wheel nut covers

Martin Pick · 31-12-2004, 16:24

i`ve just picked up my fabia vrs and noticed there are no wheel nut covers on the alloys. should there be silver covers on them? I can`t find anything that states they should be there.

TIA.

walkie · 31-12-2004, 16:27

mine had black ones on there i beleive, cant remeber?

best think is to go back to the dealer at night and nick em off the cars on the forecourt!

no joking, just pop in i am sure the'l give you some

Martin Pick · 31-12-2004, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by walkie

mine had black ones on there i beleive, cant remeber?

best think is to go back to the dealer at night and nick em off the cars on the forecourt!

no joking, just pop in i am sure the'l give you some

Thanks. I`ll see what i can get. wonder if silver octavia ones will fit?

just rang the dealer, apparently the covers are grey and i can have some next week.

devonutopia · 31-12-2004, 16:39

I got Audi ones for mine - they're all the same at the end of the day.

C.J. · 31-12-2004, 16:45

I whizzed mine off as they would be a right pain to remove on a cold wet motorway hard shoulder. Mind you have you tried lining up the wheel when you are trying to put it back on!

S'pose covers would be the least of your problems on reflection.

rossm · 31-12-2004, 17:16

Yeah, definately should be dark greyish black covers.

I remembered when I first got the car and on my first look thought "wot - no locking wheel nuts"??

I then toddled off and bought a 30 pound set of nuts.

Tried to fit them and realised - DOH!!! Covers!! And under the covers we have a locking nut on each wheel!

Y'kno until then I didnt even know wheen nut covers existed so good job I didn't get your Fabia or I'd be none the wiser!

rpallett · 31-12-2004, 17:22

While on the subject of covers.... if you were as thick as me when it came to trying to get damn things of and ended up scratching alloys when using pliers.....

Look in your tool kit in the boot.... there is either a little black plastic or metal clip (guessing metal on cars since Y plate as i had plastic clip that but me '02 has a plastic clip) which simple clicks over them to pull them off.... much easier!!

Lummox · 31-12-2004, 17:33

The plastic u shaped puller is for the nut covers.

The little metal ring with the hook on the end is for pulling off centre caps (if fitted)

rpallett · 31-12-2004, 17:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross Clarke

The plastic u shaped puller is for the nut covers.

My U shaped puller is metal on this one, old car had plastic... i'm guessing its just whats in stock @ time of manufacture can't be because its an 'Elegance'.... god that would be funny though... read what car has in brochure and there is a dot that elegance comes with "Chromed Wheel Nut Cover Remover"!!..... thats it gotta have that car!!

neilwilliams · 31-12-2004, 17:59

The plastic caps are meant to be difficult to get off???

The way mine flew off when the car was jet washed a few months back you'd never have known!

Got my dad to check his a a few weer loose so if you've never looked at them in anger I'd suggest giving them a press every time you check your tyre pressures - just to be safe.

VRS_Barry · 31-12-2004, 21:53

I'd check your spare wheel well as it is very common for them not to be fitted during the cars pdi and they are left lying in the boot!

bertJ · 01-01-2005, 00:03

The metal ring pull thingy is for pulling off VW black wheel nut covers as fitted to Golfs, Passats etc. These plastic wheel nut covers have a small hexagonal hole in the middle. I think these covers look better on alloy wheels than the Skoda ones. Why Skoda include this puller in the Fabia 'tool kit' is anybody's guess.

ad_dturbo · 14-02-2006, 13:24

I want to get my wheel off. I checked the tool kit for the prastic U shaped tool and its not there.

I have only got the vw/audi metal pull thing. I have a gap where it looks like the U shoud be and a screwdriver.....are these missing from my kit?

JRHartley · 14-02-2006, 13:53

My octy was missing the nut cap removal thingy and I had to spend the best part of an hour removing them all with two screw drivers. A quick hunt around at work and I found an ideally shaped pair of tongs, u shaped with hooked over tips (think it was originally an EEPROM remval tool for some antique lab equipment.)
It now sits happily in my wheel well tool kit....as they say...

