pdpboy

2003 CL type-S Manual...

Just a warning to all my NYC fellows to watch out for their HIDS when parking by the WestSide. This happened a block away from the club that I was throwing a party at on 46th btw 10+11th Ave. The area was poorly lit and they housed my headlights in a blink of an eye. I believe these guys are very seasoned in stealing headlights. Who ever did this will pay by karma and burn in hell!

Sorry just pissed…

MSW 6SP

when i park in the city i always go to a garage. Thats just terrible though, sorry to hear about that

CleanCL

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wow, that's a clean steal. usually they mess EVERYTHING up. this sucks man, i think i saw a stock pair of HIDs on sale in the forums, but i'm sure insurance will cover everything.

CL Platano

Yeah that is a pretty clean job. Sorry to hear about that man.

GayLove

looks like he used a crowbar, insurance should cover it tho right?

mr5parkle

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that was professionally done, sorry to hear.

fuzzy02CLS

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Yeah pro's for sure with expereince on CL's. The hood & bumper look to be not damaged.

paulff3

This will give me nightmares. Sorry to hear what happened.

KahRupt-CL-S03

Damn that was clean, what a bastard! Garage your car from now on, good luck with that...

pdpboy

Thanks for the responses guys. Yes, insurance will cover it thank god but I do have to pay $1,000 deductible since I think this repair will be over 3 Gs. I will garage my car from now on when i'm going out.

MISTAZOOM

OMG, them bastards!!!

RaviNJCLs

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That sucks. That area of Manhattan is bad for parking. I park on the streets all the time. Word of advice to all you guys driving and parking around that area of the city, do yourself a favor, and drive up to 57th street and park between 10 Ave and 8th Ave, then take a cab. That area is a lot safer and parking is usually available.

uu

dude, Midtown west side close to West Side Highway is the one of the worst places to park cars, dark, very few people, dangerous, full of empty warehouses and god knows what the heck going on in it.

My apartment is around Murry Hill, it is pretty safe here, *knock on wood* I park my CLS in the neighborhood pretty often, hasn't had any problems yet.

Lord Helmet

Damn, that sucks bro! Good luck getting it resolved.

Excelerate

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That sucks. At least they didn't damage the hood too.

MarbleGT

looks like the tops of both quarters are bent up though.

R6BRI

Parking garages aren't much better. I parked my truck in a nyc garage over x-mas and when i came back to get it the bumper was half hanging off and dented. They immediatly said "that was there". took 3 months to get money from them to fix it. just a heads up if you ever go to a garage make sure you walk around the car and you sign that there was no damage.

Excelerate

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Oh yea, the fenders were bent back but the hood doesn't seem to be have touched. So at least he doesn't have to have work done on that too.

CQ7String

I assume those will end up on eBay, right? Where else would thieves sell CL HIDs?

I think we need to keep an eye on eBay and see if we can track the bastards down. Sorry to hear about this man.

Krazyandy

i just joined the stolen headlight gang. my car looks exactly the same as urs. i was in flushing queens tho. parked right on NORTHERN BLVD! freaking buzy street with so many cops.. and my headlights are gone. but i got damage on my hood and bumper too. these guys really f*cked up my car bad.. i got the estimate of 4300 from acura..

Allout

That bites the big one

I agree with the others. These guys definitely knew what they were doing. I don't think they were concerned about minimizing damage to the vehicle as much as minimizing damage to the HID's. Seeing those pics makes my stomach turn.

black_type-s

well, when my hids got stolen, it cost me 300 on ebay for the 2003 black housings, 525 for the 8000k hids n the whole kit from xtremelights.com and got it put in n my car painted for 400 totaling around 1300!!!

yo, im tellin u, get the parts from ebay or someshit and go to my boy, im in flushin too, mines got stolen, fenders bent... like i said before... 300 plus 50 shippin on ebay, 525 free shippin on xtremelights.com and have my boy paint it for u, he might charge u xtra, but u savin a good 2500-3000!!

