Tire Irons

[Raven927]

Would these make good zombie bashers.

[nicklefish]

Not idealy. Common sense says that anything made of metal with a good heft will cave in a skull with enough force. Tire irons seem unweildy to me, due mostly to the fact that it's a giant plus sign. With four "arms" of equal lenght jutting out in opposite directions, I think you'd be better of with a lead pipe. If worse comes to worse, then it'd be better to have than nothing, but first chance you get, ditch it for something better. Besides, you should have a crowbar handy at all times.

[TDW586]

Not idealy. Common sense says that anything made of metal with a good heft will cave in a skull with enough force. Tire irons seem unweildy to me, due mostly to the fact that it's a giant plus sign. With four "arms" of equal lenght jutting out in opposite directions, I think you'd be better of with a lead pipe. If worse comes to worse, then it'd be better to have than nothing, but first chance you get, ditch it for something better. Besides, you should have a crowbar handy at all times.

You're thinking of a four-way lug wrench.



I beleive the poster was thinking of a traditional tire iron, like this

[nicklefish]

My bad. In that case, hell yea. I'd still ditch it for a crowbar though.

[Mirror-Saw]

My tire iron doesn't look quite so much like a capital L. The head part is closer to the handle, so i think it'd be just slightly easyer to sink a good shot to a zombie brain with. It also has a big flat head screwdriver end on it, so i could use it as a pry bar. If i can find it, that is.

[Raven927]

Not idealy. Common sense says that anything made of metal with a good heft will cave in a skull with enough force. Tire irons seem unweildy to me, due mostly to the fact that it's a giant plus sign. With four "arms" of equal lenght jutting out in opposite directions, I think you'd be better of with a lead pipe. If worse comes to worse, then it'd be better to have than nothing, but first chance you get, ditch it for something better. Besides, you should have a crowbar handy at all times.

You're thinking of a four-way lug wrench.



I beleive the poster was thinking of a traditional tire iron, like this

mine looks just like the L shaped one excpt it has a sharp edge on the bottom

[CLEAR CUT]

The "Screw-Driver" or "Sharpened" end is for the easy removal of hubcaps. Another suggestion for those with "L-Shaped" lug wrenches is to carry a length of pipe that the lug wrench slips into to give you better leverage. There's nothing worse than getting a flat in winter or the rain and realizing the lugs have been impacted on. This little trick can save you some time and effort.

[randomusername]

My blazer came with a beautiful "L" shaped, heres a pic of it.



You may not be able to see from that angle, but the long end of it is a wedge, that can be used very similarly to a crowbar. I plan to use this as a backup for my crowbar if anything ever happens to it.

[olaf_yahoo]

You know you could slice the nut end off and grind it into a very nice spike. Wack the zombies with the curved side, brain them with the spike or jab an eye out with the long end. I bought several at a re tool store for peanuts and did this.

[Bear_B]

Any strictly metal weapon like a tire iron is likely to get slippery when you hand is covered in sweat or blood.


Better to have something wrapped in friction tape.

[olaf_yahoo]

A good point

[Raven927]

Gallagher that's just what mine looks like.

[unodiablo]

Another thing that works well for grips on customized weapons like this - two bmx bicycle grips put end to end, so the flanges are on the top and bottom. You can cut them to your preferred length, or leave them uncut for two handed grip. (Golf grips might work for this as well, but I get bike grips off bikes at the dump for free, and they have the big flange on the end)

You can increase the crowbar or tire iron to the correct thickness for the grips with friction or duct tape, then slip the grips on, and reinforce the ends with more tape so the grips never slip. The grips provide traction, and the flanges keep your hand from slipping off the grips. (Into slippery metal covered in bloody zombie goo.)

If I would take the time to figure out posting pics, I could post a pic of my crowbar with this style of grips on it. Clear Cut gave me some instructions on it, but it was over on AZTEC, and that frickin' server is down again.