keyed lugnuts?
#1
keyed lugnuts?
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?
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?
#6
Re: keyed lugnuts?
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.
#7
Re: keyed lugnuts?
Originally Posted by jagojon3
Small pipe wrench+extension
Originally Posted by burkej62
I just used my child-crushing vice grips. You could always spot weld a old socket to it ...
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