CleanCL

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the sides of our bumpers can easily be unbolted giving enough room to reach the bolts holding the lower bracket. then they just peeled back the tips of the fenders to reach the top screws. if you want to give them a harder time and possible theft deterrent, i would replace the main screw that holds the bumper in the fender well with a torx security screw. and replace the top screws with the same. you may even be able to order security bolts that fit on the lower brackets. i'd sa maybe $5 worth of hardware and possibly saving you thousands. i'm in the city frequent enough, i may look into this.

Shawn S

I doubt that would help at all.
It might keep the thief from getting his prize, but I’m sure he’ll smash the crap out of the car if he can’t get the headlights out clean.

CL Platano

Exactly he won't realize you have these screws until he begins to steal them and once he realizes will begin to thrash your car. You may still have your lights but he'll most likely damage your hood and quarters. I hear in Queens though HiD theft is crazy.

F23A4

Along with the 2002-2003 Maxima/02-04 I35, the 2G CL/TL are cars to avoid ownership of in NYC for this specific reason.

Although my Maxima is garage kept nightly, it is unfortunate that I cannot take it certain places (NYC being one of those places).

CLPlatano, you are correct in your assertion of Queens being an HID theft hotspot. I cannot even bring my Murano to a Met game for fear of the chop shops across the street (from Shea) stripping my bixenons.

xenolite

Wow sorry to hear HID theft is so bad down there.
But business wise, I'm guessing people are buying stolen HIDs to repace thier own stolen HIDs.
How can they just keep selling these things?
Is everyone w/o HIDs getting HIDs?

Sims

sorry to hear about your ride man, that sucks - people have no respect for other peoples shit anymore

not really any way to trace them if the theif waits 6 months and puts them up on ebay.. would almost be smart to have a serial# or something like that laser etched or burnt into the casing... something that they'd have to wreck the light to be able to sand it off.... similar to our windows? if you get my drift..

unless they ARE marked and I'm just unaware --- dont have a big issue with HID theft up here.. plus I garage park too..

Rpappi

both sides are almost identical. that must have sucked to drive home after the party. there must be a way to stop them. ill park my car in a bad area. and have a Desert eagle with me and hide in the bushes. take them out one by one. soon they will get the message or all be killed off.

Titand19

There was a point a few years back when 150 bucks on the street could get you Maxima Housings, HID's and ballast. Not sure if things are still the same.

SirSixSpeed

I just got my CL-S, and this shit HORRIFIES me! I had no idea folks were stealing these damn lights. Seriously, there's gotta be some way to deter them from this...like some warning sticker that says "These lights are secured/theftproof" or something (which is incredibly corny, but damn!)

paulff3

Nissan did something like that on my sisters Maxima. There is a label on them that says "Protected by DOT system" or something like that.

Krazyandy

well.. the way they stole my housing. they just crowbard the sh*t out of it and broke all the brakets and housing in the proces.. all they wanted were teh ballast and bulbs.. so even if i would've tried to secure it.. they woulda just ripped it out anyways. the brackets are plastic in the end.. not steel

sik01cls

I really feel for you bro this sucks big time. Fuckni' CRACK-HEADZ!!!

EddieC

Is there a problem in the Brooklyn area for HID thefts? I'm there a lot and this is freaking me out!

smooth CL-in

I live in the Newark NJ area and a few years ago HID's were like crack. Everyone was feening for them. They would install them on any car. Even hoopties. Once in a while u see a car without headlights. I guess people realize there more of a hassle to own if you buy a stolen set. Its a bitch to take apart if u glued to fit it and bulbs and ballasts are expensive. Who wants to invest into something that's stolen???? Anyways, sorry for the lost. I would try adding a motion sensor to each headlight and some airhorns so if anyone does attempt to steal them the noise may deter the theives.