mac25

so i was doing an oil change and on the last lug i snapped the tool... this is not good! what if i blow a tire? and how am i going to change my suspention in the spring? any way here are some photos hoping you guys know where i can find a new one. if worse comes to worse how can i cut the lugs off?



and my emanage, for now a really expensive paper weight.



the tool is about the diameter of a nickel, maybe a quarter. it's smaller then the stock lugs and has 6 points of contact which slide into 6 grooves on the lugs.

i've already gone to canadian tire and lordco, waiting till i have time to check out mopac and napa, but i might have to buy online.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

looks like the standard muteki key for their tuner lug nuts. thats the reason i like em so much. if it breaks (and they do rust up fast if you dont keep it clean and indoors), i just order another set. they are dirt cheap too a set of 20 for $50 or less sometimes.

mac25

awesome! thx man your saving my life. now that i know what i think i'm looking for i'll do some real measurments and hopefully order them.

thank you again!


edit: tryed to rep you... stupid rep limit won't tlit me. i thought triz or someone was going to get rid of it?

MindBomber

I went to Canadian Tire and Lordco and the only person who knew what tuner nuts were was the parts delivery kid, lesson learned. I went to Abbsry Tire and got my nuts for $20 with the key. I actually had an extra I would have given you, but my friend broke his key last week so he has it now lol

I think thats the same key I have, but if its not and you can't find the one you need for some reason, Kurtis Tire in Abbotsford broke the tuner nuts off my friends car for free when he bough new tires.

mac25

nice! i might drive out to abby soon then. and thx for offering your spare key =D.

mac25

bahhhh! can't rep you either mindbomb, ggglllarrrrrggghhh! it shouldn't matter if you rep someone 8 times in a row for good ifo 8 times.

MindBomber

Lots of stuff going on behind the scenes, hence why things keep appearing and disappearing. Give it some time for all the changes we want to happen to take place.

I'll take a picture of my key and post it in a bit for comparison purposes.

mac25

thx man

TiggerDX

iTrader: (1)

If you can't find a key that fits, you can take a socket and pound it on to remove the last nut. Kind of a last resort thing.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

^all four nuts use the same key. hey look they sell the key separately. $10 shipped on ebay to anywhere.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUTEK...Q5fAccessories

MindBomber

Its probably less than that locally, plus I'd say he needs it asap just in case he gets a flat. I need one as well, since apparently the tire shop gave me back my nuts without the key when they put the winters on.

mac25

^ lol probabley jacked the key for their own car.

lazlong

Any decent tire shop should have a key.

This looks the same to me. Six teeth, right? Got it at discount tire, $16.99 for 20 lugs and the key.

bomerman19

iTrader: (1)

get a slightly undersized socket pound it on with a hammer hit it with an impact and it will come right off nock the old lug out of the socket repeat. replace with other lug nuts.

keyed nuts are a waste if some one really wants your rims they are taking them

Biscuit

Major Fail on your part for not doing it yourself.
I know you could have done it faster and easier yourself so don't go arguing that with me.

Nathan

MindBomber

I bought new snow tires this year, so I needed to have the tires mounted to my rims at a shop.

No BS, I almost bought a tire mounting machine at an auction. I was going to set it up in the storage room of my apartment and charge my friends to mount their tires, my gf flipped..

mac25

bahh ha ha!

and thx for the help guys =D

mac25

and yes that looks about right.

boosted01civic

iTrader: (2)

did you ever get the lug key? I actually have to go to Discount Tire next week and the guy that runs the place will probably just give me one because I buy so many tires there. I guess that may be a little thing for him considering I buy tires for 5 cars there. I could always just throw it in the mail.

mac25

i think i'm just going to use gearbox's online link, $10 shipped. but i did go to mopac today but theu didn't have it.

so i changed the plugs on my buddy's new probe gt. there was oil on the plugs. they weren't torqued at all so i'm hoping that's all it was. but if not is this a major problem? head gasket or head issues? the car should be way faster then it is.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

prolly just needs a new valve cover gasket and tube seals. it all comes in a kit.

mac25

really? cause its rated at 160-165hp@4500rpm and weighs 2800 and should make 0-60 in about 7.2. but it's way slower then the 7gen at 127 and 2500 pounds, 0-60 listed at 8-9 online. i'm hoping it's a cheap fix but if not at least he only payed 1300.