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concerning lug caps



Greg/ Gang
No, Don't use needle pliers!! What you need is a a small screw driver with a 
long shaft or the rest of the part that goes with the lug wrench, the part 
would be plastic and would slide into the wrench for storage purposes. It is 
essentally a screw driver.
Jason


>From: Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: greg.rocco@gmail.com
>To: Scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: concerning lug caps
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:22:28 -0400
>
>I bought a set (16) of lug caps - you know, those black plastic do-jobbies
>that fit over the lug bolts to hold the wheel on, got 'em off of ebay,
>figured they'd go nicely with the new wheels on the car.However. the holes
>in the wheel for the lug bolts re deep - I test fit one of my fugly old 
>ones
>and couldn't get it off w/o mangling the plastic all to hell with a air of
>needlenose pliers
>Any ways to get them off neatly/cleanly? Or do I just kiss the 16 bucks 
>away
>and give up on that idea?
>FWIW it's the gt 5-spoke wheel I asked about regarding tire rubbing a few
>weeks ago.
>Wheel as seen here -
>http://photobucket.com/albums/v613/g-rocco/?action=view&current=IMG_3482.jpg
>  Greg.
>
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