Locking lug nuts are common on newer vehicles as well as on custom and aftermarket wheels. They can only be removed with a special key, and their purpose is to deter theft. You can replace just one or ...

Everybody loves a shiny set of eye-catching wheels on a nice ride—including marauding thieves. If your vehicle spends the majority of the time parked on the street or in parking lots, investing in ...

The best way to keep your wheels from getting stolen. You’ve likely seen it before: A car sitting on bricks or concrete blocks after its wheels and tires have been stolen. Whether you have a nice set ...

It's springtime! Time to start working on your project car, learn a new wrenching skill, discover what everything is under the hood (and how it works), or just spruce up your daily driver. All month, ...

Q: A friend of mine just bought a 2002 Corvette. Nice car but he neglected to check out the lug nuts. The wheels have a locking lug nut on each one. There is no master unlock and previous owner is not ...

Q: Does the auto industry have any plans to provide one odd-sized lug nut for each wheel to deter theft? A: One odd-size lug nut would probably do nothing to stop a determined wheel thief. One odd nut ...

A 2020 Corvette C8 had its wheels stolen in Detroit last week, but that might not have happened if the model had some technology from Ford. While locking lug nuts are nothing new, Ford has teamed up ...

Recently, we had our 2005 Toyota RAV4 taken in for its regularly scheduled maintenance, which included rotating the tires. Each tire has a locking lug nut, and when I picked up the car, my mechanic ...

If you were to write down all the ways car dealerships scam people, you’d probably be more prolific than Stephen King. Arguably, there are some extras worth purchasing if you negotiate a good price.

Imagine waking up to your car sitting on cinder blocks in your driveway. It was the reality for Michael Tsanis, a Buffalo man who lives on Norwood Avenue in Elmwood. Thieves stole the wheel off of his ...

Locking lug nuts have been around since the 1960s, but I remember when they started getting particularly popular in the ’80s. I was in high school, and my friend loved to show off his fancy rims. His ...