tabing

There's been a spate of wheel thefts in my area recently. My neighbor lost her Jeep spare wheel, and someone stole all 4 wheels off a Hellcat and left it on blocks, in broad daylight.

Thinking of getting a set of Gorilla wheel guards. Seems like cheap insurance.

Any input please.

bigvx5

Can't hurt..Discount Tire usually has them in stock.

jrose7004

Those don't really slow them down for long.

HK770

While i do have guards on all lugs. I see them as delay tactic, to keep honest people honest.
Has been my experience that a thief wants they will get it! (Take car to get wheels)

CMY SIX

ya I'm sure no one would notice a guy in the dark with a hand sledge just beating the **** out of the removal tool to get it to catch so they can take it off, I had a local shop take just 2 off my car they broke 3 tools in the process, ya your right they probably don't work.

LMB-Z

Cheap insurance in my opinion. if the thieves want them, they will get them, or tear something up in the process.

tabing

So, is there a viable solution, other than armed guards 24/7

DOOKEY

Quit parking outside.

tabing

It is in the garage most of the time, but I have to go out sometime,

suprcharged

I have Gorilla lug nuts Part # 71633N on mine. They match the factory lugs. You are right it is cheap insurance. Gorilla claims to have many different key combinations that make it difficult for the bad guy to have the right key for your set....nothing is 100 percent and what locking lugs really do is make taking your wheels/tires hard enough that the thief looks for an easier set to steal. The Gorilla lugs have held up well with no chrome flaking or rust showing.

DOOKEY

All of that is great but it is still easy to take them off if you have enough sockets. If your Corvette has really expensive wheels and the baddies want them they are going to get them.

tabing - While it may not be much comfort you should know that the Jeep spare wheel thing is stupid common. They get stolen all the time. I have Jeeps and see people complaining about it on the FB pages.

If they want something bad enough they are going to get it.

tabing

suprcharged:
Part # 71633N
So this is lugnuts on al five bolts (sic). Looks like a better solution than just one per wheel.

NMJoe

I have two types on each wheel, mostly for hotel/motel stays during road trips. Otherwise, the car sleeps inside.

cmonkey713

All 20 of my lug nuts are Gorilla. What I like about them apart from the anti-theft, is they are solid steel and don't scar like the OEM cheap ones.

DOOKEY

Gorilla is the only lug nut I will use.

tabing

Thanks friends. I think I'll go gorilla.

1bdvet

Bought mine from Amazon, cheapest in town and Prime member so had free shipping.

jrose7004

Don't know what color the sky is in your world but the pros can get them off and not make any real noise but you can always hope!

dkz

I used to use McGard locking nuts on my bmw.

Tally Ho

Plus they don't look like locking lugs of yore.