Spare wheel carrier for Freelander 2 ?

Hippo said:

Security would be my concern. Early FL1's suffered with rear wheels being nicked. The scum doing it used a gripping device to pull the security nut oft, which broke the threaded bar stud thing. I recall it being a warning int LRO int late 90's as well as occasional members on ere when lz first started talking of similar happening to them.

The D3, D4 and RR's from that era onwards all have wheels underneath and suffer from them being stolen.

The FL2 doesn't suffer the same as the wheel is int side under the boot floor. But if yer put it at the rear ont display then it will become a target I would think.

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Titus said:

I am already looking at security measures to make it unattractive to attempt to steal it. Thanks for the heads up on the method they use to steal them. I think on that basis, instead of using standard studs, I will go with 12.9 grade bolts and tamper proof nuts. They have more chance of dating the pope than snapping them off with any tool

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Hippo said:

I think they use the same magic tools the aa and rac use these days to "release" wheels. At least there's a lot more combinations.

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Titus said:

I am already looking at security measures to make it unattractive to attempt to steal it. Thanks for the heads up on the method they use to steal them. I think on that basis, instead of using standard studs, I will go with 12.9 grade bolts and tamper proof nuts. They have more chance of dating the pope than snapping them off with any tool

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