Do You Need A "key" To Get Stock Rims Off?
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From: The Garden State?? Bergan County
Car: 1988 IROC-Z
Engine: 355ci TPI WORKED TO THE BALLS!
Transmission: 700R4 T-56 coming
Do You Need A "key" To Get Stock Rims Off?
jsut like it says. blew out a tire and dont have the tire iron that came with the car it seems that one lug is smaller than the others. but it doesnt look like it needs a "key" like I ve used on other cars thnks
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From: The Garden State?? Bergan County
Car: 1988 IROC-Z
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Transmission: 700R4 T-56 coming
ok thnks its at the local dairy queen so IM just gonna grab the the tireirons I have and go down there in the fing rain ofcourse. lol thnks
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From: The Garden State?? Bergan County
Car: 1988 IROC-Z
Engine: 355ci TPI WORKED TO THE BALLS!
Transmission: 700R4 T-56 coming
yeah thats a key i didnt have one atleast on that wheel. just a diff size but looked stock thnks just got back and got it off my batt was dead too left the fing fan on as well to add insult yto injury. thnks for the help dam thatg was and expensive preety new tire as well sucks
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Car: 1986 Firebird
Engine: 2.8 V6
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I left myself high and dry once... bought new lugnuts, bought a folding 4-way tire iron, and left the original tire iron at home. Got a flat... no problem, pulled out the jack, and my shiny new tire iron, slid the jack under the car, and -- oh dammit -- it's rather hard to raise the jack without the original tire iron to use as a lever!! 
Some of the factory lugnuts that look like chrome steel acorns had a metal cap over a "real" lugnut. If the cap ever twists off (happened to me), the lugnut becomes a little bit smaller- too small for the normal lugwrench.

Some of the factory lugnuts that look like chrome steel acorns had a metal cap over a "real" lugnut. If the cap ever twists off (happened to me), the lugnut becomes a little bit smaller- too small for the normal lugwrench.
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