Wheel removal and security splined nut?

[golfgtdude]

I was looking at the wheel on my Scirocco today and noticed that there's some black caps/covers over the wheel nuts. They look like they need a special splined socket tool to extract them. Does this come supplied with the car - only looked briefly in the boot and can only see the wheel locking nut attachement.

[Shaun]

There just plastic nut covers, in the boot should be a little bit of metal with a loop on one and and hood on the other, the hook end fits in the hole on the covers and you pull them off to reveal the proper bolts

[Shaun]

Nut covers and tool here



Tool on its own

[trix]

in the polystyrene filler of the spare wheel you will find....
a jack
a locking wheel nut removal tool
a tow eye
a screwdriver (handle end helps remove loosened locking wheel nuts i believe)
& ... a metal locking wheel nut cover puller! it looks like a metal ring with a hook coming out from it

[golfgtdude]

okay cheers for the info, makes sense now and i saw that tool in the boot. Didn't realise they were caps (doah on my part). I guess they are meant as a deterant (worked on me - hehe)

cheers again.

[Shaun]

okay cheers for the info, makes sense now and i saw that tool in the boot. Didn't realise they were caps (doah on my part). I guess they are meant as a deterant (worked on me - hehe)

cheers again.

Not meant as a deterrent as far as I'm aware, just to make the bolts look better

[andy_m]

Didn't realise they were caps (doah on my part). I guess they are meant as a deterant (worked on me - hehe)

And it worked on me too But I soon sussed it out

I also sussed out that my Scirocco does not have a security nut on each wheel. I'll need to get that sorted soon I guess.

I also just purchased a new set of wheel nut covers, because my current ones a stained white. I could have sprayed them I suppose, but it's only cost me a tenner for the replacements...