> The sticker under the rear hatch of my '89 gives warnings in five
> languages about using correct tires, wheels, hardware. �The only line
> in boldface says "Fit wheels [sic] fasteners without lubricant."

My 65 Beetle's wheelbolts would seize (not rust) after tightening (not
overtightening). To the extent that on one occasion the generic
Canadian-made crossbrace that I was using twisted so that the numbers
stamped into one of the shafts started on one side and finished on the
other!

I then used CopperKote on the faces and never had the problem again,
nor any loosening.

CopperKote is wunnerful stuff... use it on every thread on your
vehicle; you won't regret it. No more seized or rusted-on items. Oh,
it's a light grease with copper flakes... so don't eat it.

-- 
Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic