wheel locks: splinedrive or wheel lock?
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wheel locks: splinedrive or wheel lock?
I'm thinking of getting McGard wheel locks, and I'm wondering are splinedrives or wheel locks better? Anybody have the McGard wheel locks?
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Rep Power: 0 wheellock is better cus its harder to force it to turn but be warned about any lock,,,u have to be sure they will fit ur particular rim cus some rim only have a very small space for the lug wrench/socket to fit over the nut.
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Rep Power: 417 dont you use wheellocks along with the splinedrive? to my understanding you only use 1 wheel lock per wheel and have lug nuts on the other 3. wheellocks costs about $25 for a set of 4 with key while splinedrive lugnuts are $1 a peice and $3 for the key. but ya most aftermarket wheels use 'tuner style' or small diameter lug nuts
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Rep Power: 319 McGard sells kits where you get 12 Splinedrive lugnuts, 4 locking lugnuts, Splinedrive socket, locking lug socket, and 4 valve stems. Just get that and you'll be all set! (and you'll have 4 valve stems leftover like me) 
I have the Splinedrive/Lock combo, and I was wondering how good are the locks compared to what else is out there, meaning how easy is it for a potential thief to take them off without the key?
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Rep Power: 0 Spline drives are really easy to jack, because all u need is a key (which can be bought on the web for less than $100 for a whole bunch of sets). Wheel locks, theoretically each one is different (locks generated by computers) so it would take a little more effort. But if somebody wants to jack it, they'll jack it. But if you have non-brand name though chances are they won't think its worth the effort.
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Rep Power: 417 splinedrives arent actually supposed to be used as a security thing. you should think of them as regular lug nuts. but ya wheel locks should prevent most thieves
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[hr]Originally posted by: InanimateCarbonRod
McGard sells kits where you get 12 Splinedrive lugnuts, 4 locking lugnuts, Splinedrive socket, locking lug socket, and 4 valve stems. Just get that and you'll be all set! (and you'll have 4 valve stems leftover like me)[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: InanimateCarbonRod
McGard sells kits where you get 12 Splinedrive lugnuts, 4 locking lugnuts, Splinedrive socket, locking lug socket, and 4 valve stems. Just get that and you'll be all set! (and you'll have 4 valve stems leftover like me)
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