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Recommended Security Wheel Bolts?

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The factory-provided "security" splined wheel bolt is no real security at all. One can buy a splined socket for $40 on eBay With a socket and battery-powered impact wrench, it's seconds to remove weel bolts.

It was no deterrent to the would-be thief who first snagged the splined bolt on my car:

Porsche Taycan Recommended Security Wheel Bolts? 46313437-DC8F-4A98-AF97-7292BC8F2ED3_1_102_o


What experience or recommendations do forum readers have for better deterrent bolts?

No bolts are infallible. This video is about security lug nuts, but it shows how they can be defeated:

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