Security lug nut

[Maniax]

What do you guys think about these?I have them on all of my tires.One on each.When i noticed a bump on my tire,i tried to get my spare on.Got all the lug nuts off but that one.Was trying to get it off and it broke.Anyone else have problems with these?

[GreenSolara01]

I work in a tire shop, Never had one brake. was it an OE one? They might replace it for you, or give you a new set.

[99BlackSandv6]

Wow, I've never heard of OEM locks breaking. Maybe the cheap knock-offs though. Good luck.

[ToyoSolV6]

maybe the person who put them on last didnt drive that one in straight, did the stud break off too?

[Maniax]

It was ones from the toyota dealership.Now the key is mest up..It really sucked.I noticed a buldge in my tire so i was going to replace it with the spare and it broke while i was trying to get it off.And earlier when i was trying to get another one off to see if it was just that one it broke also.

[michaels artic frost]

This happened to my 03 Altima and I just took it to a local tire shop and they were able to remove it for $25. The stud was not broken, Lock was stripped. Good luck.

-M

[NightRider]

Your going to have to go to a tire shop to have them fix your problem.

[Toy1mzfe]

if u want to do it yourself there is a secret.

Get one socket that is a lil smaller than the size and hammer it in. Then use a breaker bar and break that crap out.

[Got2XLR8 NYX]

if u want to do it yourself there is a secret.

Get one socket that is a lil smaller than the size and hammer it in. Then use a breaker bar and break that crap out.

That'll do the trick... worked when i did it 2 years ago

[mazen222]

if u want to do it yourself there is a secret.

Get one socket that is a lil smaller than the size and hammer it in. Then use a breaker bar and break that crap out.

theif

j/k

[Toy1mzfe]

haha naw. my girl use to have a gen2 camry and it was fromt he east coast. The lug nuts were busted and rusted and we broke the key lock on one of them. My friend from a shop taught me that. haha

I guess i can be a theif.. but rather not. ha.

[NightRider]

^^^ Nice trick. I learned something new.

[lambition]

I also broke OEM security lug nut on solara few years back.

I could not get one of the security lug nut lose possibly because a shop I did saftly inspection has over tighten it.

I broke about 1/3 of the key in process. I tried to take the nut off with broken key again and again, then I even broke part of the nut.

I ordered replacement key, and tried again. I broke the key again.

Took it to the shop I did saftly inspection. They suggested taking it to a dealer and have them cut the wheel off. (Really? )

Did some google search and found that I could just use a socket slightly smaller than the security lug nut.

So, I just purchased 12 point socket (6 socket may not have enough grip) sligtly smaller than the security lug nut and hammered it on to the security lug nut and removed them.

I got so frustrated with these security lug nuts, I replaced all 4 security lug nuts with regular lug nuts.
Hopfully no one will find OEM wheels worth robbing.

[GreenSolara01]

I had a 4Runner come in to my shop yesterday. It had OE security lugs and the key was broken. It had a small section of it missing were it probably broke off when someone over tightened it. So, I have now actually seen a broken OE key.