What wheel nut is this?

Tican

Tican

Tican

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So, desperately need to change the brakes on my car. I have the parts, and went to take the wheel off and was greeted by this:

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I originally thought it was a Spline bolt, but tried an M14 (too small) and M16 (too big) to no avail. And I can't find an M15 anywhere?

Am I going to have to get these drilled out/weld another socket in?

Cheers,
 
Looks like you should have an adapter floating around in the car somewhere - It looks like 4 locking wheel nuts have been fired onto one wheel :D (sorry i know that doesn't help) but i'm sure i've also seen oem wheels with this kind of design, can't remember what on though.

Are all 4 wheels the same?

*edit* had a quick look seems that's the standard type on nissans of your kind of age (assuming that's your 100nx), you should definately have a little splined adapter
 
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looks similar to the locking wheel nuts I had on a previous Audi A4. You could try taking it to a local garage or tyre repair centre who may have 'said' adapter to remove this for you.

might save the headache and cost of trying to find one yourself?

alternativley they may have to drill out these which could be costly
 
Agree with allen key: they've just got a double set of positions (like some spanner do). But they look like a standard allen key will fit. I assume that they are "tuner" nuts.


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Today I have been to every motor factors in Leicester (well almost) and a couple of garages. No luck!

Every wheel is the same!
 
Cheers guys. Luckily I had a thorough rummage around, and I found the key! It was in with the rear light housing :/
 
They've obviously hidden it on purpose, to stop thieves breaking into the car to steal the wheels with the locking key.

Most people just keep theirs in the glovebox so the previous owner obviously got creative !

When i used to park my Polo in a dodgy area, i found a little hiding place under the bonnet in a fuse box that nobody would ever have looked !
 
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