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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:15 AM
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Anyone in the El Monte area with lug nut remover tools?

I need to get security lug nuts off my car. I'll pay cash if you can drop by and get them off.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:49 AM
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discount tire man. i lost mine once and bought one from them for 5 bucks.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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Try a vice grip ******!
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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tell your boyfriend to keep his nuts in his pants.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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Send my cash via paypal, I already told fris one way of removing them. And if you want to sell the coilovers bad you can still remove them without the rims taken off, its just a bigger hassle.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:50 AM
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i'm a Nut Cracker.................but i'm expensive.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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i'm a Nut Cracker.................but i'm expensive.

and he goes deep and no spitting out.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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i almost fell in going deep on Wacko.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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ive tried vice grip, it jsut slips off. i tried special sockets to remove them, they wont grab hold of them they slip off. i dont wanna damage the rims trying anything else.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 12:33 PM
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damn thats the suxks...ummm how about tighten the other 3 as hard as you can and then using the vise grips on the lock?? or you can just get wacky to chew the **** off..
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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all 20 lugs are special lugs that require the key.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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How about a set of Bolt-Outs? I should have a set that should fit a lug nut
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Thumbs down

check them out.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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Is there someway of getting the hub out? Heh get the hub out, break off all the heads from the lug studs on the other side and pop them out the other way, It'll cost you like 25 bucks in new studs and a headache of getting them all in if it works...
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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Mig weld that ****! Oh wait, leave it there. at least no one will be able to steal those rims.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:12 PM
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Cut of those shiney heads with a dremel and try something like this
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...subcat=Sockets


Maybe will even work without cutting off the heads
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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*** that i aint gonna try anything else. im done, ive tried to help.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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1. get 20 close sized craftsman or snapon deep socket.
2. Hammer them on to the lugs with a 5lb sledge
3. Take sockets back to sears and get new ones.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by payne
1. get 20 close sized craftsman or snapon deep socket.
2. Hammer them on to the lugs with a 5lb sledge
3. Take sockets back to sears and get new ones.
4. Return them all
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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iv'e tried.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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I think those are the spline-type lug nuts by Gorilla. I've got the adapter for the McGard spline lug nuts which are a little different. Good luck!

http://www.gorilla-auto.com
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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yea they are Gorilla
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by payne
1. get 20 close sized craftsman or snapon deep socket.
2. Hammer them on to the lugs with a 5lb sledge
3. Take sockets back to sears and get new ones.
ding ding ding teh winnar

This is the way wheel shops do it. You find a socket that's just smaller than the O.D. of the lugnut and hammer it on. Then put the ratchet on a loosen it.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jhammons01
This is the way wheel shops do it.
...and thieves.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by payne
1. get 20 close sized craftsman or snapon deep socket.
2. Hammer them on to the lugs with a 5lb sledge
3. Take sockets back to sears and get new ones.
yep i do it daily, should'nt bust the socket on one so just get a punch or something of that sort and with a good anvil vice can pound the lug out.
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