Scratched my alloy! How annoying!

Wrath

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It really, really annoyed me despite looking to some like minor damage.

I had to take my wheel off so used the Audi supplied spanner, when I put it over the nut and turned it, the sides gouged the alloy inside the nut recess. I changed to a different spanner which then gouged the outside.

Is there a different spanner that Audi supply for these S-Line 18" alloys?

See pic below.

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I use a deep 17mm socket with a good run of insulating tape around it to prevent this happening and one of those extender bar thingys
 
It really, really annoyed me despite looking to some like minor damage.

I had to take my wheel off so used the Audi supplied spanner, when I put it over the nut and turned it, the sides gouged the alloy inside the nut recess. I changed to a different spanner which then gouged the outside.

Is there a different spanner that Audi supply for these S-Line 18" alloys?


See pic below.

DSCF1441.JPG

Bad Times! :(

On the plus side - callipers look good :salute: