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lug nut key broke!!

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chinaski

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i need some help finding where i can get a key for this lug nut set, im not going to reuse these nuts after i take them off. the piece of crap broke when i was takin off my wheels today and now i can barely tighten the lug nuts down... ghetto rigged the key with some tape. sorry for the big pics

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You can always try ghetto rigging it with tape to keep it together theeeen use a hose clamp. Have you contacted the manufactor of yoru lugs?
 
force a 12 point socket on em
thats a pretty standard key you should be able to get one at a local auto parts or wheel shop...ive got a couple of em

if you cant find one the socket will work
 
awesome, thanks for the link, i just bought the key. im about to try bagged's idea right now cuz i still need to tighten a couple of the lugs better. ghetto rigging the key could only tighten them enough so that they would not loosen themselves while i drove home.
 
i managed to get the nuts off, just bought a new key from the link that was provided above. the new key actually feels better than the old key did... doesnt feel as cheap.

im aware of autobacs, i really want to go but it is a japanese company and focuses their products mainly to imports, well they did when my buddy checked it out last year.
 
Haha, I have those, they came with my ASA rims. Same exact thing happened. Except the part that broke off was stuck inside the rim. I had to eventually drill out the stud, snap it off, and replace the whole nut and stud. Then pay $20 to get a new key from Tire Rack. No socket I could find anywhere could clear the side of the rim. Didn't realize those lugs were so standard.
 
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