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Locking wheel nuts

I have a '91 Townace Auto 4WD with chromed wheels. The 5 studs on each wheel are threaded 12 x 1.5. The nuts have a domed head.

Fortunately for me the nuts are identical to the ones on my Corolla so I was able to search for a set of locking wheel nuts to fit the Corolla. Unfortunately not many people fit locking wheel nuts to Corollas!

However unlike the Corolla, the Townace (well, 4WD anyway) has the very large hub just inside the ring of wheel nuts. Several otherwise suitable types of locking wheel nuts are quite large diameter and anything more than about 25mm diameter would interfere with fitting the hub cover.

After a long search I have bought and fitted a set from Maystar, type SWN15, which cost about £16, ordered for me by a local car parts shop.

- Dave Mason, 31 May 2002.