How To Remove OEM BMW Wheel Locks For Less Than $50! 

Works great! Thank you!! Struggled for weeks before finding your solution

Just want to say thank you, dealer wanted 180$ per wheel. I did it for less than 45$ cheers

Alex, I wanna thank you for this awesome video and sharing this amazing information. My nightmare is finally over thanks to your generosity. It all started when the idiot at tire shop over torqued all my wheel bolts and wheel locks by hitting them so hard with pneumatic impact gun. I managed to break all bolts and locks loose but one stubborn one. It was so tight that I stripped the first key. I ordered two new keys from McGard in upstate NY who is the maker of these BMW locks. The second broke and the metal basically melted inside the groves. I went back to stupid tire shop and three attempts later, they banged up the cap and floating ring with a chisel. They were never able to remove the bolt with spline groves. I thankfully stumbled upon your video and ran immediately to Autozone and purchase the 10 point 1/2” spline tool ( part #4710 at Auto zone). And to think that even the technicians at McGard did not know this trick. Instead sending me a drill bit kit in order to drill out head of bolt-Thank God you saved me from this. I can’t thank you enough. Now I just gotta get wheel powder coated again since it got butchered. No more wheel locks ever again!

I work in a tire shop and had a BMW x 3 with a sheared off lock key. Your method was incredibly easy. Thank you

You have no idea how helpful this was. The previous tech who mounted the rear tires on my 2016 F30 over torqued only the wheel lock. It stripped my key when I tried to remove it. Took it to BMW, they tried to remove it with their key and it stripped theirs as well. So they wanted $275 to remove it. I then went to about 8-9 tires shops/mechanics and they all tried with their tools but couldn’t remove it. They all had the day lug nut extractors that won’t work on these wheel locks. So they just kept saying to go back to BMW and pay the $275. I came upon this video, bought the same exact items you listed in the description and removed it within 5 minutes. Piece of cake!

This really does work! I was a bit nervous at first because you basically get one chance but it worked really well! I had it out in a max of 20 mins

Alex, my man! Thank you so much for this video, I had 2 wheels locks on my 2015 BMW M6 that were stripped out and couldn't figure out how to get them off. Your video saved me $600 and a trip to dealership. I was able to get them both off within 15min, just wanted to say thank you!!

This works!!! I watched another vid and the size socket didn’t work. Buy the exact same sock he says and it will work super easy. I was shocked! Thank you!

Thank you so much! I did just as you and did and bought all the same parts and I got all of my locks off of my bmw. After getting stuck on the side of the road a week ago and bring charged over $150 for them to change ONE wheel( new tire not included) I was desperate to get the other three off so I could change out the tires. You seriously saved me so much money. Thank you again!!

Thank you. Worked like a charm. Was at this lock for hours before I found your video.

Bro! Thank you so much 🙏 You saved me so much money and time. Literally the only person online that showing how to do this so easily. Same wheels lock and everything and my wheels locks gots broken at a tire shop because they don’t know what thier doing be setting psi way too high smh. I was stuck and I didn’t know what to do for months, but you came through! Thank you again 🙏🙏

im half way through the process of removing the locks off my e39 540i lol and this helped a bunch!. Pro tip dont let tire shops torque the wheel locks with the air gun.

Thank you so much for the video. I literally have the exact same car. 2015 328i with same non sport wheel with the same exact problem. Purchased the parts at Autozone; 23mm sockets (deep or shallow 12pt works), the tuner 10pt key and 3lb sledgehammer (home depot) Used 1/2 drive break bar and everything came out smoothly. No more wheel locks for me. All going into garbage including those "new" 23mm sockets lol. Thanks again!

Did these lug nuts have a spinning ring on as well

Thank you sir. The spline tool didn’t work for me. After I got the cap off I hammered a 23mm 12pt deep socket and it came right off.

THIIIIIIIIS IS perfect! very much appreciated.

Works like a charm! You only need one 23 mm socket for all the wheels, you can tap the key nut out on a vice.

This video saved me so much heartache

Amazing way to extract BMW wheel lock lug with spinning ring on it (without key or key damaged)! The 23mm 12-point socket worked magic and took the ring and lock head off instantly. I opted out the 2nd step approach as I was afraid that the CTA 10-point tuner lug nut socket may fail since you only have one shot at it and my overtightened lug may just would not turn as desired. Instead, I used a 3” disk cutting tool to have the lug head I just removed in step one shaped into a 19mm hex nut and hammered it back into the original lug grooves, which is still on the wheel. It worked like a charm. I searched and watched lots of RU-vid episodes on this subject, using approaches like welding, chiseling and drilling, all making a mess, and Alex On Everything method is by far the best. Total cost: $8.20 for the 23mm socket (still reusable) if you already have other tools needed for this job - breaker bar, bench vise, sledgehammer, 3" disk cutter, 19mm and 17mm sockets. It is time to say goodbye to wheel locks. They are more trouble than anything else. Anyone wants my modified lug head to go with 19mm socket, let me know here. I can mail it to you.

You save me a lot of money thanks a lot bud

Thank you. I wasted 2 sets of cobalt drills before just to get one out. You made my life easier.

Couldn’t really tell easily, does this work with the wheel lock that has the spinning collar, please? I am trying to apply this method on my 2016 MB GLC300 too. Could you advise please? Thanks

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Genius

Wow i can't thank you enough

Guys try! Really works thanks bro

looked great... my key stripped (I believe) and bmw wants $69 for the new key... I am still nervous in what you did. But I will eventually try this. My Mini lock nuts are BMW's. I have a question: you stated you have to break the top off of the lock nut to expose the "spline"; is that how that lock nut is made where the bolt and the head of the lock nut is in 2 pieces?

Yoo found your video and it fucking worked on my 2013 BMW x5 you are a genius thanks soooo muchh my lug was stripped from over tightten also key was fucked bought a new key and tge lug was so stripped it stripped my new key thats when I found ur video and step by step follow the process and boom 🤯 it worked!!! You are the man the hardest part to find was the 1/2” 10 point drive with 1/2 socket on end its not the one that comes in a set its the single one sold in the lugnut section at autozone !!!

That 10 point half inch spline, what size is that? Is that m14 spline?

Worked until I was hammering the 10 point spline, then it stripped the inner part now I’m assuming I need to have it welded on to wrench it off

Does this work with Mercedes spinning wheel locks too?

damn, I can't fit a 23mm socket in the lug slot lol freakin' aftermarket wheels.

Now how do you get the bolt out the socket?

Hey man for real though, how did you figure this out??? It's genius, please respond. Thank you

What size is the 12 point

bmw is a money trap they don't even know what key that fits, my wheels have a totally different lock, is round and teeth on the inside and nobody on earth knows or has the correct size