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Royston
28-09-10, 07:13 PM
Were all nova's wheel studs 19mm heads during production or did they change later to 17mm heads like the later Vauxhalls?:confused:



Mine are both now on 17mm studs and I'd like to get sone genuine Vuaxhall wheel braces for the boot kit, sad I knowlol

Graeme
28-09-10, 07:14 PM
Iirc all the ones I have had have been 17mm

vaughanmc
28-09-10, 07:15 PM
AFAIK they were all 17mm...

Royston
28-09-10, 07:18 PM
AFAIK they were all 17mm...

No actually all the early ones are 19mm;) upto @ C reg, maybe later I don't know when they changed.

Not ever owning a later one I didn't know, but thank you for letting me know:thumb:



Anyone got some spare 17mm Nova/astra wheel braces spare:)

John
28-09-10, 07:22 PM
yep all early ones were 19mm.

craig green
28-09-10, 07:22 PM
All mine have been 17mm.

Paul
28-09-10, 07:23 PM
i always thought vaux have always used 17s

John
28-09-10, 07:25 PM
I have an a reg car and a c reg car here, both with 19mm bolts, My b reg gl also had 19mm wheel bolts.

John
28-09-10, 07:25 PM
i always thought vaux have always used 17s

Mk1 astra, mk2 cav and early novas all used them iirc.

Paul
28-09-10, 07:25 PM
ive said this a lot recently, but u learn something new everyday!

Southie
28-09-10, 07:26 PM
Just to throw a spanner in the works (deflected by Maris lol) my D reg has 19mm.

General Baxter
28-09-10, 07:26 PM
my 5 door had 19 and 17mm

pissed me off keep changing sockets, in the end i swaped them all to the same lol

Royston
28-09-10, 07:42 PM
I have an a reg car and a c reg car here, both with 19mm bolts, My b reg gl also had 19mm wheel bolts.

Just checked the D reg saloon it appears to be 19mmlol

I'm getting a real anoraklol

mk1nova_rich
28-09-10, 08:06 PM
my E reg had 19mm bolts but only had two on each wheel lol so swapped for 17mm bolts off a K reg

Andy
28-09-10, 08:08 PM
my d reg antibes and b reg swing have 19mm
My f reg sr had 17mm.I reckon around 88/89 was changeover

Damo
28-09-10, 08:20 PM
Yea as people have said all the early ones had 19mm nuts from factory.

Jack
28-09-10, 08:32 PM
My saloon has a mix of 17 and 19 lol

mayhem
28-09-10, 09:35 PM
lol

somewhere around 86 they changed to 17. before is all 19.