Help! Lost security lug key! What do I do?
12-23-2005, 01:26 PM
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Help! Lost security lug key! What do I do?
Well, I screwed up big time, and when I rotated my tires, I lost my security nut key. I think it must have still been one one of the nuts when I drove off, cause it's NOWHERE. GONE.
This was a set of 04 STi wheels, with what I guess are the optional Subaru locking lugs.
Steve at Auto Innovations said he could break them off, but it might damage the wheel. =( =( My car is now waiting at AI, wanting its new tires and suspension.
What options do I have here? The key is LOST, I have no hope of ever finding it. can the dealership help? I don't have the original packaging, so I don't know if they can match the pattern or not. Do I just tell Steve to break em?
This was a set of 04 STi wheels, with what I guess are the optional Subaru locking lugs.
Steve at Auto Innovations said he could break them off, but it might damage the wheel. =( =( My car is now waiting at AI, wanting its new tires and suspension.
What options do I have here? The key is LOST, I have no hope of ever finding it. can the dealership help? I don't have the original packaging, so I don't know if they can match the pattern or not. Do I just tell Steve to break em?
12-23-2005, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Darwin
Well, I screwed up big time, and when I rotated my tires, I lost my security nut key. I think it must have still been one one of the nuts when I drove off, cause it's NOWHERE. GONE.
This was a set of 04 STi wheels, with what I guess are the optional Subaru locking lugs.
Steve at Auto Innovations said he could break them off, but it might damage the wheel. =( =( My car is now waiting at AI, wanting its new tires and suspension.
What options do I have here? The key is LOST, I have no hope of ever finding it. can the dealership help? I don't have the original packaging, so I don't know if they can match the pattern or not. Do I just tell Steve to break em?
This was a set of 04 STi wheels, with what I guess are the optional Subaru locking lugs.
Steve at Auto Innovations said he could break them off, but it might damage the wheel. =( =( My car is now waiting at AI, wanting its new tires and suspension.
What options do I have here? The key is LOST, I have no hope of ever finding it. can the dealership help? I don't have the original packaging, so I don't know if they can match the pattern or not. Do I just tell Steve to break em?
12-27-2005, 01:17 PM
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Yeah, I just went through the same thing. The dealer had a tool that fits over the security lug, sort of a reverse threaded tool--it didn't fit... They needed a larger one--so instead they took a regular socket and hammered it over the lug and were able to get it off.
I now keep the lug key information in a safe place in case it happens again..
I now keep the lug key information in a safe place in case it happens again..
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