[s-cars] locking lug bolts w/ cone seat

Lee Levitt lee at wheelman.com
Thu Feb 26 20:03:32 EST 2004


James writes:

> Hey everyone! I'm looking to install a set of O.Z. Nova 
> wheels on my S6, and remembered that I don't have the right 
> lug bolts! These wheels need a 'cone' 
> style seat, which is not what the stockers use. Plus, I want 
> to get locking bolts.
> 
> So..
> 
> Anyone know of a really good place to pick up a set of these? 
> Any advice is welcome. Have people found it to be a good idea 
> to install 1 locking bolt per wheel, or just bite the bullet 
> and use them for all the bolts?

I bought a set of bolts for Novas from Tire Rack. You can also get them from
ECS.

You don't want to run 5 locking bolts per wheel...you'd end up with 5
separate keys (they come 4 to a pack). 1 per wheel is plenty.

HTH,

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant (Bilstein/Eibach/Euros/HID/BIRA S3)
'96 A6 quattro avant (Euros)



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