Anti-Theft Bolt for Alloy Wheels.

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ATOJAR
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Anti-Theft Bolt for Alloy Wheels.

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I have a 20 plate Citroën C3 PureTech and for some reason one of the repair garages I have been too over the past few years has stolen the anti-theft (locking) wheel nut remover from the back of my car, it had a dedicated spot in the plastic spare wheel tool holder within the spare wheel, I 100% remember seeing it there a while ago.

Had an MOT yesterday and was given an advisory due to the side wall of a rear tyre being cracked so went to the place I always go to to get the tyre swapped today, went to get the anti-theft wheel nut remover from the boot and its gone so couldn't get the tyre replaced.

Does anybody know what the part number for the anti-theft nut remover is of where another can be purchased if even possible?

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Re: Anti-Theft Bolt for Alloy Wheels.

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There are several different key 'codes' and only the correct one will fit your wheel bolts. The only place that you can buy one is the dealer (assuming that the locking bolts are the original ones).

When I had a wheel bolt key broken by a tyre shop I drilled out the remaining bolts to remove them (not easy but possible).
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Re: Anti-Theft Bolt for Alloy Wheels.

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What you might want to do is to visit your local scrap yard. The one near me keeps all of the wheel 'keys' of the vehicles they scrap, so they could have one that fits.
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