My Cinq Sporting has the standard alloys, I've looked all over but can't find the locking nut adaptor.

Is there a simple way of removing the wheels or will most garages have the correct tool? There's a few local places which sell alloys so is it possible they'll have a tool for the job?

I've heard of people drilling out the bolt but surely this could damage the wheel?

I presume you've looked in the spare wheel area in the boot? And in the little tray under the passenger part of the dash? Both are possible places and not imediatly obvious.

As for removing them, there are special tools for the job, if you ring up your local tyre fitters first they will tell you if they have the tools and how much they will charge.

Yes i've taken everything out of the boot and even looked in the ashtray in the rear door card but nothing.

So there is a tool which some garages might have? That's good news as I didn't fancy drilling anything.

You can buy them if you want to DIY it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOCKING-WHEEL...ryZ30917QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I don't want to state the obvious but why have locking wheel nuts if you can buy something like that for a fiver which will undo them?

Are they guaranteed to work on all nuts?

Why do you bother locking your car because people can still break into it. Its all about a deterant, making it harder for the thief. And I'm sure many people are glad you can get these, otherwise you loose a locking key and you are screwed.

And yep, they come in 'kits' so you can choose the nearest one to your locking nut.

get a 17mm socket and hit it on with a hammer. untighten the bolt until its doable by hand and then wiggle the 17mm socket free from the bolt (alot easier to do whilst the bolt is still in the wheel).

Cheers for the help guys, I'll give the 17mm socket method a try at the weekend, failing that I'll buy one of those kits which I never knew existed until today.

Bushboy said:

get a 17mm socket and hit it on with a hammer. untighten the bolt until its doable by hand and then wiggle the 17mm socket free from the bolt (alot easier to do whilst the bolt is still in the wheel).

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With the amount of hammering i did on mine,i put the bolt in a vice and hammered the socket off again. It would never of wiggled free

You're only supposedto hammer the socket slight on. just enough so it will turn the bolt... dont hammer it on all the way in or it will never come off! Also using a 12 sided socket is easier to get off than a 6 sided.

Well no one told me that!!!

I hammered it all the way on....and used a six sided impact socket

So I'll need a 12 sided 17mm socket and hammer it on but only a little bit?

I'm glad I asked now.

well u need to hammer it on enough to get the bolt moving but not round the nut... if u do that then ull need a 16mm socket etc lol... might be best to use a 6sided as far as rounding it goes but its easier to get a 12sided off. Depends how disposable your sockets are.

They belong to my dad so not very disposable.

So this is 100% guaranteed to work is it?

it will come back off, if u got a press

Always worked with me and ive needed to use the technique a number of times.

Lovely jubbly, I'll let you know how I get on.

Bushboy said:

get a 17mm socket and hit it on with a hammer. untighten the bolt until its doable by hand and then wiggle the 17mm socket free from the bolt (alot easier to do whilst the bolt is still in the wheel).

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Or if you've got a socket set with a load of imperial sockets as well (measure in inches rather than mm) then try hammering on one of those. That's woked for me in the past and it saves buggering up a decent metric socket

So basically bang a socket in and pray?

Phil_ said:

So basically bang a socket in and pray?

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