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Rickshaw · 21st October 2021, 12:04

Last week I went to a breakers. Next day , as I walked past my car I thought two of the chrome wheel nut covers had come off so I stooped down to check and found someone had removed the wheel nuts! That is criminal. I can only think it happened at the breakers - most likely to have the right tool at hand rather than a local dog walker? Anyway - check your wheel nuts are in place if you visit a breakers in the Sussex / Surrey area because the same idiot may be there!
Unbelievable

edwardmk · 21st October 2021, 12:09

What a toe rag

Glad you spotted it.

macafee2 · 21st October 2021, 14:13

lucky spot. Where did you get you chrome coves from?

macafee2

rab60bit · 21st October 2021, 16:46

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Originally Posted by Rickshaw

Last week I went to a breakers. Next day , as I walked past my car I thought two of the chrome wheel nut covers had come off so I stooped down to check and found someone had removed the wheel nuts! That is criminal. I can only think it happened at the breakers - most likely to have the right tool at hand rather than a local dog walker? Anyway - check your wheel nuts are in place if you visit a breakers in the Sussex / Surrey area because the same idiot may be there!
Unbelievable

Presume you mean the wheel bolts (screws). Fancy going tooled-up for that (8 out of 10 of us have issues getting the damned things off when we actually need to) but what an absolute

(can't find anything really rude enough) but absolute moron hits the spot, good job you spotted it so quickly.

Rickshaw · 21st October 2021, 19:02

lucky spot. Where did you get you chrome coves from?

macafee2

On EBay there are two sort - plastic chrome and metal. Both fit well and come with a remover tool. They look really good and are o cheap I don't mind replacing after a year or so if any problem. I have tried some new , solid chrome plated ones but a standard wheel nut wrench tends to chip the chrome and then rust sets in.

Jeff Turbo · 23rd October 2021, 06:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rickshaw

lucky spot. Where did you get you chrome coves from?

macafee2

On EBay there are two sort - plastic chrome and metal. Both fit well and come with a remover tool. They look really good and are o cheap I don't mind replacing after a year or so if any problem. I have tried some new , solid chrome plated ones but a standard wheel nut wrench tends to chip the chrome and then rust sets in.

Plastic ones can be a NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- to get off sometimes. I removed all from my cdti in the end

ryszard · 23rd October 2021, 09:49

Hi, several years ago in Northampton someone went round and loosened the wheel nuts on some cars, tragically a young girl on the way to work was killed when a wheel came off while on a dual carriageway.Ry.....

21st October 2021, 12:04	#1
Rickshaw Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer, 2 X75 Saloon , MGTF Sunstorm Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Guildford Posts: 380 Thanks: 497 Thanked 172 Times in 93 Posts	Brainless Last week I went to a breakers. Next day , as I walked past my car I thought two of the chrome wheel nut covers had come off so I stooped down to check and found someone had removed the wheel nuts! That is criminal. I can only think it happened at the breakers - most likely to have the right tool at hand rather than a local dog walker? Anyway - check your wheel nuts are in place if you visit a breakers in the Sussex / Surrey area because the same idiot may be there! Unbelievable

21st October 2021, 12:09	#2
edwardmk Gets stuck in MG ZT 260, Rover 75 Connie SE auto Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Redruth Posts: 984 Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 399 Times in 271 Posts	What a toe rag Glad you spotted it.

21st October 2021, 14:13	#3
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,912 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	lucky spot. Where did you get you chrome coves from? macafee2

21st October 2021, 19:02	#5
Rickshaw Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer, 2 X75 Saloon , MGTF Sunstorm Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Guildford Posts: 380 Thanks: 497 Thanked 172 Times in 93 Posts	lucky spot. Where did you get you chrome coves from? macafee2 On EBay there are two sort - plastic chrome and metal. Both fit well and come with a remover tool. They look really good and are o cheap I don't mind replacing after a year or so if any problem. I have tried some new , solid chrome plated ones but a standard wheel nut wrench tends to chip the chrome and then rust sets in.

23rd October 2021, 09:49	#7
ryszard Gets stuck in Moonstone diesel,X351 Jaguar and now MG ZT 260 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Northampton Posts: 682 Thanks: 288 Thanked 118 Times in 96 Posts	Hi, several years ago in Northampton someone went round and loosened the wheel nuts on some cars, tragically a young girl on the way to work was killed when a wheel came off while on a dual carriageway.Ry.....