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Carat atiwe bolts

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brickworks website states the front wheel bolts for carat atiwe alloy wheels are no longer availabile and you have to convert to stud and use tapered nuts all round but I have found these on evil bay are they the correct ones




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I emailed brickwerks and this was the link they sent me saying front bolts no longer available, how odd

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Buy some of their front stud conversions and the correct nuts.
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It can be a right pain holding the wheel up and trying to get the bolt in.Studs make it so much easier..
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I know what your saying about studs but it's not a problem for me screwing in bolts my mk2 golf uses bolts and it's not a problem getting them in
So will the bolts on marlinowner link from brickwerks fit or do I need studs

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The advantage of the stud conversion kit is that all the nuts match and look like the factory fitted ones. Also the studs are a bit longer than the original, the originals look scarily short with factory alloys, although they do have just enough thread.
Saying that I'm confident that the bolts I linked to would do the job.
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I'm just a bit wary of the studs in case they work there way out

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Theclash wrote:I'm just a bit wary of the studs in case they work there way out

Fit them with loctite 270 studlock.
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Have no fear, with the correct preparation there will be no issues.
A good clean of everything thing with brake cleaner and then the correct loctite and they do not come loose.

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Ok cheers guys thanks for all your help
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