Plastic wheel nut covers

[Luditus]

I have those alloys on my car which have chromed plastic wheel nut covers. (I think the pattern is called Siroco - its the ones that have no hole in the middle, making it difficult to balance!). I noticed each wheel had lost one cover from the day I purchased the car. I found some spares in the glove compartment. Yesterday, I thought that its about time I put them on the wheels - but they would not fit properly. Closer examination revealed that each of the missing covers was from a locking wheel nut, and that these nuts, or should I call them bolt heads?, have a smaller hex. Consequently the caps cannot grip the wheel nut, and will eventually fall off.
Are there special caps for the locking wheel nuts, or maybe an insert? Or, as I suspect, the vehicle does not come equipt with locking wheel nuts and that the previous owner had them fitted - hence the spares in the glove box.
Can anyone throw any light on this dilema?
Thanks, Stuart.
2002 1600 Auto

[gazza82]

If you have standard Peugeot locking wheel nuts they are the ones with a circular centre and four holes to lock into. The wheel nut covers have an insert to hold them on ...

I bought some covers off fleabay but they were loose ... eventually got my money back.

[Luditus]

Thanks Gazza, yes mine have the four dimples, so they must be original kit. Just need to locate some inserts, though for all the trouble that they are worth, I might just dispense with the locking wheel nuts altogether. Does anyone steal alloys these days?

[GrandadMonkey]

I bought my replacement wheel bolt plastic covers from my main dealer. They needed my registration number to identify the correct ones. They fit perfectly.

[gazza82]

I might just dispense with the locking wheel nuts altogether. Does anyone steal alloys these days?

I'm sure someone has a use for your wheels ... they nick pretty much anything now ...

Get some aftermarket ones like McGard ...

[Capncol]

Wheels don't seem to get nicked so often nowadays. I think this is because nearly everything comes with alloys as standard rather than an optional extra like they used to.
Non of our cars has locking nuts (I hope I haven't jinxed anything now)

[rfman]

I removed the locking wheel bolts too. I also left the plastic covers off, as I couldn't remove them because of rust build up on the wheel bolts.

[Luditus]

Thanks for the replies. You have swayed me - the locking wheel nuts are going this weekend. If the wheels get nicked I'll put on some Wellers, they are almost pothole proof. A friend of mine has an alloy wheel repair centre, and business is booming almost entirely down to BMWs. He gets a few Peugeots but no Hondas!

[Capncol]

BMW's are prone to cracking on the inside edges of the rims due to a combination of run flat tyres (stiff sidewall / low profile) and therefore no flex to absorb shock loadings from potholes and sleeping policemen