When I got my car, there were already wheel locks on it. The dealer had lost the key (smart!). I'm not sure if they're OEM Nissan, but does anyone know where I can remove them (safely w/o scratching the rim)? I live around Pasadena.

-Bugs

Edit: Oh, how much would this cost?

 

most wheel and tire places don't even ask for the key, they should be able to get them off easy

 

What would be a good price for that service?

 

usually it is done when getting new tires,,,,,won't cost anything, just have them put on different locks.
you could find a tire shop that sells lock, ask them to swap them.

 

^$5 a lug is what they charge around my area (South Gate). They take an air chisel gun to push it off. If the tech is careful there should'nt be a scratch. Good luck.

 

I called a couple of places. I even called Nissan Stealerships. $50 to match the key up with the lock. WOW. Big O tires is charging me $45. Talk about trying to rip me off. Is there anyway I could do it myself?

 

just wait till you are getting new tires or pads

 

It sucks. Why do dealerships have to charge $50 for matching up keys? Ghey!

 

easy way to do it yourself; Take a slightly undersized 12-point socket, and bang it on to the lock with a mallet (be careful not to miss and hit your rim). Once it's stuck onto the lock nut, you should be able to remove it with a breaker bar or large ratchet.

To get the lock out of the socket to reuse it, stick it in a vice, put a screwdriver through the other side, and bang it out.

The sell reverse-threaded tools that many wheel shops carry that can easily remove the locks...you would just need to get new ones.

 

had the same problem. went to the Glendale Nissan and asked on one of the service advisors if i can use their lock key. guys says sure and brings out a set with 6-8 master keys. found the right one and took all of them off myself on the spot. didnt charge me anything cause i did it myself. Just show up to their place. Also, there is a piece of paper that came with the lock key in your trunk. it has an ID number and an address where you can have it replaced. i think its about 10 bucks and they'll send you another one pertaining to the ID number you provided.

Good Luck!

 

Ok thanks, I will try Glendale Nissan. Most stearlerships charge around 50 bucks. Hopefully, they'll let me use their keys.

Do you know where in the trunk they might have the paper? I looked for the key before but didn't find anything.

 

I had this problem on my Lexus, the key actually BROKE. I just found a socket that BARELY fits over the lug, hammered it on, and took it off.

It is pretty hard to remove the wheel lock from the socket. I had trouble even with a vice grip so you may want to use some sockets that you don't care about that you can throw away of need be.

Don't pay to get it done

Or if you can wait, you can convince the tire place to take them off for free when you buy new tires.

Good luck!

 

I got the lugs off for free at a friend's friend's shop. He did it in about ten minutes. I can't believe they would charge someone 50 bucks to do that. He went and chose a couple of sockets, came back, pounded it in, and took them off. Thanks for the posts guys, I'm sure it will be useful for people in the future.