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Locking lug nuts? Thoughts/Opinions?

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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ES3
My friend has an IS250 in the garage and she's missing the tool, wonder if she can use mine to remove her tire?

Does anyone know if the tool for the locking lug nuts is interchangeable?
Meaning could my friend borrow my tool to get their locking lug nut off? Or is the tool bolt/car specific, made only to work with the ones on each of the rims it comes with from the factory.
Maybe. There are probably 8-10 different patterns. You 2 may be lucky to have the same ones. They don't come from the factory.

the lexus dealer has the master set of keys. If your friend is in for service, have them take them off and swap them with standard ones. or, I bet if you swung by when they weren't busy, they'd do it as a courtesy, given their "Pursuit of Perfection".
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Evitzee
If the keys were interchangeable it wouldn't offer any protection and a crook would just buy one key and be in business to steal all the wheels he wanted, therefore they are not interchangeable.
I've observed my dealer doing the seasonal switchover between summer and snow tires, and they've never gone to the toolkit to retrieve the wheel key. That tells me that there can't be that many unique key patterns; they apparently have them all and can identify the correct one visually.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bichon
I've observed my dealer doing the seasonal switchover between summer and snow tires, and they've never gone to the toolkit to retrieve the wheel key. That tells me that there can't be that many unique key patterns; they apparently have them all and can identify the correct one visually.
When I lost my Acura key, the Honda dealer was closer (and my other car was a Honda), so I thought I could stop in there and have them remove the lock. The tech pulled out the master kit, and tried each one to see if it fit the Acura lock (none did). There were 8 or 10 different patterns. I can't imagine Lexus is any different.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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I use them on aftermarket wheels only. I never lose the key.
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