Tuner lugs are narrower lugnuts that are used with aftermarket wheels on automobiles. The thinner lugs allow for better clearance for a variety of aftermarket wheels. In addition to being narrower -- and often taller -- tuner lugs will require use of special 5-point removal sockets, thus making removal harder. If an owner has lost or otherwise misplaced the key to the specific tuner lugs on a car, the lugs may still be removed with some extra effort.
Slide the tuner lug key over the tuner lugnut. Tuner lug nuts sold as a set will include a key which will have a standard nut on the end, over which a socket will fit. Using an appropriate socket attached to a breaker bar, loosen the tuner lug as you would loosen the factory lugnut. If you do not have the key can try to obtain a replacement key, or attempt to physically remove the tuner lug.
Contact the manufacturer of the tuner lugs for a replacement key if you have misplaced the original tuner key.
Visit a local automotive shop that specializes in aftermarket wheels, chances are they will have an appropriate key that will fit your tuner lugs, or possess a universal lugnut removal kit.
Purchase a lug nut removal tool which you can use to remove the tuner lug. Removal tools may be able to grip the tuner lug. Use the removal socket with a breaker bar to remove the tuner lug. Removal tools are available in local automotive stores.
Forcibly remove the tuner lug by hammering a socket onto the tuner lug. If you cannot obtain a key or removal tool using the above methods, you can remove the tuner lug by force. Note this will most likely destroy the tuner lug. Take a impact socket that is close in size to the tuner lug and place it over the head. Using a impact gun, or mallet, hammer the socket onto the tuner lug. Using the breaker bar, remove the impact socket-tuner lug as one unit from the wheel.
