What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[jz_64_eh]

Did you make sure that the PCD of your aftermarket wheels was the same as the oem pcd for your car?

[ATYPIC]

Did you make sure that the PCD of your aftermarket wheels was the same as the oem pcd for your car?

He wouldn't have even got the wheel on in the first place if that was the issue...unless he was using those pesky wobble bolts which I doubt he was.

[jz_64_eh]

He wouldn't have even got the wheel on in the first place if that was the issue...unless he was using those pesky wobble bolts which I doubt he was.

Never know, just have to check everything when these things happen. Ive seen 5x98 pcd wheels which would still bolt up but would cause problems...

[SonicAaron]

Never know, just have to check everything when these things happen. Ive seen 5x98 pcd wheels which would still bolt up but would cause problems...

Hey. I bought Fox MS006 wheels. They website says compatible with the car and I put in the bolts.

I took it to a garage today who have confirmed that I'd all the bolts on right currently and they torqued them - as you guys said it should be done - I'm slightly more confident now

They did say that one of my tyres was flat and appeared to not be sealed correctly (so they took the tyre off and put it back on) and they've pumped them all up and said to monitor the pressure over the next few days. Buying a wee gadget after work to keep and eye on them.

If they change then I guess I'm calling the wheel guys and seeing what to do.

Hopefully the wheels no longer come off haha. But I'm still nervous

[gavs]

Yeah I could take these wheels back off without a special tool by just pulling really hard with the wrench that comes in the boot.

The one bolt that I found looked fine....

Have you ever heard of this happening? I'm very lucky and feel blessed that A) I was going very slowly. And B) it was the passenger side (and the tyre didn't cause an accident).

I have, it happened to my uncle driving to Geelong from Melbourne. It was their dogs in the back that alerted them to something being wrong, they started going mental in the back of the car so he started to pull over to get them to calm down (2 German shepherds going mental in a station wagon wouldn't be fun!) when he noticed one of the rear wheels go rolling by....

It can happen but there's always a very good reason why they come off...

[brad]

I've had it happen shed-loads of times. Working at a tyre shop with a brain-dead tyre fitter will do that for you. I hit him once after doing a road test in the back streets doing 120kmh trying to isolate a steering wobble. Came back to the shop & the rear wheel fell off in the driveway. My life flashed before my eyes & I belted him.

[gavs]

We had one of our workshop muppets use a rattle gun on the wheel studs of a Hyundai once, our biggest torque wrench goes to 400Nm an it STILL couldn't undo the studs!!

[SonicAaron]

Wow! Well those stories are reassuring that I'm not a complete buffoon alone then

I hope I just forgot to tighten those five (still think that's unlikely though!!!) and that's the end of matters !

Painting the rear drums black tomorrow as they are well rusty!!! VW must use cheap paint

[brad]

Don't paint the part where the wheel touches the hub (or just give it a really light coat).

You never said if you were using hub rings or just centring off the nuts?

[symes1515]

My Polo Gti has the following:

1. O.Z. Racing Superturismo GT Wheels 18" x 8"
2. APR Carbon fibre Cold Air Intake
3. Bilstein B14 PSS ride height adjustable Coilover Suspension kit
4. Custom dyno Tune by James at BPS Autos
5. Jetex Turbo back Stainless Steel Performance exhaust including 3" 100cel Race Cat
6. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric tyres 225/35R18
7. Stainless Steel 'GTI' Dead pedal
8. Remsa HPT Performance Brake pads
9. Ceramic polymer nanotechnology paint protection.