Although we’ve said it numerous times already there is nothing more important than using locking lug nuts as far as the safety of your alloy wheels is concerned. Especially if you are going to use some after-market ones that can be a sure income of money for some people, you should definitely make sure that you use more than just one per wheel. In fact the lug nut companies that take security seriously will not even bother to ship just 4 lug nuts and instead they will have 20 shipped out to you. That way they can truly guarantee the safety of your wheels and you too can rest assured that none will be able to remove all of the locking lug nuts over night and steal your wheels.
As far as to what company you should turn we have already featured two great companies already Gorilla lug nuts and Muteki Lug Nuts and you should really pick your favorite by reading all about them. The short story is that while Muteki are more expensive than Gorilla they will last much longer because they are made from pure steel. However Gorilla has a triple nickeling process that guarantees your lug nuts won’t be affected by rust in anyway. So the advantage brought in by Muteki is that they are sturdier and can stand the strain of being bolted and unbolted from the car on a regular basis, like they would if you drive in rallies on weekends. However if you are not going to do that and the only times you will be unbolting you lug nuts will be for regular maintenance then there really is no point in paying extra because all you need is an extra safe set of locking lug nuts.
So if you are concerned about security only than a set of 20 locking lug nuts is your best bet because the way cars are setup today with just one locking lug nut it is very easy for a burglar to undo the all the other unsecured lug nuts and then simply wiggle the wheel around until he is able to break off the stud. And in fact they wouldn’t even have to do that because there are all sorts of techniques that you can use yourself to force open a locking lug nut. The thing is that even for a specialist it can take more than 15 minutes to force open just one of the locking lug nuts on your car.
So if you would only be using 4 locking lug nuts, one for every wheel, than in an hour or so a burglar could easily steal your wheels. And by using 20 instead of 4 all you are doing is buying time. No one could undo all 20 locking lug nuts in one night and even if they could there would be a good chance for at least one person to pass by in so many hours. And even if they didn’t it would just be too frustrating and any burglar would just move on to a car with fewer locking lug nuts.