# Spiked lug nuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 20, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018 "2022-01-20T02:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/1 "2022-01-20T02:35:56Z")
I saw a pickup truck that had spiked lug nuts on its front wheels. (But not the rear, which was dual wheel.) They were 6 inches long. Why spikes instead of knives? What does he use for a lug wrench? They looked freshly-painted, blue. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/2 "2022-01-20T02:42:40Z")
there is a long special socket that goes over the spike and catches the end of the spike near the rim where it is like a regular lug nut or has groves that the socket will catch. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/3 "2022-01-20T02:43:53Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/c/6cf1cd8005c30e1755727869584403afcaa7228f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/4 "2022-01-20T02:46:27Z")
here is one with the grooves. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/3/b370aea06827074a56974d696b9360c728ccaec8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/5 "2022-01-20T03:00:12Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > there is a long special socket that goes over the spike and catches the end of the spike near the rim where it is like a regular lug nut or has groves that the socket will catch I learned something. I’ve seen them on semi’s. I always assumed they were just some sort of cover, not the actual nut. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/6 "2022-01-20T03:04:24Z")
I have ones like these on my truck. the previous owner put them on. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9c8f5e87fdb103d160a06fc78cdf9610c82fef1a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/7 "2022-01-20T03:23:33Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/6/163a6c42da730c63b8c430fc103deb953afcd573.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/8 "2022-01-20T03:34:31Z")
What happens if you hit something with them, like one of those steel poles that protect utility equipment in parking lots? If wheel theft was an issue I suppose they would help. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/9 "2022-01-20T03:39:01Z")
> [@TheWonderful90s](#): > > What happens if you hit something with them, like one of those steel poles that protect utility equipment in parking lots? You seem to know all the answers you tell us. ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/10 "2022-01-20T03:43:58Z")
Well I’ll start with hurt pride. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/11 "2022-01-20T03:44:37Z")
If they are plastic, they won’t harm the pole. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/9/09f59afdd0c7eeb79b09908a78f03a4e0775452d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/12 "2022-01-20T04:29:26Z")
Ahhh…these are the ones I’ve seen. Fairly certain I remember a truck driver having a little issue scaling in, rubbing the guardrail with his front tire, and shedding a pile of those in the process. ---
**Author:** ![steve63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@steve63](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steve63)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/13 "2022-02-02T00:01:46Z")
When we see these my wife and I always think of the movie Ben Hur. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/14 "2022-02-02T01:31:16Z")
> [@steve63](#): > > I always think of the movie Ben Hur. Why I asked why not knives. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/15 "2022-02-02T15:02:23Z")
And why stop there? ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/3/03ddaebd24058c81253e409154128a98172e1b71.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/16 "2022-02-02T18:16:29Z")
Hmm, Ford cultivator? ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiked-lug-nuts/182018/17 "2022-02-02T18:34:32Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Hmm, Ford cultivator? Or 🙄 tiller.