04-11-2013, 06:20 AM
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Location: Southern ID
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Locking lugs are lame, lose them.
The only person they inconvenience is you. Thieves have regular sporting competitions to see how fast they can disable and remove them. The current record is .007 seconds.
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03-30-2014, 05:12 PM
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Location: Cranston RI
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got rid of mine first thing PITA!
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03-30-2014, 09:34 PM
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Location: Riverside, CA
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My car did not come with the key, so I bought the locking lug remover and it turned the locker off just as fast as using the regular wrench.
The lockers are useless.
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2001 Boxster S, Top Speed muffler, (Fred's) Mini Morimotto Projectors, Tarret UDP,
Short Shifter, Touch Screen Dual Din Radio, 03 4 Bow glass Top (DD & Auto-X since May 17,2012)
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03-31-2014, 05:22 AM
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Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steved0x
I ordered 4 of them from Amazon, $7 and change each and free shipping, the brand was Febi. When I get them I'll report back on how they were.
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Since this thread was bumped up I will report; I have got them on the car and I like them so far. They are very similar in appearance to the existing bolts, but not exactly, but you can't tell unless you look very closely.
Steve
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03-31-2014, 06:17 AM
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Location: Texas
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I still want the key on there on all four wheels if I have a choice but I may do that once I convert it to lug nuts. The brand key I would get is McGard.
I have 23mm spacer on my rear wheel which I had to get longer bolt. I don't like lug bolts bc it's time consuming to get the wheels on centered even if you use that stick.
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03-31-2014, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Boise, ID
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Febi lug bolts are sold by several vendors: Pelican, ECS tuning, etc. All at around $7. Genuine Porsche ones are only a dollar more ($8.03) at ECS tuning however.
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03-31-2014, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Madison, Georgia
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First thing I did was trash the anti theft lugs.
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"Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls." - Stirling Moss
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03-31-2014, 08:00 AM
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Location: Boise, ID
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I've also found that Febi is a part of Bilstein corporation, actually an acronym from the founder's name FErdinand BIlstein.
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Base 2000 986, beater 1996 Miata, 2011 Suzuki SX4 AWD
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03-31-2014, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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replaced them all with SS ones
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03-31-2014, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Got rid of mine right away, too.
Dremel with nonmetallic wheel made old ones look just like the new ones.
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Albuquerque
2001 Boxster
2007 GL320 CDI, 2010 CL550
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03-31-2014, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Atlanta
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Tossed mine long ago. The POS locking socket is made out of pot metal and mine broke trying to take off the rear ones. Luckily my local porsche dealer let me use theirs.
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04-01-2014, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: San Jose, CA
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I checked a few sites online, but can't find anyone selling a stud conversion kit for boxsters - anyone have a link??
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Mantis 2.0L Deep Sump, de-snorkeled, Bilstein PSS9 Coil-Overs, Rennline lug studs, and auto crossed regularly.
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04-01-2014, 10:03 AM
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04-01-2014, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steved0x
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Oops, wrong post. Ignore this.
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04-01-2014, 12:49 PM
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Location: Texas
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You would have to use pass-through lug nuts, right? If that's the case, doesn't it look cheap?
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04-01-2014, 12:59 PM
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Location: San Jose, CA
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Quote:
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You would have to use pass-through lug nuts, right? If that's the case, doesn't it look cheap?
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Eyes of the beholder and all. Looks racy and custom IMHO. But no, not sophisticated and sexy.
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2000 S - Borla Exhaust, TS Cat Deletes, RSS UDP, B&M Short Shift, T96 Steering Wheel, Potenza RE-71R's,
Mantis 2.0L Deep Sump, de-snorkeled, Bilstein PSS9 Coil-Overs, Rennline lug studs, and auto crossed regularly.
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04-01-2014, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: SFV
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Replaced all mine with extended bolts after I put on my spacers. I'm not very worried about anyone taking my wheels and they look much nicer. You also don't have to worry about losing the key
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04-05-2014, 12:09 PM
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Location: Land of naught
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04-05-2014, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Got tired of fooling with the aligning tool while changing tires and installed studs:dance:
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2003 Black 986. modified for Advanced level HPDE and open track days.
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04-07-2014, 05:49 AM
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Location: Texas
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^did you have any photo of the install process?
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