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Started by _CanberraTorana_ , Mar 30 2006 09:30 PM

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#1 _CanberraTorana_

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Posted 30 March 2006 - 09:30 PM

does anyone here happen to have a spare 13inch wheel for the boot to pass rego i could borrow??

also i dont have the locknut for my wheels :cry:

how can i get them off my car. :cry:

they are globes

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#2 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 30 March 2006 - 09:36 PM

You don't need a spare tire to pass rego. If you do have one, it needs to be secured, do you have the plate/bolt to secure one?

Buy a new set of locknuts, and get a new key. They are universal fit, and I'm sure every good theif has one.

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#3 _Duck05_

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Posted 30 March 2006 - 09:58 PM

I don't know where you buy your locknuts from Yella but they are certainly not universal where I get them, wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose :huh:

Try a good sharp set of vise grips and once on put a length of water pipe over the screw part of the handle of the vise grips. and GODD LUCK!!

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#4 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 06:49 AM

Or just take the car to World of Wheels in Queanbeyan, they happily change over wheels for rego purposes. They'll have the adapter. ^ yup, but don't let the truth stand in the way of good marketing.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 31 March 2006 - 06:50 AM.

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#5 _Herne_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 07:05 AM

Tyre places know how to get them off

Discount Tyres in Erindale look after my needs.

Cheers
Herne

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#6 Struggler

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 08:36 AM

I usually hammer a spark plug socket over the locknut to get them off.

Ugly yet effective.

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#7 _Herne_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 09:58 AM

Thats generally what the tyre places do the days Struggler, bash a socket of some sort over the lock nut, I just didnt want to advertise how to get them off due to wheel thieves but I guess any thief worth his/her slat already knows this trick

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Herne

Edited by Herne, 31 March 2006 - 09:59 AM.

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#8 _Duck05_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 11:27 AM

Its like any security item they slow the crooks down they don't stop them all together, most crooks are lazy and would rather find a set of wheels without a locknut. But if they want your wheels they will persist. :ph34r:

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#9 _CanberraTorana_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 01:44 PM

why are we on to wheel thieves???? i was just seeing if someone could help me if i brought my car round lol. i went across to the wheel shop and they said bring it in. guess its as easy to do it myself?

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#10 _Herne_

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 02:09 PM

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#11 Tiny

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Posted 31 March 2006 - 02:09 PM

Yep.. except that you'll need 4 sockets... usually the sockets break or the nut is jammed so hard in there the socket becomes throw away.

OH.. and dont miss while swinging the BFH (Big Effin Hammer)