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Offline navmk4gti

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ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« on: 26 August 2009, 20:04 »
just picked up some r32 rep alloy wheels with pirelli's on em .. look sweet... very few minor scuffs on 2 other 2 are mint.. got em for £250  :cool:

getting my mk4 back tomoz so i just wanted to know can i use the original nuts and locking nut that i already have on the mk4??? i currently have 16" standard gti alloys.
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Re: ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« Reply #1 on: 26 August 2009, 20:05 »
reps should be tapers bolts so no  :sad:
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Re: ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« Reply #2 on: 26 August 2009, 20:08 »
well with reference to my post about bolts. Took my centre cap off tonyt and i have tapered bolts on my Rcs lol weird
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Re: ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« Reply #3 on: 26 August 2009, 20:16 »
because you had mk5 reps, which would have needed tapered bolts the RC's need radius bolts
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Re: ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« Reply #4 on: 26 August 2009, 20:31 »
what the hell are tapered bolts  :huh:

i thought as long as there same pcd and offset i can use same nuts.. any1 got links to which ones i need to buy then?
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Re: ALLOY WHEEL NUT QUESTION
« Reply #5 on: 27 August 2009, 00:22 »
Quote from: navmk4gti on 26 August 2009, 20:31
what the hell are tapered bolts  :huh:

i thought as long as there same pcd and offset i can use same nuts.. any1 got links to which ones i need to buy then?

Ebay would be your best bet, tapered is the seat where they fit to the alloy, some are rounded others are 60 deq taper.
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