Locking key

I lost it. God damn it. My tires are shot and I need to replace them. Went to a Porsche dealership and it's been 3 weeks and they can't provide it. It's an uncommon design. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks in advance.

Here ya go. Little help from a little farmer Sent from my SM-G988U using Tapatalk

Here is the deal, when you look at it, it has a ring around that rotates freely around the nut. I can't bolt it from the outside. Ugh....

Can you get a replacement from Suncoast?

Right, I think this is what I need to do.

It's unlikely the wheel lock was made by Porsche. Chances are the original dealership installed it. That actually looks like a good one - the free turning ring on the outside makes it quite theft-resistant, but unfortunately hard for you to remove once the key has gone missing. This might work:

You know you're going to locate the key shortly after you find an alternative remedy so don't elevate your BP on that magical day.

That's a good one... @Boristhespyder - isn't it true. I went to Suncoast and bought it with a set of 4 locking lugs. This party costed $92. I will replace the lugs with regular ones and throw the old ones into the mouth of Mount Doom's volcano.

Do you have a mig welder? Weld a 3/4 nut onto the locking lug then use a normal 3/4 socket wrench.

I've been thinking about it Boski and a tie clip is out, lug key would be too heavy. Maybe a KEY keychain

I had this happen and the only place I could find a key was in the UK. But they were easy to work with. New key was ~$70. You send them a picture of the nut. My nut was the same design as yours. LOCKING WHEEL NUT KEY ONLINE | NO CODE REQUIRED | Buy Now www.LockingWheelNutKeys.co.uk

Ya personally I’d ditch those things and get a proper set of studs…

Planetarians, the saga continues. Suncoasts key was not the same key - looked exactly like my pattern, has the same shape, but is thicker. Suncoast agreed to refund. @never enuf - I wrote to the UK guys, they don't ship to US due to the pandy. I am in Poland in 2 weeks, I thought that maybe they ship there - not even there... I am back to square 1. I need to meditate on this. Mig welder would be the way to go. I also have a nice, almost fitting 12 point socket, but would need some adjustment with a grinder.

If the outer ring spins, you won't be able to use the 12 point socket. On keys that have the "internal pattern", say on the head of the bolt, you can sometimes pound a socket onto the bolt with a hammer (the bolts with the non-spinning round outer diameter) and get them off that way. Yeah, I work on Jeeps as well. I use a little heavier hand on those vehicles. Hopefully your bolt is steel or steel alloy so the mig welder will work. I have used that method multiple times as well.

Lo and behold... I bought a set of $20 twelve point sockets from Harbor Freight, the ones from anywhere else where too meaty and solid 😆 I rented an angle grinder from Home Depot for $19 for 4hrs. It took a few cycles of fitting and grinding 1/2 socket, which was the closest in size to fit inside the damn ring. I hammered it in and took that bitch right off. Take a close look once again. This is the last time any eyes see those pieces of metal.

Lol Well done! Cheap crap tools have their place in any well stocked tool box. Sent from my SM-G988U using Tapatalk

That’s awesome engineering! Well done.

I'm going to assume that you will use this new tool to remove the other 3, if you haven't already done so. I worked in wheels and tires for over 20 years. In my experience, the only thing that wheel locks are good for is to keep the car owner and authorized service people from removing the wheels... One of the very first things I do to any newly acquired car is to remove any wheel locks and trash or sell them.