I agree, PA may be a safe state for your vette. I have not locked mine in 5 years.

 

gorillas for each lug and I carry spare standard lugs just in case needed.

 

i had 20 gorilla lug nuts on my mustang, my vette will be getting the same....

i dont think anyone steals wheels around where i live, but its better safe then sorry.

 

Its so easy to get past wheel locks. All you really need is an impact socket and a hammer

 

That is about all it takes to defeat the stock locks - that I why I changed to these locks ( http://www.gorilla-auto.com/gorilla.guard.locks ). Discount Tire told me locally that they spent half a day trying to get just "one" of these lugs off where the owner lost the key. They also have thousands of key combinations.

 

I have them on my CCW's cause they were given to me when I bought them.

 

these cars use the regular acorn closed end lug nuts, correct?


and where did you pick up your set of gorilla lug nuts?

 

The previous owner of my car put 20 gorilla lock lug nuts on the car, and I haven't had any reason to downgrade.

 

I use the stock GM locks since I already have them. Remember, runflats (Michelin) are not cheap. I'd hate to just "give" them away.

 

Yes.

I got mine here... http://www.sfxperformance.com/contact_us.asp

 

Same here!

 

DISCOUNT TIRE or SUMMIT RACING has them. You can buy them in a set of four or a set of twenty. They're available in show chrome or black.

 

I ran locking lug nuts on my '00 when I was running a set of Imola wheels on it, but on all my other cars I have just run regular lug nuts. If someone wants the factory wheels, have at it. That's what I pay insurance for.

 

These look great. Any restrictions to aftermarket wheels, etc.?

 

it sure can't hurt

 

 

I got the stock wagon wheels on mine I'm safe

 

got rid of my locking lugs

 

I would not anticipate any issues as long as the aftermarket wheels use the stock lugs (but if concerned just give Gorilla Tech Support a call - I made several calls to them when researching these). What I hated about the stock GM locks is that they are clumsy to keep the key aligned when using them and they are relatively easy to defeat by even an amateur thief. With this style of Gorilla the key fits on more solid and stays in place, the chrome is high quality and easier to keep clean than the stock plastic covers, due to the free spinning and tight annulus some amateur thief is not going to just wander by and have any success with pounding a socket "over" the lug. The stock lugs "look" easy to defeat and they are, but even a glance at these and an amateur would know they would be wasting their time - especially with 20 of them!!! I can only think of one way to realistically defeat the Gorillas without damaging the wheel and I will not post that, but even then it would take some planning.

One other obvious thing is don't ever put your lug key inside the car where a thief would be apt to look (especially in the glove compartments or the rear compartment in the designated storage location)! Most thieves will break into the car first to look for the key as that is the easiest, fastest and quietest way of removing any lock - unless they are GM locks and they have the master set on them.

 

I have a set of 3 tapered sockets you beat on with a hammer then remove the locking lug nuts. Never found one I couldn't remove yet. Most of the time I don't even bother with them and just use an impact that's close.

I still have my factory locks but not for security, just too lazy to replace them.