Who uses wheel locks? Recommendations?

Huh. Never noticed that before. Probably because I will never consider chrome anything so just looked right past it.

Regardless, conical seat will work fine, so people can pick I suppose.

 

Using a conical lugnut to clamp down on the shoulder of the lug hole won't damage anything, but the vastly reduced contact area means the lugnut is more likely to loosen at highway speeds. Not a big deal on the trail however.

 

I never ran wheel locks on mine before. But two weeks ago America's Tire ordered me "black" lugs for the flat black wheels I had and they are Gorilla locks. Other then that I am happy w/o locks...kinda wish these new black lugs weren't locks cause I don't wanna carry, lose or have to deal with a lug lock socket.

 

Lugnut loosening is so rare I'm more worried about auto accidents than losing a wheel.

Regular torque checks (I check lug torque whenever I check tire pressure) is all that's really needed. So far, been running these about six months (highway speeds, trail, everything) and no loosening yet. If you've got 'em all on and tq'd to factory spec, the really shouldn't loosen up *period*.

 

As a police officer in Texas... where there are the most pickups in the world and the most burglarized trucks, there are two kinds of wheel thefts that occur. Custom and name brand wheels favored by... whatever you want to call em... rappers, gang members, thugs... 20"+ chrome wheels and factory wheel and tire combos. I have never seen or even heard of a lifted truck getting its wheels stolen. One set takes up all cargo space. These guys usually prefer to get 2-3 sets in a load. They want easy to off load (Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, F150) or high dollar return (KMC, Daytons, Lorinser)... wheel thieves are not opportunistic teens, smashing and grabbing. They do it for a living, as a profession. They weigh the effort and time and risk vs gain. Oh, and they do NOT carry high lift jacks.