locking lugnuts...
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 941
From: Dallas, TX area
RE: locking lugnuts...
Even if you can't, you can take it to a good tire shop. They can drill out the lugs where the locking nuts are and replace them. Then you can get a new set of either locking or non-locking lugs. I had to have this done once when Sam's Warehouse screwed up one of the locking lugnuts on my Crown Vic. Don't remember offhand what it cost to have it done because Sam's paid for it.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 350
From: Raleigh, NC
RE: locking lugnuts...
I'll give you a little hint......they're not worth the money!!! A friend of mine years ago showed me how easy it is to take off locking lugs. Any thief that wants your wheels won't even see them as a deterent. Take a 12 point socket, pound it on, and they pop right off. Since the key makes it tough to get the proper torque, normally they come off MUCH easier than the other regular nuts. I have a whole set that came with the Red GT I bought, they're still in the bag.
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,547
From: The High Country
RE: locking lugnuts...
ORIGINAL: gatkins94
I'll give you a little hint......they're not worth the money!!! A friend of mine years ago showed me how easy it is to take off locking lugs. Any thief that wants your wheels won't even see them as a deterent. Take a 12 point socket, pound it on, and they pop right off. Since the key makes it tough to get the proper torque, normally they come off MUCH easier than the other regular nuts. I have a whole set that came with the Red GT I bought, they're still in the bag.
I'll give you a little hint......they're not worth the money!!! A friend of mine years ago showed me how easy it is to take off locking lugs. Any thief that wants your wheels won't even see them as a deterent. Take a 12 point socket, pound it on, and they pop right off. Since the key makes it tough to get the proper torque, normally they come off MUCH easier than the other regular nuts. I have a whole set that came with the Red GT I bought, they're still in the bag.
A theif will take what he wants. It doesn't matter what it is. It may slow some down though.
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RE: locking lugnuts...
I had them and the key warped when I was trying to take off my wheel. The Ford dealer told me I had to contact the company that made them and have them mail a new key. As I had a flat tire and it was friday night I chose to have the damn thing chiseled off.
