Breaking Into Every Wheel Lock ($15 vs $450)

We sent this to our friend LockPickingLawyer, watch his video here! https://youtu.be/5HC9YFu19D0

Best wheel lock ever, just cross thread one or two lugs while installing them. Unbeatable.

I think the wheel locks are usually intended to be more of a deterrent, as thieves usually want an easier, and quieter target.

The key to never having your wheels stolen is to never have wheels worth stealing.

I'm here from the lockpicking lawyer. All I can say is that the lock itself is scary difficult. It took the lockpicking lawyer MINUTES to pick. Like... That's olympic level difficult. But as you guys demonstrated, criminals will take the path of least resistance (that they know about) and pry it of. The real wisdom is: The unbeatable lock does not exist. The lock that makes things so difficult that criminals go elsewhere DOES exist. And that really is what you should go for.

I love how the lock picking lawyer is slowly becoming the king of YouTube. Every channel eventually needs a solution from him, and he always has the key... Which also ironically, isn't a key.

Working at a tire shop I dread the day someone buys those expensive locks and loses the key lol. Gotta love when a 5 minute job turns into an hour plus

something worth mentioning - which makes the 25$ one even more appealing - is that even if it CAN technically come off, you don't really need to be fully protecting your wheels. you just need to make it harder to take it off than the car next to you.

Hi Donut Media. Thank you for taking the time to review our locks. Your video has achieved many more views than the "infomercial" we filmed in our suburban garage. You guys are very entertaining, but we have some questions about your testing methods. 1) Why did you order ball seat locks for a Miata? Miata’s all take cone seats. A ball seat will never torque down properly in a cone seat. 2) 2) Why did you list our price as $135? While our prices do vary based on what kit you purchase, the set you tested is $90 (we have your receipt to prove it). 3) If you had aftermarket rims, why didn’t you order our locks for aftermarket cone seats? They are designed to fit the smaller diameter lug holes that most aftermarket wheels have (and would have saved you the effort of swapping the wheels out). 4) Why choose McGuard after they easily failed your removal attempts? There is a “Includes Paid Promotion” notice at the start of the video. Is this a paid ad for McGuard disguised as an honest review? As a small American business, we stand behind our products. Though we have not posted a video showing our bolt extractor tests, we have tested them and had other independent tests of our locks against extractors. All removal attempts failed when the correct lock is installed to the correct torque. Call us and we can send you the right set to fit your Miata free of charge. Try the extractor on that set. We have a feeling the results will not be the same.

Ahh, so this is what the Anti-lock Braking System is.

I’ve had the McGard wheel locks on a whole bunch of cars over the last two decades. Only had a nice set of ENKEI wheels stolen. They tried an failed with a set of Abarth wheels I had. As you’ve demonstrated, if a thief really wants a set of wheels, they can be stolen even with wheel locks installed. But they at least stop the bum driving around with a jack and a lug wrench.

LPL brought me here, I haven't seen a lock survive so long in his hands for a very long time. Your methods are also entertaining. Sub earned.

I just got a new set of Konig’s and so it was worth it to get the $125 Advanced Wheel locks. It’s a really cool design. I called them and was surprised to find out how small of an operation it was, the woman (Liz)who answered the phone had also done some of the machining. Felt good to support a small US based company. I only found out about them from this video, probably the best PR they’ve ever had!

I've never trusted these locking wheel nuts. That's why I always weld my wheels to the hub.

This is such a good series. Whoever came up with this at Donut needs a pay raise

LPL picked the $450 one today! He said that it requires alot of skill. High praise, in my opinion

You had me at the "Professional Thief" .. Im going to go ahead and say naw chief.. -Edgar

Keep in mind that theft protection isn’t about making it impossible to take but adding more obstacles in the way that deters a lot of thieves who want an easy grab.

This tutorial is quite handy for the wheel and tire thievery business.

Came over after seeing LPL pick the lock, it was a long video for him 😀. I love your upbeat dynamic and enthusiasm, thanks.