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I have a couple of these - well worth the price. Find the closest smaller size and pound it over the nut. An impact wrench works best, but a breaker bar will do.
Torch doesn’t cut aluminum
I've seen many aluminum wheels damaged by guys trying to cut off lug nuts, don't do it. The sockets posted above or one sold to remove wheel locks would be the way to go. You need an impact wrench to use the lock removal socket.
It’s possible to damage both aluminum and steel rims with a torch, but you can’t cut aluminum with a normal torch because a torch cuts by oxidizing the metal (rust), and aluminum doesn’t oxidize the same way plus it’s a good heat conductor. I’d only resort to a torch as a last resort though and I’d probably start with trying to heat the nut before pounding a socket on and hitting it with the impact before resorting to cutting.
I had thought it would, but it doesn’t cut or even melt well with a torch. A least not a rim. I slagged a couple nuts and studs on a junk aluminum rim (they tried to cut the lugs off with a grinder before I was recruited to use the torch). I melted the steel and blew it out as slag and about the only real damage the torch did beyond the grinder marks was burn the clear coat and leave black soot.
Yup, and actually abrasives intended for steel/stainless steel (like cut off disks and grinding disks will load up with aluminum rather than cut. Aluminum requires an entirely different cutting method than steel
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