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Drivers with aftermarket RIM's BEWARE

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Old 03-16-2011, 09:59 PM
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Update. My connect has informed me that your not the only one that got hit in the same area. A couple of people had there wheels stolen. He said hes trying to see if he hears anything. And he knows alot of people. He throws the Headlight Theory Meets. He said hes going to keep an eye out and he'll keep me informed. Once again sorry for your loss bud...
Thank you very much.... greatly appreciated.
 
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Old 03-16-2011, 10:37 PM
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Holy SH** that sucks. Im not really sure what Id do if I found someone trying to steal my wheels let alone a nice set of aftermarket wheels.
Hope you find these scumbags or your wheels.
 
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this is a sad story. it makes me glad my G sits in a garage.
 
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Thats why I have Mcguard spline drive lugnuts and locks, viper 5901 two system, digital tilt sensor, glass breaksensor, shock sensor, back up battery, back up battery siren. I also have a dog that barks over here and bites over there (Glock 21).
 
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Sorry to hear man.

Definitely need to invest in some quality locking lugs.
 
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That sucks ***!! Man if u can avoid parking in the street please do it!! Always park in a driveway!!
 
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Locking lugs can be defeated. Low end thieves will use an undersized socket and hammer it on to the locking lug to twist it off. This damages the socket and only works half the time. Snap-on also sells a locking lug remover kit for about $400 that higher end thieves will use.

Since I am aware of this I decided to get 4 sets of locking lugs($100), so that all lug nuts require a key. This may not stop a dedicated rim stealer but it will surely have him second guess the work of taking my wheels when the idiot down the street has no locking lugs on his car. Also most thieves using the hammer socket trick only carry 3-4 disposable sockets, carrying 20 is probably not going to happen.
 
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Locking lugs can be defeated. Low end thieves will use an undersized socket and hammer it on to the locking lug to twist it off. This damages the socket and only works half the time. Snap-on also sells a locking lug remover kit for about $400 that higher end thieves will use.

Since I am aware of this I decided to get 4 sets of locking lugs($100), so that all lug nuts require a key. This may not stop a dedicated rim stealer but it will surely have him second guess the work of taking my wheels when the idiot down the street has no locking lugs on his car. Also most thieves using the hammer socket trick only carry 3-4 disposable sockets, carrying 20 is probably not going to happen.
 
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Originally Posted by G35pwrd
Thats why I have Mcguard spline drive lugnuts and locks, viper 5901 two system, digital tilt sensor, glass breaksensor, shock sensor, back up battery, back up battery siren. I also have a dog that barks over here and bites over there (Glock 21).
I need a viper and a siren or anything with bells and whistles that'll wake my *** up in time for me to catch them in the act

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That sucks ***!! Man if u can avoid parking in the street please do it!! Always park in a driveway!!
I used to park in the driveway but it became to inconvenient for me to have to move the car parked rear of mine whenever i need to get out and re-park that car. But I should do it again since it's safer...

Originally Posted by Machine Head
Locking lugs can be defeated. Low end thieves will use an undersized socket and hammer it on to the locking lug to twist it off. This damages the socket and only works half the time. Snap-on also sells a locking lug remover kit for about $400 that higher end thieves will use.

Since I am aware of this I decided to get 4 sets of locking lugs($100), so that all lug nuts require a key. This may not stop a dedicated rim stealer but it will surely have him second guess the work of taking my wheels when the idiot down the street has no locking lugs on his car. Also most thieves using the hammer socket trick only carry 3-4 disposable sockets, carrying 20 is probably not going to happen.
$100 locking lugs - I need these!!!
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:25 AM
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Damn, that sucks. I know how it feels. I used to have a G20 with aftermarket wheels, same thing happen. All 4 of the wheels were stolen and my car was put on 2 bricks. Those scumbags need to go out and get a f.....g job, instead of risking themselves stealing wheels for a living.
 
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Angry Keep an eye on the usual fencing sites...

This site is an improved Craigslist search...

http://claz.org/flushing-ny/all.html...R+rims%29&m=25
 
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Originally Posted by 2006g35sedan
This site is an improved Craigslist search...

http://claz.org/flushing-ny/all.html...R+rims%29&m=25
Don't see them there. I did see a post on cl yesterday which were being sold in different county. The post was added a few hours after the wheels were stolen. Just checked again but the post is gone. hmmm.....
 
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wow, sorry to see this. One of the reasons i sold my 20s and went to the cheapest OEM wheels. Living in NYC you can't have anything nice unless you have a garage even then its still not safe!
 
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that totally sux, that happened to a bmw in my complex and absolutely nothing you can do unless you have camera footage otherwise u SOL..
 
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sorry to see this happen.
 


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