milehighcowboy Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 i am woundering where i can find a key to my lug nuts? i lost mine recently and feel like an as@ and am afraid to do any real wheeling with out. cant get the tire off with out one. all four of my tires have one. i am considering just getting rid of them once i get them off. its a pain in the as@ ok any help appreciated. ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 (edited) Depends on the brand of lugnut, some are just generic patterns and all are the same, so you could go buy the same brand and it will be the same lock. On the other hand, if you have a good set like gorilla nutz or something in the same quality range you will have to get a copy of the key from the manufacturer. Good luck. Also try your local tire shops, they might have some layin around that may fit. Edited October 31, 2006 by Pavelow Leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighcowboy Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 its a genaric lug nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 There are tools you can get with teeth that will bite into them, to remove them. Then you can just replace with regular lugs. I've heard of people breaking them with a hammer and chisel......but I'd be afraid to try that personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmgar99 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Big pair of Vice Grips worked on mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonianbrat Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 As pavelow says go to some of your local tire shops, they will either have the key for it or be able to get them off for you, or in worse case they will order you the key you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Do you have steel or aluminum wheels? If steel, you have room to get all kinds of tools on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighcowboy Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 like i said before they are completly stick 92 wheels. and lugs. i dontk now much about them besides that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Are they the "lego" style aluminum, or base model steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Weld another nut on top of it and twist 'em off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Or hammer a socket just ever so slightly smaller onto it and take em of that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishead Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Bought my '90 with locking lugnuts on it. Searched everywhere for a key, but couldn't find any. Used a grinder to make 2 flat spots being REAL careful not to hit the sweet chromie rims, then put a large crescent wrench on them. Came off pretty easy. Just the other day I was looking for my papers so I could re-insure it... and found the key in the glove box!!! Where the carp was it when I was looking??? Anyhow, if you are putting nice tires on, you gotta have locking nuts. Buddy of mine had a '68 mustang with American Racing rims and Eagle T/A's. He went out to his car one morning to find it sitting on a pair of jackstands with all the lugnuts off the wheels except for the locking ones. There was also a pretty sweet hydraulic jack under his car. He happily put the nuts back on and tossed his new jack and stands in his trunk. Locking lugnuts rock unless your tires are crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Weld another nut on top of it and twist 'em off. Had a shop do that to mine, cause another shop lost the key but denied. I've got aluminum rims, but luckily they just screwed up my center caps (the rims cover the lug nuts). They can really be a bear, so depending on the rim, I'd exhaust all options of local shops and such to try and get a key first. Otherwise you're out more lugs/labor/damage, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuismO Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 i remember this happening to me with my celica. had gorillaz on them. luckily the previous owner put the key# sticker on the doorjam =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighcowboy Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 so check the stores first then try to get it off with brute force. thanks for you help guys ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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