My rather elderly dad has a 2009 Micra 1.2. A couple of weeks ago when visiting him I noticed that on one of his front steel wheels the rim was badly pushed in. He told me that he'd badly kerbed it. I bought a second hand 14" steel wheel from fleabay which I was told came from a K12 car (2003 -10), and then had a brand new tyre fitted. My dad lives some distance away and by the time that I got to visit him it was dark.
I noticed when fitting the new wheel that it didn't seat well on the central lipped hub (about 3 or 4inches wide) but I tightened up the four bolts. The wheel didn't initially appear to sit flush against the hub.
I've never had a car with wheel bolts before, only cars with wheel nuts. I'm now worried that I didn't fit it properly or that the wheel might have come from a K11 car, which I understand doesn't fit properly on a K12 hub. I've looked at photos of new steel wheels and noticed that by the 4 main bolt holes there's a much smaller hole. Should I have mounted that small hole on a small stud, which I didn't spot because it was dark ?
I noticed when fitting the new wheel that it didn't seat well on the central lipped hub (about 3 or 4inches wide) but I tightened up the four bolts. The wheel didn't initially appear to sit flush against the hub.
I've never had a car with wheel bolts before, only cars with wheel nuts. I'm now worried that I didn't fit it properly or that the wheel might have come from a K11 car, which I understand doesn't fit properly on a K12 hub. I've looked at photos of new steel wheels and noticed that by the 4 main bolt holes there's a much smaller hole. Should I have mounted that small hole on a small stud, which I didn't spot because it was dark ?