Disco 2 Locking Wheelnuts for Modular Steel Wheels

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_Dick

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Just ordered some terrafirma modular steel wheels for the Discovery 2 (02) and having spent the last 5 hours googling everything and anything i can i cannot find anything that leads me to a Locking Wheelnut for a Steel Wheel for the Discovery 2.

Will the Discovery 1 locking nut for steel wheels fit?

At a loss! Help!
 
ronsealdeath said:
They are available from paddocks. D2 genuine steels use a different nut to aftermarket steel modulars remember.
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Hummn - this perhaps throws a spanner in the works....

I have ordered (and since received) a set of 20 steel wheel nuts and 5 locking steel wheel nuts....
What would the difference between the interface on a modular aftermarket steel wheel and a genuine D2 steel wheel?
In discussion and ordering both these parts I was clear in mentioning they were for aftermarket modulars!
I guess the proof will be in the pudding - fingers crossed!
 
When I bought my D2 modulars I was told the cone seat angle was different between the aftermarket modulars & LR Discovery 2 Commercial wheels - probably because it's cheaper to make a shallower angle on the modulars. This was the justification for them supplying wheel nuts with the modular wheels (included in the price).
After bad experiences with the modular wheel nuts cross threading if not started very carefully by hand - because they are much weaker material than Vehicle Manufacturer wheel nuts - I used D2 Commercial wheel nuts. They did seat in the cone slightly differently, confirming the angle is slightly different - you can see via the scuff marks - but after a few wheel swops, they seem to have a good full seating interface.
 
Pawl said:
When I bought my D2 modulars I was told the cone seat angle was different between the aftermarket modulars & LR Discovery 2 Commercial wheels - probably because it's cheaper to make a shallower angle on the modulars. This was the justification for them supplying wheel nuts with the modular wheels (included in the price).
After bad experiences with the modular wheel nuts cross threading if not started very carefully by hand - because they are much weaker material than Vehicle Manufacturer wheel nuts - I used D2 Commercial wheel nuts. They did seat in the cone slightly differently, confirming the angle is slightly different - you can see via the scuff marks - but after a few wheel swops, they seem to have a good full seating interface.
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I can see why there may be initial seating problems - there really doesn’t seem to be a seat at all on the steel modular rims, yet there is quite a chamfer on the wheel nuts!

I’ll make sure I let the garage know to check before changing all the tyres over to the modulars and being left wheel-less!
 
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