this is within walking distance of my place. this kind of has me worried. apparently lately its been a bunch of stock Honda wheels that have been stolen but im still worried. maybe 1 set of wheel locks isnt enough...

 

then get two, or whatever it takes to protect those volks!!!

 

or sit in a window with a phone or object/weapon of choice and wait.. BUT stock wheels at a dealership will fetch a good price

 

you better ither put a camera on that b!tch at night.. or start sleepign in that b!tch.. but you have a reason to be on highten alert

 

sleep in the car tonight

 

Get 5 sets of locks- all different ones. The peace of mind will be well worth it. I'll bet that POS Honda had some crappy Enkeis too. Imagine what they'd do when they see yours.

 

I like the idea of different lock nuts on each stud.

 

oh you guys don't sleep in your cars. maybe i like my max a little too much

 

been known to happen

 

best place to get them wheel locks?

 

any store that sales wheels

 

are u laffing at me?
lol. coulda figured that out. thanx tho

 

I am laughing at you for spelling "laughing" that way.
-Cyrus

 

so ot is mornin....




are they gone?

 

safe and sound.

 

is this a school apartment?

 

not to put down the idea, but wheel locks, no matter how many you have, will just slow them down, not discourage them from yanking your rims. if they want them, they'll take them.

 

It doesn’t matter if you put a different type of wheel lock on each stud. They sell a tool that bypasses every type of wheel lock. I don’t want to give the details about the tool for obvious reasons. Bottom line, if they want them, they’re gonna get em’.

 

thats why i love my Rims and nuts..

my lug nuts are all groved and need a special tool to match up with the grooves to take them off.. the tool is very thin.. and anything thicker than that won't fit in that space between the nut and the holes in the rim

 

actually in order for you to buy the special tool you would have to buy that set of locks. I don't think someone would spend that much money buying 5 sets of wheel locks to get the tool. Plus there are a lot of different kinds of lock nuts and tools.

 

Man, looking at that, protect your rims by any means necessary!!!

 

yeah sprint, this is my apartment at school.

anything helps. if it takes 30 mins instead of 10 mins that is an extra 20 mins they have to get caught. if someone wants my rims they will get them. i agree with that. but if its just some local thugs who arent prepared they will have no choice but to bypass my wheels if they dont have the necessary tools. that is better than nothing.

 

You have a good point. when I think about, it thieves are impulsive....they don't plan what they are doing, the just sieze opportunities. The more you can discourage them, the better off you are.


but good luck remembering which lock goes where and on which wheel!

 

McGard

I have these

 

these are what i have .. in silver

 

I hope you didn't overtorqued the wheel locks. And be careful if you bring your car to service and your wheels need to be taken off to do whatever service. Not once, but twice, the tire shop that I went to overtorqued the McGard wheel locks that I had and I couldn't get them off afterward. I ended up stripping them. It was a real PITA to get them off.

 

They don’t need to get five different tools. They make a device that is universal. It digs into the nuts and makes its own gripping points. It doesn’t matter if you have McGard’s or whatever. They just hammer this universal socket thing on, attach a socket wrench and go to town. Takes about 30 seconds to get each nut off. No perverse comments about that last sentence please.

 

are those the Splinedrive locks?

 

OMFG....I would be so POed if some one took my wheels and left my car like that! at least he put the back wheels on blocks.

 

yes

Good stuff. They won't strip/rust like conventional lugs sold at local rice shops. Just don't do what cumalot did.

 

they come in a set right? 16 lugs and 4 locks? i was planning on getting those a few months ago but they wouldnt just sell the locks. they would only sell the complete set of 20. how much do they run? about $90?

 

yes, it also comes with 4 valve stems.

www.summitracing.com carries them

 

Hey...it had nothing to do with me. It was the dumb tire shop.

 

yeah yeah

 

you wanna know whats wierd ...

i live in an apartment complex that has roving security in the evening. so im thinking my max will be safe, but on the little info board they have all these notes that says "CLUB YOUR CAR" !

the majority of the cars in the lot have the club on them !

even the clunker toyo pickup!

the only good thing is that i can hear my car from the bedroom.

which is what i dont want to hear.

 

daym thats messed up, if your going to steal someones rims at least use 4 blocks no sense ruining the guys car to grab a pair of rims.

 

i know it's a honda and all.....but that is so wrong