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[Legion5]

Does BMW make black wheel locks that are longer than the standard ones? If not are the McGard ones the only option?

I ask because I'm installing 12mm spacers and I'm fairly sure the stock wheel locks won't work.

[AddictedToBavarian]

Don't know if BMW does, but you can sure find them aftermarket.

[Turb0Surge]

Originally Posted by AddictedToBavarian

Don't know if BMW does, but you can sure find them aftermarket.

yep +1. Look it up on ebay, i'm pretty sure bmw does not make 'em.

[Ctm309]

Originally Posted by Legion5

Does BMW make black wheel locks that are longer than the standard ones? If not are the McGard ones the only option?

I ask because I'm installing 12mm spacers and I'm fairly sure the stock wheel locks won't work.

Spoke to McGard, they won't make black extended length locks!

[Legion5]

Originally Posted by Ctm309

Spoke to McGard, they won't make black extended length locks!

They do, but they don't sell them in America, or list them on their website you have to buy them from the UK.

[335BBS]

Originally Posted by Legion5

Does BMW make black wheel locks that are longer than the standard ones? If not are the McGard ones the only option?

I ask because I'm installing 12mm spacers and I'm fairly sure the stock wheel locks won't work.

Wheel locks are waste of time and money. They started out on the same list as undercoating and rustproofing at the dealer.

[cmyk]

Originally Posted by 335BBS

Wheel locks are waste of time and money. They started out on the same list as undercoating and rustproofing at the dealer.

I'm inclined to agree. We bought a Challenger this year and the wheel lock "key" that it came with didn't fit the wheel lock. It took about 90 seconds to break the lock and get the wheel off with an impact wrench. Just saying.

[Legion5]

Originally Posted by cmyk

I'm inclined to agree. We bought a Challenger this year and the wheel lock "key" that it came with didn't fit the wheel lock. It took about 90 seconds to break the lock and get the wheel off with an impact wrench. Just saying.

That's why you get high security locks. The factory ones aren't going to do much but you're not going to be able to do that with a high security one.

[cmyk]

Originally Posted by Legion5

That's why you get high security locks. The factory ones aren't going to do much but you're not going to be able to do that with a high security one.

I wasn't aware those existed. Thanks for the tip I thought they were all pretty much the same. I gave up on wheel locks a while back anyway -- if someone wants my wheels they can have 'em. Then again, wheel thefts aren't a huge problem where I live. Maybe it's a regional thing, but I haven't heard of anyone's wheels getting stolen around here in years (because they just take the whole car, lol).

[Legion5]

Originally Posted by cmyk

I wasn't aware those existed. Thanks for the tip I thought they were all pretty much the same. I gave up on wheel locks a while back anyway -- if someone wants my wheels they can have 'em. Then again, wheel thefts aren't a huge problem where I live. Maybe it's a regional thing, but I haven't heard of anyone's wheels getting stolen around here in years (because they just take the whole car, lol).

I agree that the ones that are normal suck, but the high security ones are made of hardened metal so they don't bend when you force a socket on them and have a spinning jacket so there is no hope of getting them loose without using their face which just has the key pattern on it.

The McGard black ones don't have a spinning jacket but are hardened, the high security OEM BMW ones have a spinning jacket and are hardened. I'm trying to find a high security extended wheel bolt that's black and doesn't extend really far but I'm having no luck.

[cmyk]

Maybe a dumb suggestion but couldn't you powder coat your bolts black? I would imagine they'd chip over time, but maybe not if you're careful when torquing them down. Just a thought.

[Legion5]

Originally Posted by cmyk

Maybe a dumb suggestion but couldn't you powder coat your bolts black? I would imagine they'd chip over time, but maybe not if you're careful when torquing them down. Just a thought.

I have a friend who does high end powder coating and he said it wouldn't work for two reasons 1, it would come off really easily, especially with high security rotating jackets and two it would make it impossible to actually use the key due to the thickness fo the powder coat.

It would be easier to paint them

[Wai328]

There's also RAD or Project KICS wheel locks