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Originally Posted by skyking
my beetles have alloy wheels that won't hold a factory type cover, so I have other ideas.
They use bolts instead of lug nuts, and I can braze a nut onto the end of the bolt so I can use screws to hang the covers.
The factory bolt has a recess in the end to facilitate this.
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Careful there, all that heating will ruin the heat treatment on the bolt.
If you wanted to add a nut like that it should be tack welded with a mig welder and then dunked in water after each tack to get rid of the heat before it gets to the shoulder of the bolt.
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