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Rounded wheel nut

Try a hot air gun, then a centre punch and hammer.

If that doesn't work, I can only suggest drilling through the stud, but needs a steady hand and good kit.

Start with a pilot hole, gradually increasing the drill bit size. Once you're out to the actual stud size, the nut should come away quite easily.

Good luck.

Clive
 

ORIGINAL: sawood12

The undersize socket trick worked for me when I first got my car. After having trouble with the wheel nuts I decided that the alloy nuts after 20yrs had earned their retirement (some things are not intended to last forever) so I replaced with a full set of replacement nuts. I got them from a breakers who selects them for condition and re-sprays them. Apparently these alloy nuts are very sensitive to damage and corrosion and you should only use them with a 6-point socket and not a 12 point one as these over-stress the corners and ultimately fatigue them leading to the nuts rounding. I seem to think I spend about £20 for a full set of nuts and they were in near-new condition visually - though I've no idea how old they were.
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Yes there is a tool you can buy not expensive for Porsche wheel nuts I have one and it does not mark them..
 
Got my locking wheel nuts from Porsche OPC about three years ago for £40 including postage and they have held up to three years of living and working outside even covered in snow and salt.
 
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