Yeah so the project car I bought has some gay flower/star shaped keyed lugnuts, one on each rim, on it, and guess what? I don't have the ------- key.

Now a lot of people are thinking borrow one right? Well it seems there are many variation of this type of lugnut. some have a slightly flat side (like my mom's key for her millenia) and these on the civic seem to have one side with a point. The wheels are some american racing 15" rims so I have limited space to work with. Hell I can barely fit a socket in to get the regular lugs off.

So now what?

 

Return it to the owner or sell it to Car-Max.
haha, just try getting ahold of the manufacturer, you may have to buy a completely new set just to get the key.

 

Go to any tire shop, they'll have one I bet. When I got new tires they had a whole shelf full of different ones.

 

My friend hammered a socket on the end and took them off... ruined 4 sockets though...

 

I had these sweet JDM keyed lugs that used this 8 pointed "allen" type key. It turns out that a 3/8'' extension fit PERFECTLY into 4 of the splines. It actually worked better than the original key. A bit off topic but interesting.

 

normally I would use a pipe wrench but these lugs are recessed in the wheel.

The guy at tire warehouse told me I could do that, Only thing is I'm afraid if I don't get the nut centered well enough, the socket might not fit because of limited space with the wheels.


Maybe I will just take it down to tire warehouse when I get the ****** rolling again. let them just try different keys.

PS I think I'm going to ditch the american racing wheels, and put some flat black 15" steelies on this bitch

 

i vote bash a thin walled multi hex socket on top. iv used this method a few times.

 

You need that magic socket from the infomercial. It has a bunch of spring loaded pins that take shape of any bolt/lugnut.

 

There is a shocket that will get that off.. You can get it from one of those tool guys. Maco, snapon. It has spiral teeth on the inside that grip the lock.