hi all

want to get in behind these 17inch mazdaspeed wheels to check pads and generally clean up and paint etc.

so they gotta come off, only problem is i only just got the car and it didn't come with the tools to remove them


there is a trick little spring wire clip in the hub center so i removed that and pulled off the cap only to find it was only trim and i had busted the double sided tape!

guess i will have to spin off the big alloy 8 sided nut?, but i don't want to go busting things again so thought i'd ask

eric e

 

The center piece is plastic that covers the lug nuts. Use a small blade screw driver to pry it off, should just pop off with little effort. If u look real close, u'll probably see a recessed area that the blade is to be inserted.

 

gottem off!

tried gently popping them off but there was no indentation for a driver and both alloy bits started to burr so i stopped...

got out the grinder and cut a new slot in the old plumbers wrench in the garage, to allow the adjuster wheel to open up the jaws another few mm and i had a wrench!

the 8 sized alloy trim nut? spun off allowing me access to the wheel nuts, which needed a narrow 21mm socket to remove as there isn't enough space fo the wrench in the kit

eric e