wheel bolt help

1. user_27068 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 York Posts: 2254 Ibiza Bocanegra 1.4TSI DSG

   #1 17th April 2012, 10:53

   hi all,
   
   I've searched high and low to try and find some black extended wheels bolts for my banded steels.
   
   I'm going to be running 12mm spacers, and the bolts I require are as follows:
   
   17mm Hex M12 x 1.25 bolts with a 60 degree taper
   
   they must be black and must be long enough for spacers I am using.
   
   does anyone know where to get these from?
   
   any help is much appreciated
   
   Dan
2. BritishMonkey Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Scottish Borders Posts: 110 2000 Furio 1.4 2002 Corsa 1.0 2002 Corsa 1.0 20

   #2 17th April 2012, 13:08

   You would be better going to a engineers tbh and get a few extra while your at it
3. user_27068 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 York Posts: 2254 Ibiza Bocanegra 1.4TSI DSG

   #3 17th April 2012, 13:21

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by BritishMonkey You would be better going to a engineers tbh and get a few extra while your at it

   there's loads of extended bolts out there, just no black ones and I really don't fancy using caps.
   
   how safe and easy is it to do a lug nut conversion? and can someone point me in the right direction?
4. BritishMonkey Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Scottish Borders Posts: 110 2000 Furio 1.4 2002 Corsa 1.0 2002 Corsa 1.0 20

   #4 17th April 2012, 13:42

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Llardy there's loads of extended bolts out there, just no black ones and I really don't fancy using caps. how safe and easy is it to do a lug nut conversion? and can someone point me in the right direction?

   I just read your post again properly sorry, Just paint them? Poundland are doing tins of black gloss paint for, you geussed it £1
5. user_27068 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 York Posts: 2254 Ibiza Bocanegra 1.4TSI DSG

   #5 17th April 2012, 14:06

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by BritishMonkey I just read your post again properly sorry, Just paint them? Poundland are doing tins of black gloss paint for, you geussed it £1

   I'd rather not just paint them. the amount of times I have my wheels on and off, I'll have to repaint them every week.
6. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #6 17th April 2012, 15:33

   from personal experience i;d buy better spacer that dont use the extended nuts. they aint that safe and eat your wheel bearings rather quick. as u have already invested in banded steels spend the money on hubcentric spacers i wouldnt want to trust my life to extended bolts
7. user_27068 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 York Posts: 2254 Ibiza Bocanegra 1.4TSI DSG

   #7 17th April 2012, 15:45

   I've got custom hubcentric spacers coming but they require the longer bolts. because they are only 12 mm you cannot get the nut conversion type. the standard bolts thread length is 28 mm and I only one with a 40mm thread length so it's not a huge increase.
8. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #8 17th April 2012, 15:54

   Just did a quick search & I know the listing isn`t the bolts you`re after but it wouldn`t do any harm to contact this company mate. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Alloy-W...item3f1656d0ae
   
   Or these. http://www.rarerims.co.uk/wheelshop_...t=Black+Bolts+
9. user_27068 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 York Posts: 2254 Ibiza Bocanegra 1.4TSI DSG

   #9 17th April 2012, 16:11

   cheers mate. I contacted rare rims earlier today and they only extended bolts in chrome. but I will contact the other link now.