How the **** do I get locking lugs off dont have key didn't even kno they were on there till now can I buy one or is there a trick or a way to do it help plz

 

Hi, Girlfriends car had same problem. Are locks dealer or aftermarket? you may find a key at auto part store and or dealer. I had no luck. I used torch, vise grips, and a pipe. only if you don't care about rim. took 5 min.

 

How do we know you aren't chop shopping it?

 

you don't but I'm not I've owned the car since I was 13 and I had my uncle put new rims on it cause it had really ugly 15 inch chrome smoothie and I had him put stock 16s on it and I guess there was locking lugs on it I never knew cause they were alays cover there's only 2 on there I got one with a air hammer but made a few dings in rims which I'm trying to avoid cause I'm taking them off to polish them and another reason you kno I'm jot chop shopping it cause would I take the time to sign up for a firebird website to chop shop a car?no I'd bust the studs and b done with it and I can't find the same key its a mcgaurd I look for it think there websire has one?

 

Find a thick-walled socket that's a little small, hammer it on tight as possible, and then loosen it with a flexhandle and short extension, make sure everything is on straight or you're screwed. Don't use an impact.

 

got them thanks it helped a ton now get to start polishing

 

LOL. Because if he was, I'm sure he'd figure out how to get a locking lug off.

 

Riiiiight. By the way this is a Camaro website, not firebird. They may say otherwise, but we got the numbers to prove it.

 

Yes we do.

Mark.

 

I agree. That's exactly how most road side tire repair services do it when they get called and the customer can't find the key socket.

 

I got it thanks this polishing is taking forever hope it's worth it and ok I well it's a good site for help I'm not chop shopping the car tho lol this car will never leave my possession to much blood sweat and tears into it been working on it for 5 years just hope it'll b done one day

 

SNAP-ON, Mac, Cornwell and Matco all have wheel lock removal sets. They are basically sockets that have walls that taper down and have a reverse spiral to them. Hammer it on and use a breaker bar, never an impact. Worse case scenario you can use an air chisel. You'll most likely mess up the stud but that's a 5 minute job.

 

they sell a socket for it. it looks like a backward spiral inside. hammer it on and impact it off. do it on customers cars all the time

 

This is probably easier an less damaging. Just cracks the lugs. 14$ at sears

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search_10...=nut%20cracker

 

if you have a welder, in a pinch, you can weld a lugnut to it, lol.