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3 options on the table:
1. Take the car to a Porsche dealership and ask them to remove the keyed lug and then replace it with a standard lug.
2. Take the car to a Porsche dealership and ask them to match the keyed security lug and give you the key lock# and order a set of replacements.
3. Do absolutely nothing, go out and drive your car as normal, but have your wife follow behind you in a tow truck.
Unless you live in the ghetto, nobody is going to steal your wheels. And I don't understand...I thought we were talking about lug bolts, not bolt pattern???
I believe they're called "ABC" type multi-spine patterned sockets. I have a set and the key lock socket has "ABC-50" engraved on it.
Here is a set for sale on eBay...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tool-Hub-98...-/222516936547
6 new Chevy Trucks had their factory wheels stolen last week in a couple of nearby neighborhoods.
Very nice neighborhoods too.
The trucks had locking lugnuts too.
I’ve advised my son to dump his locking lugnuts on his Mustang.
They’re a PIA and don’t stop criminals.
One of my first mods on my German cars is always a stud & lugnut swap
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https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-part...01467ecs01kt7/
I have 56mm in front and 70mm in rear
I have always hated lug bolts and wheel hangers.
I have VW, Porsche, Mercedes wheel hangers for client cars.
Just wanted to know where to get a new socket, not the wisdom of having the locking lug-nut (installed by PO) Turns out I picked one up at local dealer, they say it is quite common for owners to drive off with the socket still on the lug-nut.
As for the idea that crime is a symptom of life in the "ghetto" only, you are sadly mistaken. Racial implication of "ghetto" is also insulting.....
After 16 years of ownership (and keeping up with it), I recently lost the �socket key� to my e46. I had a good look at the locking lug nuts on my car, paying attention to the shape and markings on them I did a bit of research online and found the company that made them. Reached out with a pic of said bolts and the sent a new key socket right out. Took less than a week and cost less than $20. Perhaps you could do the same, good luck and keep us posted.
Since the Jewish areas were defined by faith not race (you could find both Ashkenazic and Sephardic there for instance), I don't think you could accurately say there is a racial implication to "ghetto."
Easier removal and re-install of the wheels. I hate trying to line up the holes with the threaded stock studs, even on my small tire'd BMW. Protruding studs are much easier application.
I've seen many cars on blocks in middle/middle-upper class neighborhoods. A lot of Jeeps, Camaro's, and Challengers predominantly, living in SE Michigan in the Troy/Rochester area. Having locking lug nuts may not stop all, but it will deter some. No harm in someone wanting to keep them.
If all you want is a key to the lock, drive it down to the Porsche dealer where they have a master key set. They will find the right key and order one for you. $25.
As for me, the first thing I do when I buy a car is to buy a second key lock and keep it in my tool box. Then after the car hits 10 years old and the wheels are sufficiently trashed, I throw those wheel locks in the trash. In my experience, the only person it stops from removing the wheel is the owner of the vehicle.
I agree with you. Ghetto is an Italian word for "forge". This area was very dangerous to live due to fire hazard. The first ghetto was located in Venice Italia. This was the only place they allowed Jews to live at this time
I picked up a new socket at the local dealership...$40.
If I parked my 996 with no wheel locks near the Ghetto in Venice in 1550 A.D. your point would be taken. But the term "Ghetto" in the USA in 2020 clearly has a different connotation, and it isn't based on the 'faith' of those who live in those communities.
In any case, Porsche forums are for discussing Porsches, that's where I will leave it.
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