Lug Bolts?? In my wife's Brand X??

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I just finished changing a flat on my wife's 2002 Audi A4 and was surprised to find lug BOLTS like my Hudsons have. I'm curious if anyone else's brand X has Lug Bolts instead of lug nuts.....I've owned a quite a few brand X's and this was my first modern car with bolts instead of nuts.

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Most German cars have used lug bolts since after the war. My M-B and the Bimmers I've owned (all post-1980) all had lug bolts.

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My Vee-Dub Jetta had lug nuts, but it was Mexican not German. I had a POS 1978 M-B, but I don't think I owned it long enough to have taken a wheel off.

I guess it's true... you do learn something everyday. At least I did.

ArtS

royer wrote:

My Vee-Dub Jetta had lug nuts, but it was Mexican not German. I had a POS 1978 M-B, but I don't think I owned it long enough to have taken a wheel off.



I guess it's true... you do learn something everyday. At least I did.

My VeeDub VR6 GTI and R32 both have lug bolts. Get to fool with them whenever I put winter tires/wheels on them. And boy did I ever need those Blizzaks this year!!!



ArtS

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My sons 83 mercedes has lug bolts.

Unknown

My '54 Kaiser Manhattan also has lug bolts. Is this a common thing from this era? The Kaiser wheels have a pin on each brake drum to make it easier to orient the wheel correctly. (I understand that Plymouth wheels from this era will also fit a Kaiser if you drill the rim out for the locator pin.) I am very surprised that a modern manufacturer would still have them, as studs that take lug nuts obviously make it much easier to locate and orient the wheels; my guess is that's the reason that the rest of the industry abandoned them in the first place. Must be a German thing? Obviously they must have their reasons for sticking with them...



Seems like what goes around, comes around... Kaiser first introduced the recessed spare tire well beneath the trunk floor with the second-generation design in 1951. Now you'd be hard pressed to find a new car, domestic or foreign, without it. Both my wife's 2004 Hyundai Elantra and my dad's 1999 Olds Cutlass have them, and the covers fasten down in the center as does the Kaiser's.

Uncle Josh

If you're wantin to buy some new lug bolts, most of the boat/camping/utility trailers use lug bolts and are available at the trailer service shops.

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Uncle Josh wrote:

If you're wantin to buy some new lug bolts, most of the boat/camping/utility trailers use lug bolts and are available at the trailer service shops.

I'd watch out for those, might work in a pinch, but a lot of them I have seen are made in taiwan.