Almost had my wheels stolen this weekend

[fieldgoal00]

Out of town at a hotel and woke up to all 24 of my lug nuts on the ground next to my car. Apparently they couldn't get the factory 22"'s off of the car since I was parked so close to the curb. Now it's time that I buy some locking lug nuts to prevent this from happening again. Which one of these will work? Are any of the three superior to the other two?

https://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Auto...ncoding=UTF8&refRID=9MB1CK6Z6G0NG3HP5F0M&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000COTX34/ref=twister_B007F9LTV8?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/McGard-24215...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=QMPN38TC823S9WN36F56

 

[fieldgoal00]

Here's some pictures

 

[16blkltz]

Wow! It's a good thing they didn't hide or throw away those lug nuts. You could've pulled out of the stall and be in worse shape when your wheels fall off.

 

[dubyagee01]

They were interrupted.

Locking nuts may slow them down

 

[swathdiver]

None of those! You need these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SF8ES8E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They won't even bother when they see these on your truck. Every nut requires the socket key. They come in chrome too but this is what I just put on my '09. In the 1980s and 1990s we ran these on our Buicks and one thief tried and failed.

When in the tire business, those Mcgard lock keys were always a nuisance. Never broke a Gorilla key, and spend the $15 and get a spare!

Those blocks of wood I reckon were part of their burglary tools.

P.S. = Amazon's fitment guide for these was not accurate in my case. My truck has stock wheels

 

[ivin74]

They were interrupted.

Locking nuts may slow them down

X2

 

[NJ04HOE]

None of those! You need these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SF8ES8E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They won't even bother when they see these on your truck. Every nut requires the socket key. They come in chrome too but this is what I just put on my '09. In the 1980s and 1990s we ran these on our Buicks and one thief tried and failed.

When in the tire business, those Mcgard lock keys were always a nuisance. Never broke a Gorilla key, and spend the $15 and get a spare!

Those blocks of wood I reckon were part of their burglary tools.

P.S. = Amazon's fitment guide for these was not accurate in my case. My truck has stock wheels

X2! I have them on both of my trucks (2010 Denali & 2003 Ram) and I wouldn't use any other locks. It's true that if they really want them they'll get them but having all six lugs lock instead of one on each wheel will definitely slow them down much more.


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[16blkltz]

None of those! You need these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SF8ES8E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They won't even bother when they see these on your truck. Every nut requires the socket key. They come in chrome too but this is what I just put on my '09. In the 1980s and 1990s we ran these on our Buicks and one thief tried and failed.

When in the tire business, those Mcgard lock keys were always a nuisance. Never broke a Gorilla key, and spend the $15 and get a spare!

I have these on my wheels. It's a bit concerning that you could easily buy these keys/sockets. Gorilla Automotive has only a few different keys...which means thieves would just need to spend approx. $150 to buy most/all of their popular keys.

 

[swathdiver]

I have these on my wheels. It's a bit concerning that you could easily buy these keys/sockets. Gorilla Automotive has only a few different keys...which means thieves would just need to spend approx. $150 to buy most/all of their popular keys.

Hmm. How do you know that they only have a few different keys? I figure most of them are quite lazy and would not go through the effort.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

If a wheel thief is organized enough to be equipped with an array of keys, he's a pro and your wheels are gone...