Wheel locks and no key to be found

[atikovi]

Pulling the wheels to check the brakes and notice this,

not my first rodeo and have a lock removal kit. Just hope they don't put up too much of a fight. And no I'm not replacing them with new locks. Who is going to steal 14 inch wheels?

 

[mrsilv04]

Some dealer probably installed those for the additional peace of mind and security, at the low, low price of $29.95 per wheel.

 

[Hall]

Some dealer probably installed those for the additional peace of mind and security, at the low, low price of $29.95 per wheel.

I think your decimal is in the wrong place there !

 

[mrsilv04]

I think your decimal is in the wrong place there !

$29.95 in 1991 dollars x 4 wheels = $267.95 today.

 

[atikovi]

Came off like butta,

 

[John105]

I think your decimal is in the wrong place there !

Imagine back then the mfgs felt something tangible had to be installed if they were gonna charge $895. Today it’s ok to simply print an additional line item with nothing added physically.

Mid 2000s you could actually get something included and not even mentioned at all. Example on a 2007 BMW 335, the $1500 sport package had an external engine oil cooler on manual cars.

All business models…

 

[John105]

I think your decimal is in the wrong place there !

The weirdest experience.....A Costco told me they don't think they could replace my tires because of fracturing on the wheel locks. I was like oooh never heard that before and was a little concerned. Then they said it's all good.

I scoured eBay for

1. Toyota genuine lug nuts, 20 of them
2. Toyota genuine wheel lock kit, pretty sure rebranded McGard

Since #2 was only $28 on eBay, and #1 was even more, I went with #2.

Ultimately I decided they were whack and just use the 2006 wheel locks to this day. The wheel locks are somewhere in the basement. I preferred OE because I really couldn't confirm 100% which aftermarket kit was right.

 

[John105]

$29.95 in 1991 dollars x 4 wheels = $267.95 today.

Do you know in 12/06, I got the tire and rim protection package on my new 335i, and it was $250. One RE050A runflat was almost $400, so no brainer (not really never claimed anything in 5 years of protection haha). I also went with the body protection which was another $500. I did have 3 PDRs and one major touchup when sprayed by a dump truck.

My buddy posted someone's 2023 Genesis where tire protection was $1439