Help removing nuts on tire!! Noob here :(

lilez19 · 10-01-2013, 10:31 PM

I have the 4way wrench and wouldn't fit.. I looked for a special lock to be able to remove the wheels nuts but the car didn't come with it.. Do I need to buy a special wrench for it? I was thinking about calling the dealership tomorrow to ask them.... I'm trying to change my angel lights and this is the only way we can replace them

Eagle1oh7 · 10-01-2013, 10:48 PM

All you need is one for the wheel locks, other than that just find the right sized socket and adapter to fit your tire iron.

VTECaddict · 10-02-2013, 03:36 AM

any 17mm socket should fit in there.

lilez19 · 10-02-2013, 10:20 AM

Hopefully I get the change to remove the tire today and change the lights

edirtaynine · 10-02-2013, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

any 17mm socket should fit in there.

^ this.

did you buy your car used? are the stock wheels and lug bolts on there? sometimes those 4-way tire irons dont grip perfectly and can strip the lug head... especially if the lugs are over-torqued.

JAL0988 · 10-02-2013, 01:53 PM

You need a wheel lock key. gotta go to BMW if you don't have one. Check your trunk or your glove box first though.

VMRWheels · 10-02-2013, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

any 17mm socket should fit in there.

+1

17mm should be good to go.

lilez19 · 10-02-2013, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JAL0988

You need a wheel lock key. gotta go to BMW if you don't have one. Check your trunk or your glove box first though.

Don't have one .. It came with premium wheels. And for what I notices the previous owner had a different exhaust and put the stock one back into the car... I'll check autozone to see if they have anything for the wheels if not ill call bmw

gtaccord · 10-02-2013, 06:16 PM

If you can't figure out how to take your wheels off you probably shouldn't be fiddling around with your headlights.

lilez19 · 10-02-2013, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gtaccord

If you can't figure out how to take your wheels off you probably shouldn't be fiddling around with your headlights.

I know how to get the wheel out but I didn't have a tool.. I got it now and I did my research on the light.. Besides I'm not doing it alone

#Tee · 10-02-2013, 06:21 PM

easiest way would be to pay someone while you play with your phone checking on who liked your ig photos...its so funs.

lilez19 · 10-02-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by #Tee

easiest way would be to pay someone while you play with your phone checking on who liked your ig photos...its so funs.

Why pay someone when I have people that can do it for free?

lilez19 · 10-02-2013, 07:55 PM

This is different from the videos from YouTube lol

Fortune335 · 10-04-2013, 11:39 PM

yeah pay someone and watch videos of kids drifting on ig, its way smarter specially when you gotta get a super rare holographic 17mm socket.
good luck

lilez19 · 10-04-2013, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fortune335

yeah pay someone and watch videos of kids drifting on ig, its way smarter specially when you gotta get a super rare holographic 17mm socket.
good luck

Lol didn't make any sense but yeah I found the way to replace those lights

Efthreeoh · 10-05-2013, 06:57 AM

Okay, this is like a train wreck, I just gotta ask....

So when you said you got the correct tool, what did you mean? Did the car have wheel locks on it and you didn't have the wheel lock key that mates with the wheel lock bolt? Or did you just not have a 17MM socket wrench?

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