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KiwiNCFC



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United Kingdom 1997 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Arles Blue
Help with wheel bolts/nuts/studs ? A bit confused
Hi guys! Finally bought some black steel wheels for my defender 90 after having freestyle alloys on since I got it 2 years ago! (Not a fan of freestyles)

I've had a search but not really found the definitve answer. My freestyle alloys are obviously held on with 5 wheel nuts (more like a bolt as it has a thread on it) but what bolts do I need for my new steel wheels as the ones for my alloys are coated with a chrome cap. Would I need to buy studs to put into the threads and then nuts or is there a special steel wheel bolt with thread that goes into the existing thread on the hub?

I'm not sure if I'm making this sound more complicated than it is!
Hope you can help! Thanks guys!
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KiwiNCFC



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Scrap that. I'm being stupid. The nuts for my alloys are nuts! I was thinking from memory as I'm not near my landy ATM.

Any links to recommended steel wheel nuts? Thanks 🙂
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LandRoverAnorak



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Standard LR steel wheel nuts are fine but if you want to treat yourself...

http://www.wrington.co.uk/land%20rover%20s...0nuts.html Darren

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Sulisuli



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Those are some of the nicest nuts you will ever get your hands on Rolling with laughter 2015 HT XS 90
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Note that the standard wheel nuts for alloy wheels are different to the standard wheel nuts for steel wheels.
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KiwiNCFC



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Thanks guys!

P.s. wow expensive wheel nuts but they do look nice!
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Grenadier



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Whilst maybe not exactly this brand, these are the sorts of nuts I'm talking about. Same as the chrome ones that hold my 18" Bowlers on....

https://www.lrparts.net/lrc1127-set-of-16-...e-set.html Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

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LandRoverAnorak



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These are alloy wheel nuts and are not suitable for steel wheels. Darren

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KiwiNCFC wrote:
Thanks guys!

P.s. wow expensive wheel nuts but they do look nice!


RRD500010 aren't!
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Grenadier



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LandRoverAnorak wrote:
These are alloy wheel nuts and are not suitable for steel wheels.


This is why I asked, as I’ve seen this one bimbling around locally. Couldn’t get close enough to know if they’re alloy nuts or standard nuts with some sort of cap? But look straight alloy to me....


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 Monsieur Le Grenadier

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BogMonster



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Those look like the standard LR alloy nuts. They will hold a steel wheel on (they are designed to be used with a steel spare on a Discovery, which many had ex-factory) but IMHO they look stupid on a steel wheel and very much temporary! ---
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LandRoverAnorak



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Yeah, I wouldn't use those for steel wheels. Alloy nuts have a different end profile to steel ones and whilst they'll physically nail a wheel to a hub, I wouldn't be comfortable using them for any distance. Darren

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My LR alloy wheel nuts have a conical face on the end which is exactly the same as the bare steel wheel nuts. Perfectly safe for permanent use on steel wheels, but very ugly Laughing

Edit, mine are like this. The conical end is the exact same profile and designed for use on steel or alloy wheels Thumbs Up







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LandRoverAnorak



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Hmm, I thought the cones were different profiles Confused ? I remember deliberately carrying both steel and alloy nuts to accommodate mixing and matching wheels when I had a trailer on steel wheels and a Discovery on alloys. It was fifteen years ago though, so I may be mis-remembering the reason Rolling Eyes Darren

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BogMonster



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LRA ... all I can say is that Land Rover used to ship the 300Tdi Discoverys from the factory with four alloys and a steel spare, and the only nuts supplied were the alloy ones, so they obviously expect the alloy nuts to be acceptable for holding a steel wheel on safely. ---
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