Removing locking wheel nuts

[Shaw]

To cut a long story short my car was broken into yesterday and the only thing that was stolen was the locking wheel nut key. As it is was just the standard locking wheel nuts the car came with is it likely that Vauxhall will have a master key of some form to get the current locking nuts off, if not is there anyway to get them? Also what locking wheel nuts would people recommend for replacement?

Any advice regarding the above would be greatly appreciated as I want to get things sorted before the scrotes come back for the wheels and tyres.

 

[Shaw]

Thanks for your help, I will give them a call and if they can't help it gives me a good reason to get the hammer out.

Just to find out what bolts to replace with as seem as I need to buy a new set there may be better out there than the Vauxhall ones.

 

[Shaw]

Well Vauxhall were pretty much useless i tried 2 different dealerships that told me the same thing, that they will not have a key as they only keep a few and as my car is over 3 years old so will be different to the current ones. But they were willing to "chisel" them off and this would take about 2-3 hours to do all 4 wheels.

A local alloy wheel shop are willing to try all the keys they have for a few quid so will see how they get on when I get chance to take it in.

If the above fails it cheap sockets and a hammer to the rescue.

Although one of the engineers I deal with through work is convinced that he can weld something onto the locking wheels nuts to unscrew them.