Holy Sh*t

[Kansei]

Yup. Sears bolt-out FTW.

I always tell people to ditch the bad stock lock nuts on cars, but no one ever listens.

The Mazda ones shouldn't be too bad, they are made by McGard. Sadly, my lock that broke was McGard too, but it was probably my fault I probably overtorqued it (I have a torque wrench now). I'm afraid to drive my car now because there is a small bulge in one of the tires but I can't get them off because of the broken key. argh stupid wheel locks

 

[Brian MP5T]

he used an airgun, but holly sh*t, how much torque did he use to break it, damn, now all the lug nuts must be retorqued.

An AirGun is an Impact...

 

[Da 6]

An AirGun is an Impact...

What he said

those stealies are worth a ton on the street man... you better get a set of wheel locks for em.

Don't think the steelies are worth as much as the perticular tyres he has on them

 

[Karl Marx]

Mazda just don't learn... what a bunch of idiots. The locking lug nuts DO NOT FIT on the steelie wheels because the steelie is not as large and the original rims, therefore when they screwed the locking lug on, the head cracks.

Anyway, the locking lug nuts are crap... when my head was broken i went to this cheap garage close to my house, it took him a big 5 seconds to remove it ( there was no head on it.. he just put some universal thing around it and voila!!!! ) so if someone wants to steal your rims ( or steelies lol ), there's NO WAY these will protect it.

 

[Da 6]

Mercury dealers has the steelies locking nuts. They are gold in color and open ended cause they aren't ment to be seen. As stated, the lug nuts cost just as much as the locking nuts...

 

[Pmpkinhead]

I believe part of the problem when switching rims (different from the aluminum rims that came on the car) is that it will make the studs stick out farther than the stock size. I would recommend anyone switching rims to measure the stud length with the factory rims. Remove one lugnut and measure the stud length with a steel rule (ruler) or a dial/digital caliper. Put the replacement rim on and do the same. The steel rim should be thinner and will make the stud appear longer. The end of the stud will hit inside the Acorn Lugnut. There is NOT much extra space inside the Acorn Lugnut. Do not discount the quality of the factory lugnuts, never over torgue any lugnuts!

367 (mp3yellow

 

[chiefmg]

I had a similar problem with my Millenia S, went to remove the wheels to get new tires installed and messed up the lock taking off the first one. Combination of too much torque used by whoever put them on and corrosion. My solution was to take a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel and cut a notch out of each locking nut. This relieved the pressure and allowed me to remove the nuts. If you do this you have to be VERY careful not to cut into the threads. Now any new car I buy I remove the lug nuts first thing and put some anti-seize on the threads.

 

[Da 6]

only wheel lock I seen so far for the steelies was the Lincoln Mercury Mcguard ones I discribed in earlier posts.

 

[Brian MP5T]