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Grindkiezer

Did you have wheel locks? I know they aren't fool proof but I'm interested to see if they beat them

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mytoyo2k1

No
Don't have wheel locks, I bought the gorilla locks from sfx performance after getting off the phone with the officer and insurance company.
Supposedly they don't even have the key for their bolt patterns.
Pretty expensive...

synolimit

There gone! No one resells them. Crack heads would rather get $8 a pound from the salvage yard then resell a $500 wheel. I bet money these wheels like everyone else are already melted into a solid block.

We can't use wheel locks. No one makes one that will fit a OEM wheel.

Those will not work. If you install them it will only be a matter of time before all 4 wheels snap off and you're driving down the road on rotors, or worse it kills you!

See the difference? You need a massive washer to make flat contact with the wheel surface. We cant use acorn style lugs if that's what you bought. The pic below is a snapped lug from this site using a wheel lock from nissan.

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mytoyo2k1

Wow insane, and I really like the girl. Supposedly this place has been getting hit, I'm the 3rd car in the past few months from what the tenants tell me. I can't risk going through this again, any suggestions? Nismo car cover? Good alarm system?

Enterprise gave me a impala, ugh...

synolimit

Lol stay with it then. Did the company you bought from say they were for nissan? Have to received them yet? I'd wait and see what you got. They might fit and work if they have the washer but everyone finds a way! The guy I sold my OEMs to was from New York City. He's had 3-4 sets stolen right outside his bedroom window with all different kinds of locks etc etc. you don't need the key if you have a bolt/nut removal tool/extractor. Staying up with a gun is your only 100% way.

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Rusty

You know, at times you are full of bull sh!t! Nissan has a set of locking lugs nuts THAT FIT OUR WHEELS! I have a set.

Post #4 of my journal thread.

"After reading about the stolen wheels in another thread. I went back to the dealer and bought the McGard locking lug nuts. Part number #999W2-JT000 for $59.00. I also read the threads about the wrong locking lug nuts being used."

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DEpointfive0

... You know... He implies AFTERMARKET... Right?

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Rusty

He said OEM.

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DEpointfive0

Well he said OEM wheels, I read it as no one (aftermarket wise) makes lugs for the OEM wheels.

Now, I know McGard makes the locks, but I consider those as OEM locks


My bad brother!

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synolimit

Full of sh!t for lack of updated knowledge? My bad . Nice to see it only took nissan 3 years to make these while others have had the original nissan locking lugs snap like I posted in the pic. In fact probably took even longer than 3 years if the 350z uses the same style of wheel/lug connection. Praise be to nissan for getting on the ball . Hey at least SPL isn't as slow now as we waited only 4-5 years for front arms from them. Makes me feel good the Z has such a strong f****** support!!

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DEpointfive0

... NOW you're wrong brother... The correct lugs have been out since 2009-ish. The dealers who installed the acorn style were just morons...


You were right about the water leak on my car, lol
And thanks

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synolimit

You sure? Lotta threads on it which means all dealers were installing the wrong lugs. Glad there's a fix though.

O good! PITA what a $15 seal can cause but glad you found it. My ecu and wires and connectors all got wet. Glad I didn't blow anything and hope you dried it all out real good before start up.

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critical

makes zero sense to melt down a wheel. aluminum is less than a dollar a pound, not 8

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synolimit

So crack heads make sense?

Wheels aren't made of beer cans. Metal alloys costs different prices.

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DEpointfive0

Sorry for your loss OP, but be happy as all hell!!!


You can buy almost ANY set of wheels now that insurance will pay out. Get yourself some nice light TE37SLs with Michelin PSS's!!!



WOW, never heard of a dealer doing that. Awesome. And what morons... Any 370Z wheel fits, lol



$4000 theft doesn't really warrant a fingerprint expert to come in. My house was burglarized and they took $100k worth of stuff, INCLUDING guns, (one being a Desert Eagle) and there were GORGEOUS prints on the buttstock of a shotgun... They wouldn't take prints off the wood because the burglary wasn't big enough.

And you'd be REALLY surprised... The amount of stuff they can take fingerprints from is about 0... Woman spent... 8 hours in my home... Got 4 prints... Only 2 were full...

Oh, I forgot, there was blood on the window that they entered... Didn't give half a shite.


If you use the Gorilla locks, your wheels/studs will break or come loose. Return them. You CANNOT USE ANYTHING BUT OEM ON OEM WHEELS. Do NOT put yourself in danger for something stupid like wheels locks.
Lastly, they don't need a key. 3 ways of beating the system:
1) they use a universal socket (has little pins that let it attach to any shape, I'll google one in a bit
2) they put a bigger socket on your lugs, beat it on tight and twist off
And if all else fails...
3) They come back the next day with a flatbed and jack the whole car.

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