Which wheel locks should I purchase? 1999 C5. Thx in advance

 

Plenty to choose from - here is a link to get you started:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-C4-C5-C6-C...9VInnQ&vxp=mtr

 

McGard and Gorilla makes locking lug sets and you could always try to find an OEM set.

 

I use Gorilla locks on my C5. One thing about wheel locks is that it's a good idea to buy an extra socket for them. I keep one in the car and one in my tool box.

That way I never have to worry about taking the one out of the car and not putting it back in place when I'm done. Same with taking the car to a shop when a wheel has to be removed and they "forget" to put it back in the car.

 

I went with the Gorilla Guard Locks. You only need one per wheel, but I used 20 of them...

 

Nobodys gonna get Choreo's wheels

 

Waste of time and money... a fifty dollar wheel lock removal kit will defeat any wheel lock made. these kits go for 50 to 150 dollars but they are all the same. hardened serrations internally. driven on with a hammer, and easily removes any lock... 100 ft. lbs. of lock torque is easy, for even the most novice thief... lots of You tube vids on defeating any wheel lock. Since stealing high priced wheels is a felony, only pro will risk it.. they can remove locks and wheels on under two minutes.

But if it makes you feel better, spend the money... Ive never put locks on any of my cars.. never had a wheel stolen in 55 years of driving nice cars with nice wheels.

 

No need to worry about wheel locks!

 

This guy " Had " wheel locks...

 

Had is correct. They took wheels, lug nuts, hub caps ANd wheel locks.

But to the positive, they left me four nice terrace stones.

 

Anything can be defeated with enough time, money and the right tools - locks are just a deterrent. However, you would really have to want a particular set of wheels to go through removing these - it would be MUCH easier just to pick up the whole car and steal it (which a real pro would do anyway).

The local Discount Tire said they had to remove "one" of these on a car where the owner had lost his key and it took them 4 hours and they ruined the wheel getting it off. None of their removal tools would work until they got the shroud off and that destroyed the cosmetics of the wheel.

I can think of a couple ways of removing these without a key, but it would take time, be noisy, draw attention and most likely do cosmetic damage to the wheel which defeats the purpose of stealing them in the first place. I never leave my car unattended long enough for someone to pull that off - they would be better of just picking the whole car up and taking it, which only takes a few minutes.

 

I ordered mine from Summit Racing (a reseller) and they can special order any number of sets keyed alike. As I recall it took about 3 weeks to receive mine ordered that way. You may be able to order direct from Gorilla? You also get several extra keys by getting them keyed alike which is good. These keys are also really easy to insert and with the shield the key is very secure - much better than the embossed/debossed systems that can slip.

Since mine are all alike, it is very quick to remove all the lugs - don't even have to swap sockets. Much faster and easier that fooling with all those plastic fake factory lug caps and they look better IMO. In fact you could take one of your spare keys and have it welded to a 1/2" drive socket for use in your garage and save yet another step in the process.

 

I have (not anymore) bought and sold cars as a side project. Pick up some car Somebody messed up with a bunch of bolt on's etc.. then drove over a curb and drug half of it off, some quick work (removing it all) and patching it up can make it a normal car again in most cases if they dont use some stupid lowering kits that cost $100. On thing they almost all have in common, cheep wheels with locks and no key. I am sure i have removed 70- 80 different ones on that many cars. The first ones where sorta hard till i figured it out, none have took more then a minuter or two since. Now i will admit somebody stealing them with no skill will have problems, but anybody who knows what they are doing will have them off just as quick as a standard nut. Most depend on soft metal you cant "grip" which since its soft is easy to tap the closest sized socket on, it forms the lock into a nut so to speak.. The big thing now days is how easy it is to have a powered wrench with you (cordless that actually work), which makes stealing wheels about a 5 minute job max, locked or not. I debated it myslef, my car has locks but they are aftermarket so the stock plastic caps don't fit.. 4 black lugs and 1 gold lug nut.. SO i need a set that matches (factory?) or eliminate. Factory ones are priced like they are some rare metal. The caps (plastic) that screw on, buy ones from the Corvette parts houses they are priced super high, then you pull one of you old chevy truck and see its the same but costs 1/5th the price (million old trucks on the road, cant charge those guys anything they wont pay it.. guy owns a vette lets charge him 5 times more for same part ) Yes a bit disgusted i am, kind a of a stickler for how the car looks. those missing caps are almost unnoticeable but bug the hell out of me.. SO back to it.. Locks or not.. If it makes you sleep better why not, they dont cost that much if you dont get stock ones.. but then you are where I am at.. they dont match.. I am very close to a set of Acorn chromes.. just standard Acorns chromies... cover the whole bolt, like most mags came with way back when i was young no locks.. but then again my car is in garage or Im in it..

 

I have 2 McGard locking lugs per wheel, on my car. The reason? A) it slows down the potential thief, and hopefully, he'll move on; B) my insurance agent told me this, about 40 years ago....he had a client with a Corvette, which had one wheel lock per wheel. The thief didn't get the wheels, but did manage to take 16 of the lugs. The car's owner got about 20 feet, before all 4 wheels wound up smashing the fenders, and the car sitting on the ground.

I'm not implying that you could drive any distance on only 2 lugs, but it could help you at least DRIVE rather that DRAG your car on to a flatbed, to get it home.

having said all that I but my locks directly from McGard, they're located near Buffalo, NY. I order 2 sets of locks, with the same key pattern. That way I also automatically get a spare key.........