OEM Lug Key
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Did you look in the oem lug key spot on the car?
In the rear in one of the compartments.
If not maybe the dealer can get you one or have a tire shop remove them for you.
In the rear in one of the compartments.
If not maybe the dealer can get you one or have a tire shop remove them for you.
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From: Youngsville North Carolina
I was missing mine too and wanted to keep the locks. 2 companies supplied them to GM, McGard and Amcor.
I have an 01 and mine was Amcor. Took a good head on pic of the pattern and sent it to them and they matched the key.
I have an 01 and mine was Amcor. Took a good head on pic of the pattern and sent it to them and they matched the key.
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You might also check all the paperwork that came with the car. There should have been a card with the key number for the locking lugs.
Burning Brakes
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From: Springfield MA
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12, '19, '21
You might want to check the lugs on the car to be sure you even have locks. Just remove all the plastic caps from the lugs on one wheel. Then you'll know for sure. Ask me how I know about this......
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From: Horseshoe Bend ID
I bought my 03 new and have never heard of these--were they a dealer installed option?
Melting Slicks
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From: Silver Spring MD
Can remove it with a socket pounded onto the lug key
Take a socket preferably 1/2" drive which almost fits over the lug key.
Pound it on with a sledge hammer. Use the socket to remove the key.
Take a screwdriver or other steel rod and run it thru the socket. A whack with the hammer should release it. I paid $5 a wheel to a gas station till I found out their special tool was a socket.
Sometimes dealers have a master set of keys. This will almost certainly cost you the vette tax.
Pound it on with a sledge hammer. Use the socket to remove the key.
Take a screwdriver or other steel rod and run it thru the socket. A whack with the hammer should release it. I paid $5 a wheel to a gas station till I found out their special tool was a socket.
Sometimes dealers have a master set of keys. This will almost certainly cost you the vette tax.
Burning Brakes
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From: EXTON PA
I had bought my 98 Coupe used and it was suppied with a lug key but it was not right for the wheels. I bought a OEM set of lug nut locks from GMPartsHouse.com and a lug nut key cutter from a parts house and did the work. I have a air compressor and air tools that were very helpful. I tried to get AMCO is send a key replacement but the key replacement card that came with the original paperwork was not the lug locks on the vehicle. Strangely I had the car it for state inspections and the shop never had a key to pull a wheel and I was never asked.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Silver Spring MD
Another fine PA state inspection
I had bought my 98 Coupe used and it was suppied with a lug key but it was not right for the wheels. I bought a OEM set of lug nut locks from GMPartsHouse.com and a lug nut key cutter from a parts house and did the work. I have a air compressor and air tools that were very helpful. I tried to get AMCO is send a key replacement but the key replacement card that came with the original paperwork was not the lug locks on the vehicle. Strangely I had the car it for state inspections and the shop never had a key to pull a wheel and I was never asked.
