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[Mr.OmegaMan]

Troublesome things  , Chucked all mine in the bin, Just put chrome wheel nut covers on which are almost impossible to remove without the tool 

[Steve B]

Troublesome things  , Chucked all mine in the bin, Just put chrome wheel nut covers on which are almost impossible to remove without the tool 

Do you mean them plastic silver ones...

In other words Linky linky 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Troublesome things  , Chucked all mine in the bin, Just put chrome wheel nut covers on which are almost impossible to remove without the tool 

Do you mean them plastic silver ones...

In other words Linky linky 

Na I bought some decent ones 

[TheBoy]

Let this be a little warning to all that once you have had a tyre shop touch your car, when you get home, loosen and retorque the wheel bolts.

Consider getting rid of GM locking wheelbolts, as they are made of cheese. I always manually loosen the locking ones, rather than use a gun for this very reason.

[flyer 0712]

I always put copper slip on the threads and bolts seats before re-fitting as this helps to stop the corrosion between alloy and metal and never had a problem 

[minifreek]

I wouldn't touch wheelbolts with copperslip or any other lubrication....

[powerslinky]

Troublesome things  , Chucked all mine in the bin, Just put chrome wheel nut covers on which are almost impossible to remove without the tool 

Do you mean them plastic silver ones...

In other words Linky linky 

Na I bought some decent ones 


like the look of those myself  . . .  no link then      any sort of contact details mr. omegaman ?

[powerslinky]

I wouldn't touch wheelbolts with copperslip or any other lubrication....

These troublesome ones WERE  copperslipped . . . but made no difference to ease of removal  . . .

So each to there own  I guess 

[TheBoy]

I coppaslip the wheel-to-hub bits, and the taper of the wheelbolts. Its the only way you stand half a chance of undoing them with the shite wrench that GM supply at the side of the road

[flyer 0712]

Yep i do the same  as wheel is alloy and hub is metal so helps to stop any corrosion  that makes them a bar steward to part when removing the wheel 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Troublesome things  , Chucked all mine in the bin, Just put chrome wheel nut covers on which are almost impossible to remove without the tool 

Do you mean them plastic silver ones...

In other words Linky linky 

Na I bought some decent ones 


like the look of those myself  . . .  no link then      any sort of contact details mr. omegaman ?

Sorry yeah i'll dig the link up bought them some 2 years ago.

[terry paget]

I coppaslip the wheel-to-hub bits, and the taper of the wheelbolts. Its the only way you stand half a chance of undoing them with the shite wrench that GM supply at the side of the road

I rejoice that Omegas carry full size spare wheels and the tools to change wheels at the roadside. So many cars these days come with space saver skinny wheels, or, worse, no spare at all, just an aerosol of porridge to squirt into the flat tyre in the vain hope that it will plug the hole and reinflate it - that's no good to me.

I carry an extensible wheel nut tool and a torch too, and a tool roll. I do  not yet carry a spare crank position sensor, but I think I should.

[TheBoy]

I coppaslip the wheel-to-hub bits, and the taper of the wheelbolts. Its the only way you stand half a chance of undoing them with the shite wrench that GM supply at the side of the road

I rejoice that Omegas carry full size spare wheels and the tools to change wheels at the roadside. So many cars these days come with space saver skinny wheels, or, worse, no spare at all, just an aerosol of porridge to squirt into the flat tyre in the vain hope that it will plug the hole and reinflate it - that's no good to me.

I carry an extensible wheel nut tool and a torch too, and a tool roll. I do  not yet carry a spare crank position sensor, but I think I should.

FL spare wheels count as (almost) a space saver, hence the 80kph stickers all over them.

[Nick W]

That's easily sorted on an estate, as a 17 wheel and tyre fit in the well.

[05omegav6]

That's easily sorted on an estate, as a 17 wheel and tyre fit in the well.

As do 18"s, the only issue is the the well was designed for the stock 195/65/15 spare so anyy thing much above 205 width lifts the boot floor slightly...

This is a very small price to pay for being able to continue your journey without the need to slow down imho...