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As I always do when I get a new (to us) vehicle I checked the logistics of a wheel change.
Check how much over torqued the wheel nuts are. Not in this case which was a surprise.
Check how the supplied jack works and where the jacking points are. The usual suicide device and a right old faff to use.
Check whether locking wheel nuts are likely to cause problems. Yes they are. As per usual tricky to get a socket square on and not move at an angle when applying force. And locking wheel nuts that look like they might be made of cheese like my BMW ones
So I am ditching those and fitting some proper genuine vw standard bolts in their place. Alloy wheels are so ubiquitous now - and tools to defeat locking wheel nuts so commonplace - that for me they are not worth the potential hazards (of being impossible to remove) or hassle. Thats just me.
Check how much over torqued the wheel nuts are. Not in this case which was a surprise.
Check how the supplied jack works and where the jacking points are. The usual suicide device and a right old faff to use.
Check whether locking wheel nuts are likely to cause problems. Yes they are. As per usual tricky to get a socket square on and not move at an angle when applying force. And locking wheel nuts that look like they might be made of cheese like my BMW ones
So I am ditching those and fitting some proper genuine vw standard bolts in their place. Alloy wheels are so ubiquitous now - and tools to defeat locking wheel nuts so commonplace - that for me they are not worth the potential hazards (of being impossible to remove) or hassle. Thats just me.