Drove the Z only to get the winter wheels mounted with the new Blizzaks for fun in Germany during the winter!
As I was hanging out at the coffee bar inside my dealer the OWNER actually approached me with a strange looking round piece of metal. In his best english he told me there was a 'problem' and I should come back to the service area.
He showed me the problem! The top of the wheel lock had broken off the left rear wheel as they were completing the mounting of it. So about 3/4ths of it was left on the stud. He was very concerned about how this would come off in terms of potential wheel damage.
I told him no worries. Just do the best you can and if you scratch the wheel I will live with it(its a winter wheel, yes its a Rays 19 sport) or order a used one off the web here if possible etc. I am so happy this occurred at the dealer and not on the Autobahn in the snow,cold or rain
Plus the OWNER actually continued to PERSONALLY work on my car!
How many dealer owners ANYWHERE would make such an effort and at times he had 1 or 2 other helpers working the issue.
SUCCESS! Using a fine and sharp, strong punch he coaxed the remaining piece to slowly turn left for removal. Set of needle nose plyers and slowly and methodically the piece was safely removed with ZERO damage!! Wooohooooo!
At that point I asked that all wheel locks be removed and replaced with normal Z lugs. They can have the wheel locks brother!! Here is a pic of the damage with all the other good ones. My guess is that it was over torqued and had a fine crack on it. The interior of both pieces have rust from moisture intruding!
Car is fine and had a full alignment as well. Great day which could have been far far more painful!!