Since I have read about a couple of you on this forum that have had their wheels stolen, I decided to take some sort of action. If they want mine it will be a pain in the butt. I now have the factory key to put up with, two 6 sided lugs and two 7 sided lugs. Yea, I know if they really want em they will get em but I sure made it a pain in the butt for them to do so.

PD

 

Nice... That's a way.

[moving thread to wheels and tires section]

 

This is the same route i'm taking when I get my wheels in...

 

I just recently thought of something... if you ever get a flat tire, how do you get the wheel off? Do you guys keep a set of wrenches in your trunk so you can use the special key(s) to get the wheel locks off??

 

Oh yea... I have always had a small tool set in the trunk of all my cars...

 

Yea the two keys I carry fit into a standard lug wrench, all I added to the car was one extra key.


PD

 

Hmm... I put my lug nuts on at 90lb with a torque wrench... must be hell trying to take them off with a regular wrench???

 

Too much torque for these wheels. You can stretch the studs and damage them, causing them to fail. Be careful.

 

It's not too much... I know the manual recommends 80lb, so it's only 10lb over.

 

That's not too bad. I was mistakenly thinking the torque spec for our wheels was in the 65-70 ft/lbs range. My bad.

OP you are right, it should be a good deterrent for a casual thief. Nothing stops a pro. I've actually witnessed a general thug/opportunistic thief struggle trying to steal some wheels (not mine) in a parking lot and get pissed when he couldn't get them off and smash the winshield. I'm so glad I was watching and ws able to call the cops in time for them to arrest him.

Where'd yo get these locks and how much?

 

got the 7 sided lugs on EbaY, "Kyokugen Lug Nuts Chrome ". Cost me $36 + sh.

Not too bad, just another deterrent. If they want it that bad they can have it and I'll just get a new 09. God Bless gap insurance..

PD