Alloy wheel nuts

[Lionbrown0]

Just got a new wof and apparently the rules have now changed so that your no longer allowed alloy wheel nuts?

I can\'t find anything on the lvvta website, anyone else heard?

What a pain In the ass

[Guest]

Old news and accurate.

[KwS]

Interesting, i cant seem to find anything in the VIRM about alloy wheel nuts?

http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels

I also cant see anything on the LVVTA site, other than a statement in a newsletter

http://www.nzfwda.org.nz/?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=101 (Page 8 )

 

Occasionally LVVTA has it reported by LVV Certifiers that vehicle owners are turning up for LVV certification with aftermarket wheels fitted, which are attached with alumini- um wheel nuts. LVVTA emphasises that due to an inherent lack of tensile strength in commonly-available aluminium compared to high tensile steel, aluminium wheel nuts must never be used.

Does a statement in a newsletter make it law?

[nickch]

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,39430.0.html

[lachlan]

bro did you read any of that ?

that is a link to advertising , that contains a link to said newsletter article

question still stands

[Guest]

 evowrx said:

Old news and accurate.

Thats what my wof boy said when I asked him. I dont have alloy nuts just asked the q. On the site it says - incorrect type? So not definite there.

http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels

Also dont know if its new or not but talking to the cert chap up here he said its all good now to revin with same plates/tags if you can come up with some original paperwork identifying that it is the dereg\'d car.

[KwS]

Wheel nut "type" would refer to the likes of if its tapered or ball/radius etc, would it not?

Unless there is something specifically in the WOF VIRM stating that you cannot use alloy wheel nuts, then i cant see how it can be illegal. Even the fact that the only reference to it in the LVVTA is in a newsletter makes me question the legality of them failing anyone for it.

[Lionbrown0]

Hmmm interesting

[Joker]

 evowrx said:

http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels

 

22. A wheel nut is:

a) missing, or

b) loose, or

c) has deteriorated, or

d) is of the incorrect type, or

e) has insufficient thread engagement to the wheel stud.

this bit may be relevant : but it doesn\'t go on to say what types are ok

bit of a dead end, but wof guys are usually right and you\'ll have a hard fight proving them wrong

[Guest]

 evowrx']

Old news and accurate.

Thats what my wof boy said when I asked him. I dont have alloy nuts just asked the q. On the site it says - incorrect type? So not definite there.

http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels

Also dont know if its new or not but talking to the cert chap up here he said its all good now to revin with same plates/tags if you can come up with some original paperwork identifying that it is the dereg\'d car.

[quote name='evowrx said:

url=http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels]http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/tyres,-wheels-and-hubs/tyres-and-wheels[/url]

 

22. A wheel nut is:

a) missing, or

b) loose, or

c) has deteriorated, or

d) is of the incorrect type, or

e) has insufficient thread engagement to the wheel stud.

this bit may be relevant : but it doesn\'t go on to say what types are ok

bit of a dead end

Read the whole thread. Getting common to post without reading it seems.

[DRFVDR]

The virm is a guideline based on the regulations, so if you are looking at something using the guideline and you have further questions then you dig deeper into the actual regulation.

I could find out about the use of alloy nuts by going thru the regulations but I cant be bothered.

when it comes down to it I would not use alloy nuts on a road car, they are not as strong as steel, you can get "pretty" steel ones and the weight saving would be negligible

[MercuryFree]

Can\'t find it in the Regulations anywhere, amusingly (or I\'m blind)

http://nzta.thomsonreuters.co.nz/DLEG-NZL-LTSA-T.LTR-32013.pdf

Unless this counts as the \'entire assembly\' being \'securely fastened\' and the NZTA making a determination that alloy wheel nuts do not \'securely fasten\'

[Ninja8)]

Alloy wheel nuts Are 100% illegal now...we get updated laws/new rules and regs emailed to us at work and that was one of the subjects last year! So like Clint said..old news and true!

[KwS]

Proof?

[DRFVDR]

tell you what

as you dont seem to believe what we have told you, why not fit them and see what happens

or if you go here http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/rules/tyres-and-wheels-2001-index.html and troll through all the rules and amendments and figure it out yourself

[Guest]

In all fairness Im a muppet on the webs I would want proofs too. Unfortunately the web is something you read with a cup of salt on hand if you want proof go ask your wof lad you wont get it on CS.