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    #31
    Believe it or not the OEM BMW ones are actually a goodish design.They have an outer ring that rotates so you cant simply hammer a socket over them. My coworker Just recently picked up an X5M with OEM BMW wheel locks and they were on the car so tight it broke the Key(s) and we ended up having to weld a socket to the keys to get them off.

    I dont buy overpriced wheel flashy wheels,so i never feel like I need wheel locks. And 95% of thieves will know how to remove the wheel locks. Plus they only seem to go missing off of Newer Cars around here.

    I work on cars for a living. So I hate wheel locks.
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    1990 325is Brilliantrot S50/5 Lug Swapped.
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      #32
      I'd like to buy a wheel lock that can be used on a stud. So a locking nut.


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        #33
        Originally posted by AbsorbantNut View Post
        I'd like to buy a wheel lock that can be used on a stud. So a locking nut.
        Wouldn't you be able to stick an allen key in the end of the stud and turn it out? Or double nut the studs out? I suppose that would be a major hassle and would serve the purpose of slowing them down though... :devil:
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          #34
          Originally posted by DER E30 View Post
          Wouldn't you be able to stick an allen key in the end of the stud and turn it out? Or double nut the studs out? I suppose that would be a major hassle and would serve the purpose of slowing them down though... :devil:
          Other cars.....like a 2002...have press in studs, which have to be installed from the other side of the hub, so you can't remove them from the front face of the hub like e30 ones. I think that you're right though, trying to remove the studs would take a lot of time and probably be a deterrence lol


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            #35
            Originally posted by DER E30 View Post
            Wouldn't you be able to stick an allen key in the end of the stud and turn it out? Or double nut the studs out? I suppose that would be a major hassle and would serve the purpose of slowing them down though... :devil:
            Not possible. The allen used to install hex head studs is 5mm it would bend/break/strip long before the stud would break loose. Studs are installed with red thread locker which requires between 150-350 lb-in to reach breakaway torque.

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