Wheel lock bolts

Jdreg · May 14, 2018

Hi
My dealer has charged me for wheel locks in my car purchase.
I was ok with that till I heard they may already be on the car from the factory.
Can anyone shed any light on this
Thanks

nype · May 14, 2018

Jdreg said:
Hi

My dealer has charged me for wheel locks in my car purchase.

I was ok with that till I heard they may already be on the car from the factory.

Can anyone shed any light on this

Thanks

I was wondering about this as well. Mine came with them. Don’t recall paying for them. Looking to sell them because using longer bolts (spacers).

blaqsheep · May 16, 2018

I declined the $79.00 wheel locks and car came with it from the factory

Sandman GTI · May 16, 2018

Jdreg said:
Hi
My dealer has charged me for wheel locks in my car purchase.
I was ok with that till I heard they may already be on the car from the factory.
Can anyone shed any light on this
Thanks

I would think unless ordered with car they would not come with car.
Some have posted that the OE lock bolt key is weak.
Maybe check out ECS Tuning. Get the flush spacer kit and lock bolts.

cbr600rr · May 16, 2018

blaqsheep said:
I declined the $79.00 wheel locks and car came with it from the factory

Same. It made me angry.

Jdreg · May 16, 2018

I’ve contacted VW Canada for clarification and will advis

controller · May 16, 2018

Honda does the same. So when getting the wife's new Pilot I told them no wheel locks and no dealer logos or no deal... It's that simple and the problem goes away. Wheel locks are useless IMO.

Jdreg · May 17, 2018

So VW no commented. I’m telling the dlr not to install them, and will let you know if they come from the factory

madelinot · May 18, 2018

They come from FActory with locks. My 2016 did anyway.

McCabe89 · May 19, 2018

If you order your car with them then yes they come with wheel locks. They aren't required or come stock with them if not paid for. They are absolutely useless.

Jdreg · May 19, 2018

McCabe89 said:
If you order your car with them then yes they come with wheel locks. They aren't required or come stock with them if not paid for. They are absolutely useless.

Can you pls explain why they are useless. Is there another type considered useful
Thanks

Tooly · May 19, 2018

Most wheel locks are pretty easy to defeat. I run them just for the fact that if someone sees them, they may move on to the next car since my car would take a little longer.

I use these ones: https://pgperformance.com/simbolz-wheel-lock-kits.html

Jdreg · May 19, 2018

Tooly said:
Most wheel locks are pretty easy to defeat. I run them just for the fact that if someone sees them, they may move on to the next car since my car would take a little longer.

Agreed

Jdreg · Jun 23, 2018

Jdreg said:
Hi
My dealer has charged me for wheel locks in my car purchase.
I was ok with that till I heard they may already be on the car from the factory.
Can anyone shed any light on this
Thanks

So the car finally showed up with wheel locks on it from the factory.
Dlr was trying to scam me.

Koval · Jun 27, 2018

I noticed that too, I asked the dealer to waive the $80 wheel locks along with few other bs fees, they warned me that they will replace them with the regular set of nuts. After the final contract was finalized I noticed they removed the 79.00 but when I got the car, it still had the wheel locks, I guess they were too lazy to replace them.

Its one of those things that claim unsuspecting customers. A sucker trap.

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