+1 It can be quite a chore to
get wheel nuts to budge, but once they do it's usually plain sailing thereafter.
Mistakes creep in - whether that's someone not being able to
get a wheel nut on properly, or a car being released by the automatic light system when it shouldn't be.
Not exact matches
However, Fernando Alonso's first day back at work did not
get off to the best of starts again after a loose
wheel nut saw him spin violently off into the gravel and be restricted to just 10 laps of running in the morning session.
After you
get the
wheel off there's two bolts at the bottom (22 mm), and three
nuts on top (easy to see with the hood up), and a bolt for the brake line.
Nürburgring
nuts,
get ready for some serious controversy: French automaker Renault has a set a new lap record for production front -
wheel - drive vehicles on Germany's «Green Hell.»
The only real issue I could see is you could
get salt - laden slush splashed up or caked on the lug
nuts, which could make them hard to remove later (if you only remove your
wheels to change tires; if you rotate them regularly then no issue).
Inside, the 12C
gets more carbon fibre and a new instrument cluster with shift lights, there's a new set of diamond - cut alloys and stuff like the
wheel nuts and and filler caps come in titanium to save a bit of weight.
The car also
gets OE components for the lowered suspension, BBS racing
wheels with centre -
nut and Michelin racing tyres.
Had I neglected the loose
wheel nuts and examined only the engine and transmission and decided they were fine, my double neglect could have
gotten myself and my passenger killed.