How to tell if my car alloy wheels have a lock?

[cartyre]

Hello all,

I am getting my alloys refurbished and the company who are doing it said make sure you give us the locking key if it has one. I have searched my whole car and cant find a lock anywhere, the alloys have a cover on the front so its not obvious if they have a lock on them. How can I tell if there is a lock on my alloys? If I take the cover off and take a picture and post it will people be able to tell me if they have a lock on them?

thanks in advance.

[cartyre]

Thanks, is it easy to remove the cover? how do I do it?

If I remove the cover and take a photo and post it could you tell me?

[cartyre]

Its a 2005 PEUGEOT 307 S HDI

This is not a wind up and its actually taking alot of my time trying to figure it out, so am appreciate of the help.

[cartyre]

Thanks all for your very patient and helpful replies.

Heres a picture of the tyre without the covers over them.

All the tyres look the same.

Hope someone can tell me if it looks like there needs to be a locking key for the alloys.

[cartyre]

Thanks, yes the other wheels are also the same as on this picture.Thanks so much!

[cartyre]

DuraAce said:

Small plastic cap on top of each individual nut perhaps?

Nothing like an accurate question is there OP?!

This is very rude and presumptuous, my question was accurate, even though your rudly suggesting that it was not. I had removed the plastic caps at a later stage. I managed to get the plastic caps off after "some" posters were helpful.

For the other helpful understanding posters, I would like to please ask, my tyres were loosing pressure and I was told it is because the alloys have corroded. I am now getting the alloys refurbished, do you think this is the best course of action rather than another course? ie brand new alloys etc? will this stop the tyres going down the alloys being refurbished? Cant we just but a whole new alloy? wont that be better than just a refurbishment? thanks.

Edited by cartyre on Sunday 14th January 13:06

[cartyre]

Thanks, Kwikfit said they were totally corroded though.

Cant we just but a whole new alloy? wont that be better than just a refurbishment?

[cartyre]

Thanks, very helpful.

Now I am only interested in getting the corroded part of the alloy fixed so it fits properly and stops the tyres loosing pressure. So Im only interested in getting the part of the alloy fixed so tyres wont loose pressure and I have alloy booked in for a refurbishment which is expensive, could I not just ask them to save money and only fix the part that needed to be fixed as Im not bothered about the out side or any other parts getting done that will make no difference to solviing the issue I am trying to address?

[cartyre]

Thanks, I have had it into a a garage twice and the verified theres no slow puncture and couldnt find anything wrong with it. But I have since been told the alloys are corroded and the tires are new and treds are great.

[cartyre]

KungFuPanda said:

You sound like an absolute nightmare customer. The refurbishment place will take the tyre off the wheel and sand blast and acid dip the whole wheel prior to refurb and repainting. They won't just mask off the bit you want fixing as it is too time consuming. Either get the whole set of wheels refurbed or buy new wheels. on a 2005 307, a new set of wheels will probably cost more than the car.

Its this kind of attitude that allows bad customer service by KungFuPanda....A customer who is not experienced in alloy wheels asking if its possible to simply repair the corroded part rather than paint and refurbish other parts is a very good question actually. For me who is not experienced in alloy wheels for me is like someone asking can someone repair the light in my fridge and they say we will refurbish the fridge but I ask is it ok if you just fix the light in the fridge rather than refurbish, clean etc the rest of the fridge? a perfectly reasonable honest question and such a awful attitude by KungFuPanda suggesting I sound like a nightmare customer is a disgrace to the forum for those who come asking for help and advice honestly and kindly.

[cartyre]

Thanks,

Im having so much trouble with my front car tyres.

I noticed they were going flat, just slowly and not completely, about 3/4 to what they should be, they were going down much faster than they should have been. They never go completely flat just to about 1/2 flat if I left it more than a couple of weeks or so.

SO I have had it into 2 different garages and they said they checked the tyres and can find nothing wrong with them, no puncture, no slow puncture, nothing. They changed the tyre valves incase that was the issue, but again the tyres after just a couple of days were slowly loosing pressure. SO I thought right Im just going to get brand new tyres put on, so had it in garage and was told theres nothing wrong with these tyres they are brand new and its probably the alloys that are corroded that are causing them to loose pressure.

So then paid for the alloys to be refurbished and repaired for leaking rims.

Then had them pumped up again right after, now I have noticed they have lost pressure already again after just a few days.

WHat should I do? Im so tired of this.

[cartyre]

silentbrown said:

How are you measuring the "3/4 flat" and "1/2 flat"?

Also, are they only going flat at the bottom?

Yes only the bottom part. Correct. WHat does this indicate?

When I measure "3/4 flat" and "1/2 flat" I am just meaning based on what I can see from observation as an estimate. The guy at the garage . well all the garages just said sorry Miss theres nothing wrong with the tyres, no puncture or slow puncture.

Edited by cartyre on Thursday 25th January 12:04

[cartyre]

AdeTuono said:

This guy has to be a troll, surely? Rarely has such ignorance been displayed on PH. And I've been here years and years.

And the username?

How rude, I dont appreciate that at all. This is a genuine issue I have with my car tyre that I am trying to fix and have spent alot of time and cost in trying to fix it.

Some people here just want to laugh and mock and make derisory remarks at me. Surley this should not be allowed on the forum, are there no moderators able to stop this?

Thanks paintman, this is something I could request a garage to do.

Edited by cartyre on Thursday 25th January 12:09

[cartyre]

Yes tyres have only done about 3,000 miles at the very most.

I bought the AA Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge and after a few days trying it on the tyres I couldnt get the hang of it, it kept making air come out of the tyres rather than read the PSI and the readings were different every time I tried it on the same tyre, just seconds after the other reading.

[cartyre]

Thanks, I have considered if maybe a neighbour etc was letting the tyres down...possible...I doubt it though.

Is it normal once I push the head of the digital tyre pressure gauge in firmly that there is a loud hissing noise for about 3 seconds? Is this not a sound of the air from the tyre being lost? It shouldnt lose more than 1 PSI being lost from that should it?

[cartyre]

No they were going flat well before the pressure guage.