can't have nuthin nice.

[fiver]

after market rims are cheaper and nicer and weigh less than factory.
the ones I have on the dodge have a cover over the lug nuts.
they take an Allen wrench to remove then I have an adaptor for all the lug nuts.
I have to make sure the shop and tire stores know where I have the adaptor so they can take the nuts off.
I figure the cover stops them from at least seeing the type of lug nuts I have.

 

[Pistolero]

Are there any locking lug nut systems that actually work?

 

[S Mac]

Oh they work well enough that they are a major pia without the key. The problem is there are people with keys and a criminal intent. Hard to guard against that.

 

[Hawk]

I don't know. With this being a professional crew, the ability to make clay molds of the locking nuts, scan them and print them on a 3d printer or possibly mold them out of JB Weld or something, I doubt it.
They would keep the neighbors kid from stealing them.
I'm gonna just try to make it take too long to mess with and hope they hit someone else.
The police actually have no way of catching them.
I was told, the police could have caught them at the end of my alley with the tires in the back of a truck, but without any unique identifying marks like name or drivers license number engraved on the rims, they have no way of proving they came from my truck.

 

[Pistolero]

Seems like it you used one of the sets with an odd internal non-Allen key required, and got
two different sets and a mixed them, two different ones on a wheel, maybe, just
maybe this would introduce enough hassle factor to make them go elsewhere.

Bill

 

[fiver]

the next group would just steal the whole truck.
pro's are pro's no matter their side of the line.
adding in mixed locking lugs would increase the chance that you could possibly make them head over to your neighbors house.

 

[Hawk]

the next group would just steal the whole truck.
pro's are pro's no matter their side of the line.
adding in mixed locking lugs would increase the chance that you could possibly make them head over to your neighbors house.

Maybe. the police had reports of 4 other sets stolen in my neighborhood that night. All Chevy Trucks, Tahoes or Suburbans and all 2016 or newer.

 

[freebullet]

Wow, Hawk. That really sucks!

The most valuable part of my old 8lug steelies is the tire. Hard to believe the risk/ reward is good in that line. The new take off wheels don't go for much around here. I've seen them cheaper than a new set of tires.

Motion lights, good cameras, & a skittish dog could help. Hope someone puts them out of our misery.

 

[KHornet]

I well remember the first TBird I saw! I was 14 yrs. old.

Paul

 

[358156 hp]

Since its not any sort of secret at all, many wheel locks are removed by beating a deep socket over the locking nut and simply spinning it off. Cheapie Harbor Freight impact sockets in SAE & Metric sizes are popular. Just be glad they didn't need gas. They would have punched your tank for it. Since there were a lot of GM trucks hit that night, odds are that one of the perps works for a dealership and "borrowed" the shops master set for the night.

 

[Hawk]

My brothers a mechanic. He said my gas tank is siphon proof, but that doesn't matter, they will just punch a hole in the gas tank with a Phillips screw driver.

 

[Intheshop]

Not making lite of Hawks situation but....I can leave the keys in "freeby" MIL's Park Ave,ignition in downtown Baltimore without issue?

One of these days....gonna drive it to Waco's house,which isn't just around the corner?You know,trying to put the thing out of commission?

 

[fiver]

swing by here on the way.
we can probably get most of the front end/wheel/tire/shock/engine mount/seat/door/exhaust bolts to shake loose on a loop around a few roads I know here.