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hey all, ive owned this car for about 3 weeks, and it has a set of volk racing wheels, unsure on the exact brand, anyway, i cant get a socket or wheel brace to the nuts, the wheel nut holes are to small, where can i get a small socket to fit the nuts?

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maybe buy some internal hex wheel nuts?

thats what i had to do with my '32. the nuts are M12x1.25.

i paid $40 for 20 of them and they came with a hex bit as well.

other than that Stahlwille make some very thin walled sockets but they are massivley expensive. try about $750 for a basic socket set.

you may need to get a good quality socket as the cheaper ones are too thick to go in. then as said above, get some of the allen key head nuts.

or you can do what old mate in the honda did and take to the wheels with a saw............ LOL

as for getting the old ones out, best bet would be to drive to a hardware shop, or a decent tool shop and explain to them your problem and see if they will let you try some sockets to see if they fit. generally your better sockets such as stanely, kingchrome, snap-on etc will make skinnier sockets because they are made from stronger steel so don't need to be super thick to make up for being weak.

some tool shops have those annodised slimline sets in 4 colours that have the plastic covers on them to stop the socket from damaging the wheels. these are normally long and skinny for this purpose.

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DO NOT USE INTERNAL HEX WHEEL NUTS!!! Had these on a rally car I bought and after heating cooling and a few wheel changes (fair enough rally car gets wheels on and off a lot more than a road car..) the pressure out on the inside of the nuts cracks them. If you simply think about the pressure is being applied as you tighten and loosen you will soon see how easy this can happen.... It may be poor quality, it may be a lot of work and all the hot cold, but I will still never use them again

you more than likely have 13/16th or 21mm nut's, best bet is uselly to use a spark plug socket, these are thin in the wall

and will get you out of trouble.

Nissan use 21mm wheel nut's, head down to your local tyre shop and buy some 19mm nut's and you should be right

and i aggree DO NOT use those stupid inner hex nut's, the amount of these that i've had to remove is huge..

you have to drill the head of the stud, and it's a massive pain in the arse, and we charge $65 per nut removelly

The Enkei rims I got came with a thinner extension as most sockets cannot get to the nuts due to the wheel design.

I'm sure you can buy them somewhere, or you can take any of the above tips.

LMAO!!! that link is hilarious. i like how the honda boys are blaming it on VW........who cuts a wheel. honestly. and then tries to justify doing it? hilarious read. my life if now better having seen that.

sry was off topic (sorta), all ideas above are good :P

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