"Re-use, re-cycle , rob"

**VRStu** · 14-02-2006, 13:57

Sometime the black bit is hanging from the wheel brace. They come in two lengths and the longer one doesn't fit in the holder.

8D0 012 244 A removal tool cap - wheel bolt 75p Inc VAT

devonutopia · 14-02-2006, 14:01

I had none come with mine (was a set of steels after all) so got some good value silver caps with a plastic puller off ebay.

ad_dturbo · 14-02-2006, 14:17

Thanks for the help, think ill get one for that price

ChrisRs · 14-02-2006, 18:24

Has anyone sprayed them another colour?

31-12-2004, 16:24	#1
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31-12-2004, 16:27	#2
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31-12-2004, 16:39	#4
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,490 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 79 Thanked 381 Times in 322 Posts	I got Audi ones for mine - they're all the same at the end of the day. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. BRISKODA CLUBSTAND @ Castle Combe! 25/04/09! Track session too! Click me! See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

31-12-2004, 17:22	#7
rpallett Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 115 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	While on the subject of covers.... if you were as thick as me when it came to trying to get damn things of and ended up scratching alloys when using pliers..... Look in your tool kit in the boot.... there is either a little black plastic or metal clip (guessing metal on cars since Y plate as i had plastic clip that but me '02 has a plastic clip) which simple clicks over them to pull them off.... much easier!! __________________ OCTAVIA 4X4 ELEGANCE 1.8 20v TURBO 225 BHP / Intercooler Vent / Hadlex Sport ECU / Brembo 320mm

31-12-2004, 17:33	#8
Lummox Partner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Newport Pagnell Posts: 22,963 Members Car: Mk2 Golf GTi 16v and building a 20VT MK2. Images: 2 Thanks: 29 Thanked 831 Times in 699 Posts	The plastic u shaped puller is for the nut covers. The little metal ring with the hook on the end is for pulling off centre caps (if fitted) __________________ www.unit18.co.uk Remapping Service now available, PM for details.

31-12-2004, 16:45	#5
C.J. Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: --- Posts: 3,288 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I whizzed mine off as they would be a right pain to remove on a cold wet motorway hard shoulder. Mind you have you tried lining up the wheel when you are trying to put it back on! S'pose covers would be the least of your problems on reflection.

31-12-2004, 17:16	#6
rossm Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Stirling, Scotland Posts: 414 Members Car: Octavia vRS Race Blue TSFI Hatchback Thanks: 3 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	Yeah, definately should be dark greyish black covers. I remembered when I first got the car and on my first look thought "wot - no locking wheel nuts"?? I then toddled off and bought a 30 pound set of nuts. Tried to fit them and realised - DOH!!! Covers!! And under the covers we have a locking nut on each wheel! Y'kno until then I didnt even know wheen nut covers existed so good job I didn't get your Fabia or I'd be none the wiser!

31-12-2004, 17:59	#10
neilwilliams Techie Teacher Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 957 Members Car: VW Golf TDI SE 5door Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	The plastic caps are meant to be difficult to get off??? The way mine flew off when the car was jet washed a few months back you'd never have known! Got my dad to check his a a few weer loose so if you've never looked at them in anger I'd suggest giving them a press every time you check your tyre pressures - just to be safe. __________________ Neil Williams History: Fabia 1.4 8v, Fabia 1.4 16v, Fabia vRS Now driving a Golf Mk5 tdi Teachers click HERE for free resources.

