Thread: Replacement lug nuts for a D2

edisco

No need to replace them if you look after them. For me they look as good as the day I bought the car. The only wheel nuts I did change were the security nuts. They are in recycle heaven. One of worst the engineered parts on the car, just behind the A pillar covers.

If I was you I would be asking the tyre joint to explain why there look so shabby. A lot of people on the forum ask how do you take the chrome cap off. You don't. The cap stays on even when removing the tyre. I'm thinking the tyre joint may have tried the same.

New nuts are $12 dollars each. Wreckers should have them cheaper.

Regards
Andrew

Originally Posted by Andrew D

edisco

No need to replace them if you look after them. For me they look as good as the day I bought the car. The only wheel nuts I did change were the security nuts. They are in recycle heaven. One of worst the engineered parts on the car, just behind the A pillar covers.

If I was you I would be asking the tyre joint to explain why there look so shabby. A lot of people on the forum ask how do you take the chrome cap off. You don't. The cap stays on even when removing the tyre. I'm thinking the tyre joint may have tried the same.

New nuts are $12 dollars each. Wreckers should have them cheaper.

Regards
Andrew

Well on this side tyre shops use the wrong socket usually a 12 point, and round the nut cap. Also tyre blokes use an air gun and a break socket stick which isn't the correct size and over tighten the plot.
Wrecking yards are a good source! I have a mate who owns a wrecking yard, he sells me good nuts for 5 bucks a pop.

Question:-
Can you tell me the difference between a star gazer wrecking yard and a recycling outfit?
Dennis zedcars

or ... if you're after shiny new ones you could try ebay.

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 2 WHEEL NUT SET OF 5 | eBay

at around $37 delivered form the UK for a set.

Originally Posted by zedcars

Question:-
Can you tell me the difference between a star gazer wrecking yard and a recycling outfit?

No. Not familiar with star gazer (?). Difference between wrecking yard and recyclers maybe.

Regards
Andrew

Originally Posted by Andrew D

No. Not familiar with star gazer (?). Difference between wrecking yard and recyclers maybe.

Regards
Andrew

Andrew
A star gazer wrecking yard is the guy behind the counter that looks skyward winces thinking about the part you want then says:-
You'll find it in the back 40 acres next to the red truck on the back seat!~
Do you have any star gazer yards down under???

The recycler uses a computer and it comes out repackaged with a bar code tag and it costs 200% more!
Cheers Dennis
zedcars

Andrew?guys
If you do use used wheel nuts do NOT use the nuts with the raised dimple on the cap---They are for the spare wheel only!
Dennis
zedcars

Originally Posted by zedcars

Andrew
A star gazer wrecking yard is the guy behind the counter that looks skyward winces thinking about the part you want then says:-
You'll find it in the back 40 acres next to the red truck on the back seat!~
Do you have any star gazer yards down under???

The recycler uses a computer and it comes out repackaged with a bar code tag and it costs 200% more!
Cheers Dennis
zedcars

We have star gazers, just not a term I'm familiar with. We might refer to them as idiots or drongos. Recycler in the context I refer means a place which melts the material down and finds a new use for it. Could be re-born as ash trays. Still would be more useful than their current use a security wheel nuts.

Regards
Andrew