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      08-20-2018, 05:59 PM   #1
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impacted wheel locks

*clears throat*
So I need some help folks. I got tires put on a while ago and i just aquired some wheels. I got to put them on and all of my lugs are ridiculously tight. So it comes to me that the shop that did my tires impacted my bolts on. A shop that specializes in powder coating wheels. I was referred to this place by a fellow 1addict. I tried the wheel lock and strip the first key. I tried the second key and sheared it off in the locking lug.

Now my first idea is to take a socket to it. A 21mm is too small and a 22mm is too big. I'm trying to do my best not to take it to a shop seeing that first I don't have the time and second I don't trust dropping my car off and leaving it there.

Is there any other way I can get these things off I just want to get these other wheels on! Is taking it to a shop my only choice? These are standard bmw wheel locks
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