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blackouT
18-09-2010, 04:38 PM
lost my lug nut keyyyy!!!! any recommendations or ideas to get them off? slam a socket on?

cheers!
brendan1990
18-09-2010, 04:44 PM
drill it out, lol.
Umm try using some rost off if you can get it in there, and use vice grips if the lug's stick out enough depends how much you care for damaging the nut.....cant you just by a new key of the same set?
VeYzZii
18-09-2010, 05:28 PM
Ouch.. Never thought about it hey. Drilling risky maybe call up, i think theres numbers on the lug nut key, if you can remember.. I think That number is like the ID. Not hundred percent though..
STAiN MASTER
18-09-2010, 07:49 PM
Find an old lock nut opener, jam it on with a hammer, make sure its on tight then twist. then your lock nut is un-usable. only way.
flipfire
18-09-2010, 09:15 PM
What kind of locknut is it?

Bob jane removed mine for $50 and took about 40mins.

but that depends on what they need to do, for my one they just wedged something in. They might need to weld it at worst case.
blackouT
19-09-2010, 02:55 PM
i dunno wat kind they are, friend gave it to me... and thought they looked sick! they are the slim long time ones which require a tool to remove them!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh so i got 15 nuts on my car that i need to get off hahaha fml.
blackouT
19-09-2010, 02:56 PM
at this point i dnt care if i fk the nuts up lol just want to get them off so i can swap rims...
zhong
20-09-2010, 09:03 AM
Try to ebay a socket bit called "GATOR GRIP", this solves many "lost-my-lock-nut" problems. It's basically a universal socket with built in pins that form the shape/pattern of the actual lock nut. Those metal rods being hexagonal, they lock onto each other and grip as the normal lock-key does, works a charm, and isn't overly expensive 3 years ago.. I think they went for about $50 a peice. I had one, but I don't know what happened to it...

Peace.

EDIT:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-ENDEAVOR-GATOR-GRIP-SET-ETC-200-/390232646769?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adbada471
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-GATOR-GRIP-ETC-120-3-4-UNIVERSAL-SINGLE-SOCKET-/160475407674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255d14653a
ludecrs
20-09-2010, 09:12 AM
Didn't even know they existed.

I'd rep you, but it won't let me rep you more points.