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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Past Owners Of Your Golf
« on: 20 April 2013, 22:07 »
Well bit of a rant this one!  :angry: decided to start with the front abs sensors yesterday didn't get to far here's the good bit!! car jacked up and on stands start to remove wheel bolts only to find  :shocked: nsf front 1 has 5 Tapered bolts fitted!! ns front the same WTF!! how can anyone be so stupid!! ended up getting some oem replacements oh and some lockers as none fitted!!
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Offline X4MGS

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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #1 on: 20 April 2013, 22:34 »
Easy mistake if you don't know there are 2 types... Most peeps just think a bolt is a bolt - end of...
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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #2 on: 21 April 2013, 11:37 »
Why bother with locking wheel bolts?

Surely when it arrives in the scrapyard you'll leave the key to them in the boot?

When did you last see a car with its wheels nicked?

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Is it that pikey where you are?!
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Offline madmanmart

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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #3 on: 21 April 2013, 12:04 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 21 April 2013, 11:37
Why bother with locking wheel bolts?

Surely when it arrives in the scrapyard you'll leave the key to them in the boot?

When did you last see a car with its wheels nicked?

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Is it that pikey where you are?!

And more to the point, who is going to want to nick mk3 wheels at all, lockers are pointless in the 21st century...

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Offline mcgee9t2

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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #4 on: 21 April 2013, 12:17 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 21 April 2013, 11:37
Why bother with locking wheel bolts?

Surely when it arrives in the scrapyard you'll leave the key to them in the boot?

When did you last see a car with its wheels nicked?

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Is it that pikey where you are?!

2 cars in the last year have had wheels niked from my area (even had the boot broke into and the spare gone)

they also tried mine, but couldn't get the lockers off.

 I live in a reasonably nice area too...
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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #5 on: 23 April 2013, 08:36 »
People still nick wheels. Even standard ones. A bag of smack is a bag of smack. Less risk than the usual kick your door in and demand the keys approach for the whole car. We even had a face off stereo taken on my street that had the face taken off!
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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #6 on: 23 April 2013, 08:37 »
Oh and C Durham is quite rural in parts so plenty of time to do stuff early morn without being interrupted.
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Re: Past Owners Of Your Golf
« Reply #7 on: 23 April 2013, 15:58 »
I got two lockers on each wheel and its kept in my garage  :grin:

Just a little more time for me to catch them
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