Porsche lug nut lock key failure.

[san rensho]

I replaced my locking lugs with regular bolts. I'm gambling nobody is going to steal the wheels on a 12 year old car.

Whenever I get my cat back from a shop that has removed the wheels, I always re-torque the bolts to the right spec, although last time I was pleasantly surprised that Tire kingdom had torqued them correctly. Once, they were so tight, I couldn't break them by hand and had to go back to the shop to have them loosened with an impact wrench, and then watch them as they torqued the the bolts with a torque wrench.

[schnellman]

It seems that most of us have thrown away our Secret Squirrel locking lug nuts because they are a pain in the a$$ and of no real value. Has anyone ever had the wheels stolen from his Boxster? Anyone? I may be wrong, but it seems to me that members of the low-life scum squad who would steal "rims" are not interested in those found on a Boxster. What? No spinners?

[thstone]

Originally Posted by schnellman

It seems that most of us have thrown away our Secret Squirrel locking lug nuts because they are a pain in the a$$ and of no real value. Has anyone ever had the wheels stolen from his Boxster? Anyone? I may be wrong, but it seems to me that members of the low-life scum squad who would steal "rims" are not interested in those found on a Boxster.

+1 The happiest day of my life is when I got rid of those dang locking lug nuts!

And its hard to image someone stealing rims from a 12 yr old car that is worth less than a 2008 Honda Civic.