Locking wheel nut remover

[dva99999]

hi, does anyone know of the part number for the locking wheel nut remover from the original tool kit. I left mine on the car by accident so it's fallen off somewhere on the Wirral.
Would other BM's have the same one?

Cheers

 

[t-tony]

Your local BMW dealer will have a master set and will be able to remove one/them and order you a new one. The number for the key is on the end of the bolt so you need to get one out to retrieve the number. It is possible to remove them by brute force but will be useless afterwards.

Tony.

 

[littlefeller]

i got one for my wife's car from a breaker, i did the same, left it on the wheel, so a trip to the local breaker. he brought out a huge bucket of them and said here ya go have a rumage through these, found one and cost me £3, he says every car they break they keep the wheel keys.

 

[oldcarman]

If going the BMW ROUTE YOU'll need to take the car to them as they don't allow even employees to remove them from the dealership! JIM

 

[mrscalex]

It's easy enough getting one off ebay for about £10. Mind you the dealer could be the same price or less. I just have a bit of a dealer aversion, especially when they make you jump through hoops.

I bought one from this guy. There are about 20 different types each with a 'Type #' and distinguished by the number of points on the star.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191939912432

You can also buy a master set off ebay for about £40. I can't remember make but they come in a little blue case.

 

[Brian H]

hi, does anyone know of the part number for the locking wheel nut remover from the original tool kit. I left mine on the car by accident so it's fallen off somewhere on the Wirral.
Would other BM's have the same one?

Cheers

Do you know the pattern number of the locking key you had?

 

[mrscalex]

Pattern number not strictly needed. Just count the points and match to eBay listing as per my previous post.

 

[hard top]

It's easy enough getting one off ebay for about £10.

That makes it pretty bloody pointless having the things on the wheels....

 

[mrscalex]

Not pointless. But like any anti-theft measure you hope it's enough to make someone move onto the next car or at least slow them down.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Been a while since I heard of anyone getting their wheels nicked. Suppose now that pretty much every car has alloys they're just not so tempting.

 

[oldcarman]

I believe @spurs fan in a coupe may have what you need! JIM

 

[t-tony]

That makes it pretty bloody pointless having the things on the wheels....

I think that they're pointless these days, and indeed useless if you have fitted hub centric spacers too.

Tony.

 

[hard top]

I believe @spurs fan in a coupe may have what you need! JIM

Yeah, he just nicked a set of alloys with a set of keys he got of fleabay for 10 quid.....

 

[littlefeller]

im with tony here, i dont think alloys really get nicked anymore, much easier to snip off a van cat that to actually steal alloys (Christ, that would mean doing some work).

 

[Sean d]

im with tony here, i dont think alloys really get nicked anymore, much easier to snip off a van cat that to actually steal alloys (Christ, that would mean doing some work).

Me too pal, I don't use mine,

 

[Redline]

Its made just difficult enough to stop wheels being nicked. Ams are if someone was determined to take your wheels they could but it would need some planning and prep work (or a bucket of keys from a breakers).
Hope you get a key one way or another.
Found out recently that its easy to get a set of locking wheel studs but not the non-locking studs. Maybe changing your locking ones from the manufacturers will give you greater security (or problems if you loose the key)!

 

[mrscalex]

There's only a small number of different keys - about 20 I think. They would be quite easily concealed in a coat pocket. If every key took 5 seconds to try then on average that's just 50 seconds delay.

As I said before, hopefully that's long enough they'll move on to the next car. The reality is they could be stealing a particular style to order so nothing much is going to stop them if they want them

It's not like the rest of the car is safe either, have a think about all the parts that could be removed from the outside in seconds.

 

[t-tony]

There's only a small number of different keys - about 20 I think. They would be quite easily concealed in a coat pocket. If every key took 5 seconds to try then on average that's just 50 seconds delay.

As I said before, hopefully that's long enough they'll move on to the next car. The reality is they could be stealing a particular style to order so nothing much is going to stop them if they want them

It's not like the rest of the car is safe either, have a think about all the parts that could be removed from the outside in seconds.

So, in that instance you would be better off having a set of obscure after market security bolts?

Tony.

 

[mrscalex]

Can't argue that obscure locks would be better. But nothing stops a determined thief.

 

[Brian H]

Pattern number not strictly needed. Just count the points and match to eBay listing as per my previous post.

Maybe not strictly need but I have one here I do not need and I would post FOC if I knew the number .