spartan117

Anyone know what the bolt size is for the GSR enkei wheels?
I am trying to get McGard wheel locks and trying to decide whether to buy the factory OEM ones or something from Amazon. But not sure if the ones from Amazon would fit.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...AQVYJZ4DT4478N

Any other suggestions on wheel locks are welcome.
On a side note how useful are these locks?

gizmotoy

Not very useful. They're annoying if your tire shop loses the key, which just happened to me. You can pound on a 19mm socket and they come right off, or you could go to the dealership which has a master set of all the keys. You can imagine if there's a master set of all the keys, they'll only deter a casual thief. I replaced my locks with standard lugs, nobody in their right mind would want to steal the GSR's wheels anyway.

Those ones from Amazon won't fit since they're tuner lugs for aftermarket wheels. Take one of your lug nuts off and see what they look like. They're pretty unusual with a big locking washer. You'll need the OEM locks if you want locks, I suspect.

An installer in the area told me a story about why he never uses wheel locks. A guy came into the shop where the front end of his car was destroyed. Long story short, a thief took off the four standard lug nuts, but couldn't get the lock off and gave up. Guy came out and drove it, not knowing his wheel was now held on by only 1 lug. You can probably figure out what happened.

mlomker

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The Rays Formula lugs are all locking. I guess that also would have solved the problem for this guy. They are quite expensive so you'd have to like your wheels a lot.

I don't know if I'd bother on stock rims since they would be fully covered by car insurance.

spartan117

Thanks for the input.

I normally would not have bothered.
But I am moving to an apartment where my car will have to be parked on the street, which is why I am worried about the wheels and not to mention the Advan tires.

casper3043

where do you live?

gizmotoy

Planning to score some "free" GSR wheels?

spartan117

LoL

#1Noob

Doesn't the old adage, "if they really want it, they'll find a way," apply to wheels as well? i guess you have a choice. my friend had locks on his Racing Hart Type C's (yeah I know, this was a long time ago) and they just busted the lock on his trunk to get the key. If they really want your rims, they'll bust every lock on your car to find it. Don't keep your wheel lock key in your car? Then you'll get a flat one day and tow it to the shop, only to realize that you left the key at home so thieves couldn't steal your wheels. That happened to me.

spartan117

Good point. Never thought about that scenario.

limvolution

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LOL same exact thing happened to me..-.-

P_Tune_C

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hahah, same exact thing happened to me! now i hide my wheel lock key ziplocked and tapped to a certain location.

smoothevo

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Bottom of your ball sack, thought I was the only one.

Mag00n

Does the X come stock with wheel locks? Mine has them and the dealer didnt give me a key...i guess i should call and complain?

spartan117

No, it does not come with locks. How come yours had them and that too without a key. What would you do with a flat!

KahoX

doesnt hurt to go in and ask! my X comes w/ wheel locks too and they put the key in the spare tire area...