Lug nut key needed

IIRC, those are little "covers" and you can just stick a pick in and remove them.

if you have the accessory kit that come with the car (the styrofoam box in the trunk with the tire change tools) there is a tool to remove them. It looks like a wire ring with a little hook.

...and when you find the pick tool in the accessory box you will definitely need the coded lug nut adapter for one security bolt fitted to each wheel, which is in the same tool tray.

voxmagna said:

...and when you find the pick tool in the accessory box you will definitely need the coded lug nut adapter for one security bolt fitted to each wheel, which is in the same tool tray.

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I never needed to open the accessory spare tire kit as I have been fortunate to not need to use the tire. But my lug nut locks have always been in a separate case in the glove box. I can place the lug kit box into the accessory case?

For DIY servicing brakes, pads, removing wheel liners etc , my wheels are on and off pretty often. If you don't have the hooked wire in the toolkit to pull off the black plastic covers you can make one. My wheels aren't anything special but I now have a set of 4 standard lug bolts which I might use to replace the keyed bolts, one fitted per wheel after pulling off the plastic covers. I also keep a threaded bar tool I found on Ebay. You remove the top lug bolt, screw it in by hand, then remove the others. The threaded bar holds the heavy wheel and makes putting it back aligned with the holes a lot easier.