>>>HELP!!!<<<lugs Stripped

[black_rob00]

Well, I was trying to take my wheels off but, I stripped 3 of my lugs. Two of them on the drivers front and one on the passenger front. I went to a tire store they said the price would be around $100. I don't want to pay that much just to have lugs removed. I got some new lugs already and I got 3 new studs just in case. How do I remove these???? Here is a picture of the ones that are stuck:

Here are the new ones:

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!

 

[black_rob00]

Help Please!!!!!

 

[Matthew]

can you use a smaller socket and beat it onto the the lug

 

[black_rob00]

can you use a smaller socket and beat it onto the the lug

How?? The lug is recessed.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:gLUuXtnWa0MJ:www.inxcorp.com/2003/zenki_pg/img/product/tuner_nut/nut_lse.jpg

 

[wannabe]

that was gonna be my suggestion too...since you cant file them down or anything....

might also want to try putting vise grips in the lugs, not around the outside, but half in, half out, if you know what i mean

 

[wannabe]

wait.

how do these go on?

is it like an allen wrench?

 

[Matthew]

see you can get to mine..they are recessed but there is like a gradual slope to the lug so you could still bust a nut on them.

 

[black_rob00]

wait.

how do these go on?

is it like an allen wrench?

Correct!!!

 

[wannabe]

so try a larger size allen wrench and hammer it in.

 

[black_rob00]

I got them off. I had to drill them out.(yupnope)

 

[Action Jackson]

I shattered one of the OEM locknuts. I decided to take it to the dealer and have them remove it.

The wheel was scratched a bit but I figured that was better than I could've done. Not to mention that one of the studs was stripped too.

There are nut removers for stripped nuts. Try a hardware store.