Colin Stamp wrote:
>
> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:18:26 +0000, johannes
> <johs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >Colin Stamp wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:00:40 -0000, "The English Patient"
> >> <englishpatient74@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Can anyone link to a good site with listings of original Saab
alloys? I
> >> >can't seem to locate the ones on my car.
> >> >
> >> >My 2001 Saab 2.0 Aero Turbo has 17'' alloys but the tyres are too
wide and
> >> >rubbing a little. I'll probably just put the correct width tyres on,
but I
> >> >was just wondering if these alloys were even from this model in the
first
> >> >place. At the moment I have a tri-spoke with inserts intersecting
between
> >> >each spoke .........probably off a later model?
> >>
> >> Mine has wheels with three fat spokes and three thin ones, like
this..
> >>
> >>
http://www.neobrothers.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=23_254&products_id=371
> >>
> >> The tyres are 215/45 ZR17. The car is a 2001 Aero. I'm pretty sure
the
> >> wheels are standard for that model in the UK. I haven't noticed any
> >> rubbing.
> >
> >Why did they change to 5 wheel nuts? 4 nuts is quicker, and some French
> >cars once used only 3 nuts.
>
> It could be that the cars are getting heavier all the time and they've
> calculated that they needed an extra bolt to maintain their
> conservative strength margin.
Maybe like lorry wheels then; they use many more wheel nuts. A colleague
of
mine told me that a friend had keen killed by a fluke accident as he was
hit
by a lorry wheel, or a part of it that had worked free. Hence, you now see
those small widgets under the nuts pointing straight towards each other.
That makes it easy to spot any loose wheel nut on an 18 wheeler.
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