like you say a waste of time these days.

NAC63 said:

TBH They are a bit of a waste of money I had them on my last car and I lost the key all I had to do to remove them was knock a tight fitting socket over the locking nut to remove it so easy.

[Johnny42]

Flugplatz said:

Does a locking wheel nut effect the wheels balance?

Yes. But it's only slightly heavier than the regular nut, and so close to the centre that it's negligible.

[Johnny42]

NAC63 said:

TBH They are a bit of a waste of money I had them on my last car and I lost the key all I had to do to remove them was knock a tight fitting socket over the locking nut to remove it so easy.

The rather overpriced official Aston ones have a free rotating outer collar that would prevent this working. You could always weld it up but then you need more tools...

[bogie]

Never bothered with them either, in 10 years and >100k miles. You can buy a kit online to remove them, thats cheaper than the nuts themselves.

To be honest, there isnt much of market for cheap used Aston wheels ....is there? do they fit many other cars ?

I guess if you need it for insurance cover then you must have them....

[mjk1]

bogie said:

Flugplatz said:

Can I ask a silly question please?

Im sure this will amuse quite a few but...

Does a locking wheel nut effect the wheels balance?

nope,its attached to the hub rather than the rim

Out-of-balance is calculated by mass x radius e.g. gram mm. So in the case of lockable wheel nuts it will be the difference in mass of the lockable and original wheel nut times the pitch circle radius of the studs; it makes no difference whether they are on the rim or the hub. However as both the delta mass and radius are small, the change in balance will be very small and no larger than the residual out-of-balance of a "balanced" wheel.