Hi all,

I just bought a set of work emotions off a fellow member here.
Just wondering if i am living in the berkeley area, are locking lug nuts necessary?
anybody have their wheels stolen in the berkeley area?
I will go to oakland sometimes, but not all the time.
I live around the campus.

TIA.

edit: and where can i get them in the san jose/milpitas area?
i know auto innovation is one of the places, any other options?

 

id get some wheel-locks, my buddy got his stock gsr rims stolen they left his car on milk creates. It wont stop them from taking them but will slow them down.

 

dude...oakland isn't the only place where u could get ur wheels jacked... but anywho, i'd just get some subaru lock lugs... 35ish bucks to protect ur wheels from the common theif is a cheep buy... altho, if someone really wanted ur wheels, it WILL be gone

 

if you want i have a set of mcgard subaru oem wheel locks $25 picked up in san jose =)

 

yes they are definately necessary if you have aftermarket wheels. i would put locks on rotas, and DEFINATELY on works.

 

thanks for all the responses.
I went to auto innovation, and they are out of the locking lugnuts.
anywhere else in the san jose area with them instock, maybe?
wanna get them tomorrow morning.

 

i have subaru wheel locks.
couldn't thieves just buy a pair of subaru wheel locks and easily take my rims?

 

haha thats like asking if you should roll up your windows even tho you locked your doors!

hell YES!

 

i live in oakland and my volks don't even get touched.

 

they prob wont steal your volks, they will take the whole car and then take the volks after they strip everything in oakland. haha =x

 

theft can happen anywhere...even in the nicest neighborhood. if youre worried about your rims getting jacked, get some locks

 

theres like 20 different keys so..... if the theif wants to go start collecting keys... then yeah... but i can't see a theif spending that kinda money to get ur wheels, when they can find an easier targert

 

yea thats so true, but my buddie mike (apexwagon) and calivin (subarusti8 or somthing)'s keys work on eachothers cars... so i reccomend some kind of aftermarket set if your gunna get some

 

ahh i see. thanks for the info.

 

i just got some mcgard tuner's lugnuts from auto innovation.
they don't have the locking ones in stock right now.
am i safe for a while?
or are those just for looks and are as easily taken off as the oem lugnuts?