Locking lug nuts
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 8,593
Likes: 1
From: Yorktown Heights NY
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06
Originally Posted by JRfigo
I just picked up my new 2006 C6 yesterday, I don't see a key for the lug nuts. If I got the standard rims, I don't get the locking lug nuts?
Originally Posted by talldude67
Does anyone have the GM part # for the wheel locks. thnx: and Happy Holidays
Frank
EDIT: I removed the hand-wiitten number above in my post. See Below.
Last edited by Another Yellow; Dec 25, 2005 at 06:28 AM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 5,865
Likes: 2
From: Hope, Arkansas - '07 LMB Coupe
Cruise-In VIII Veteran
Originally Posted by Another Yellow
P/N is 12498078. The plastic case containing the nuts also has XXXXX hand-written on it if that means anything.
Frank
Frank
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 13,733
Likes: 66
From: Hurst, TX USA
Originally Posted by AeroJim
I have Polished wheels on my C6 and they came with locking lug nuts. The car was delivered in May.
Got mine on my '05 w/polished wheels, delivered in Oct 2005, but it was build around July/August '05
Last edited by BigJoe; Dec 25, 2005 at 05:17 PM.
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 13,592
Likes: 187
From: Hudson WI
NCM Sinkhole Donor
I think it depends on the dealer. My car did not come with locks, but I bought two Jeeps last year, one for my wife and one for my daughter. My wife's had more options and no locks, my daughter's had locks because the dealer I got my daughters from puts locks on everything.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,198
Likes: 0
From: Tucson Arizona
steal 'em
We had a Firebird with a locking nut on each wheel. Bought new tires and always told them where the wrench was. It wasn't replaced nor noticed until nearly a year later for a flat repair. Make that $300 to cut them off and replace the damaged studs. I'd rather have them steal the wheels with a zero deductible.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,783
Likes: 559
go and get the mcgard locking lug nut kit it is 25 at pep boys. You may not care if they take your wheels since you don't like the polished ones however think of the fun you will have getting your car home from where ever it was left. Also do you think they will jack it up correctly when they do it.?! i know that it can be stolen anyway however if deters the amateur little creeps and they go on to the next car that is all I want. Most of us are pretty **** about our cars. Mcgard has you register and you can buy a second lock that you can keep not in your car if you tend to lose things. just my humble opinion
Last edited by dashotgun; Dec 25, 2005 at 12:30 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 8,593
Likes: 1
From: Yorktown Heights NY
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06
Originally Posted by holdin5aces
..... Make that $300 to cut them off and replace the damaged studs.......
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,198
Likes: 0
From: Tucson Arizona
Originally Posted by Another Yellow
That was a rip-off. I've heard here on the Forum that you only have to hammer a socket on to get the nut off.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,783
Likes: 559
There was picture posted a while back of a c6 vert sitting on it's disc brakes in a parking garage. Your right it if a pro wants your car they jsut put it on a flat bad and it's gone. It is the low rent thieves I worry about. I do not want to get stranded and have to deal with repairing brakes towing etc. In the end do what you want to do I think 25 bucks for the life of the car is a cheap deterrent.