31-12-2004, 21:53	#11
VRS_Barry Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Glasgow Posts: 100 Members Car: Audi RS4, Fabia vRS, Fabia 1.4TDI Estate Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'd check your spare wheel well as it is very common for them not to be fitted during the cars pdi and they are left lying in the boot! __________________ Misano Red MTM Audi RS4 Star Performance Custom Tuning 548bhp 664Nm, Sports Manifolds, Milltek + 100 Cell Race Cats, Movit Brakes, 19" Bi-Motos, H&R PSC Coilover Kit Silver Fabia VRS Hybrid Turbo Conversion, Milltek Exhaust and Cat, BMC Carbon Air Box, FMIC, Seat Sport Strut Brace, Brembos, KW Coilovers, Mille Miglia MM-S 17's, Custom Leather, Sat Nav Red Fabia 1.4TDI Estate Star Performance DPT Tuned 107bhp/170lbft, VRS Wheels, Eibach Springs

01-01-2005, 00:03	#12
bertJ Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wirral, Merseyside Posts: 631 Members Car: Octavia Estate L&K, DSG. VW Golf 105bhp tdi DSG Thanks: 6 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	The metal ring pull thingy is for pulling off VW black wheel nut covers as fitted to Golfs, Passats etc. These plastic wheel nut covers have a small hexagonal hole in the middle. I think these covers look better on alloy wheels than the Skoda ones. Why Skoda include this puller in the Fabia 'tool kit' is anybody's guess.

14-02-2006, 13:24	#13
ad_dturbo Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: East Sussex Posts: 201 Members Car: 02 Passat TDI Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: wheel nut covers I want to get my wheel off. I checked the tool kit for the prastic U shaped tool and its not there. I have only got the vw/audi metal pull thing. I have a gap where it looks like the U shoud be and a screwdriver.....are these missing from my kit? __________________ 02 VW Passat TDI se \| Audi S4 Alloys \| W8 Light \| Chrome Lower Grill \| Xenons \| Cruise Control \| My 05 Fabia vRS Silver - Sold www.nurburg4nowt.co.uk - The ring on a budget!

14-02-2006, 13:53	#14
JRHartley Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North west Posts: 2,010 Members Car: Octavia 1.9 TDi Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Re: wheel nut covers My octy was missing the nut cap removal thingy and I had to spend the best part of an hour removing them all with two screw drivers. A quick hunt around at work and I found an ideally shaped pair of tongs, u shaped with hooked over tips (think it was originally an EEPROM remval tool for some antique lab equipment.) It now sits happily in my wheel well tool kit....as they say... "Re-use, re-cycle , rob" __________________ I'm a celebrity...... Get me out of here !!!

14-02-2006, 13:57	#15
VRStu Txt Spk Police Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hampshire Posts: 21,120 Members Car: Audi S3 Thanks: 195 Thanked 1,046 Times in 928 Posts	Re: wheel nut covers Sometime the black bit is hanging from the wheel brace. They come in two lengths and the longer one doesn't fit in the holder. 8D0 012 244 A removal tool cap - wheel bolt 75p Inc VAT __________________ Stu Stu's Websites - http://www.fabia-vrs.com & http://www.octavia-vrs.com Stu's Car - 2008 Audi S3 - Ibis White, Black Optics Pack, Privacy Glass, Auto Bi Xenon Headlights, Rain Sensing Wipers, Bose Sound System, Ipod Prep, GSM Phone Prep, Flat Bottom Multi Function Steering Wheel, Electric Folding Mirrors, Acoustic Parking, Cruise Control, Interior Light Pack, Non Smokers Pack. SWMBO's Car - 2008 Seat LEON TDi Stylance, Black Magic, Sports Pack, Rear Parking Sensors. Something for Weekend - A Patio

14-02-2006, 14:01	#16
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,490 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 79 Thanked 381 Times in 322 Posts	Re: wheel nut covers I had none come with mine (was a set of steels after all) so got some good value silver caps with a plastic puller off ebay. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. BRISKODA CLUBSTAND @ Castle Combe! 25/04/09! Track session too! Click me! See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

14-02-2006, 14:17	#17
ad_dturbo Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: East Sussex Posts: 201 Members Car: 02 Passat TDI Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: wheel nut covers Thanks for the help, think ill get one for that price __________________ 02 VW Passat TDI se \| Audi S4 Alloys \| W8 Light \| Chrome Lower Grill \| Xenons \| Cruise Control \| My 05 Fabia vRS Silver - Sold www.nurburg4nowt.co.uk - The ring on a budget!

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