I use the System by Gorilla.. it makes ALL of your lugnuts wheel locks not just one. No way they're going to have enough 12 point sockets to steal my rims! And if they do, they prolly need it more than me!

 

Got my wheels jacked this year too in Chicago (northwest sider as well but not jeff park). All three of ours happened this year within ~3-4 months of one another, so probably the same guys. In my case, cops didn't care. Be careful near Pulaski/Lawrence (Jeff Park isn't too far from there).

 

I bet that shop was hoping to give you cheap replicas and charge the insurance for the more expensive OEM wheels and keep the difference. Every time I have to deal with a body shop I get the impression they are just as big of criminals as the wheel thieves are.

 

That was my initial impression, but I asked for a copy of the invoice and it looks like the scammers in this situation were the distributor from who the shop gets their wheels. In fact, after I complained about the so called replicas, the shop re-submitted an estimate to State Farm that was $2k~ higher than the original to get new ones. I'm really lucky with the way this worked out for me.

Thanks for all the love from everyone! Where the heck are all you Chicago guys and why don't we have a local AZ crew? :-P

 

Vlad, sorry about your wheels. The pictures were grotesque.

Where do I sign up?

 

I know this may be off topic can we just look at the bending capabilities of those sideskirts, theyre is no cracking and the whole cars weight is on there.
On topic though sorry man, really sucks, i need to get some wheel locks for the ratchet streets of tucson.

 

Man, that sucks. Even though I have the stock 2006 on right now, I still park the car in the garage all the time even if I have to leave the house in next 5-10 min. Hope everything worked up well for you.

 

Any review on the rim lox OP? I think you said you would put up some thoughts

 

Haha yes. Thanks for holding my feet to the fire. I'll put something up this weekend as I'll have a chance to take them off and snap some pics. In a word: satisfied. Definitely worth the price if you have expensive tires/wheels.

 

Just did a write up of the Rimlox. Sorry for the delay. Life keeps getting in the way of Acurazine.

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-97/rimlox-907808/

 

Out here in Toronto, I'm starting to see A LOT of type s wheels on Accords, as well as the stock 04-06 wheels on them as well as civics and RSX's.

it's a shame these fuckers hit you up.

 

A ton of people are being hit in Chicago lately. I've seen it on some other forums and all over Facebook. Guess it's not as uncommon as I thought.

I found guitarplayer16's sensor thread so I'll just leave it here for anyone else reading this in the future.

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/%5Bdiy%5D-add-some-security-shock-sensors-factory-alarm-855658/

 

Scumbags man. I hope they get caught. I have wheel locks in my glove box for my type S, and don't use them. This makes me really think about using them! Sorry this happened and glad the insurance is covering.

 

Thanks! This has been resolved for a while. The thieves won't get caught unless someone catches them in the act. The police simply don't care. The law is powerless to help you, but not to punish you.

Use your wheel locks dude!

 

I actually looked man, I just went out to my car and checked. The wheels (18" A-spec wheels) have wheel locks on them already! I knew I had them, but that was the lug nuts in the wheel lock package, so they are already on my wheels! I just need to find the key again!

They will get caught bro, sooner or later, everybody reaps what they sow sooner or later.

 

chicago thieves strike again: https://acurazine.com/forums/tires-w...-night-922423/

 

wow all of the pictures in this thread look so bad... I got the stock wheels so I am not worried about them being stolen. However I got this nice surveillance camera outside of my building because my neighbor was throwing some s&*t on my cars and I wanted to get him

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Always sucks to see these kinds of posts, I feel bad for you man. Hopefully the thieves get what they deserve.

 

Damn thats an awesome day image but how is the night surveillance?

 

which wheel locks actually work tho? My bros and I had wheel locks on our older cars and they were still able to take the wheels. Factory lock suck, after market locks suck..

So what actually works???

 

Here is how it looks at night I was checking up the tints.... I got a ticket today for mine 13% all around and just got done 35.....

 

RIMLOX actually works. But it's really expensive and kind of a pain to remove. And it's also a pain to have to ship them your key every time you use it just to keep their guarantee of replacing your wheels if they ever get stolen.

 

Unfortunately I have all those pics beat…. Kidnapped from my garage in the middle of the night.

 

^ wow people are savages

 

Sorry to hear, OP.

Ditto on the car thieves in Chicago.. my old car got stolen in front of my own damn house 3 years ago (Harlem/Addison). It was an 01 Corolla piece of shit, but it was still my piece of shit. I've since moved up near Wrigley and I have to park my TL on the street. Kills me every time I turn it off for the night.

I'll keep on the lookout for type-s rims as well and will post if I see anything.

 

HOLY FUCK that integra

 

Wait - they took your car out of your garage?? Garage attached to your house or do you live in a complex where there is a large parking garage? Was the garage locked? Car locked? Sorry to see what happened nonetheless

 

Thats crazy bro, I just saw this on Honda-Tech about 2 days ago, sorry to hear. If your able to buy back lmk I would be interested in buying.

 

Garage is detached. Locked. They pried the steel door open and then pull the cord to open the garage. Car was not locked. But I did have The Club on the steering wheel and they snipped it. They must have used wheel dollies to maneuver it out. My TL was parked in front of the garage. Had it been closer to the garage, they prob would have broken in my TL and released the e-brake to move it back.

Car was found 3 days later in a garage. Interior completely stripped and gone. The hood and both bumpers are actually in the car. Engine was also recovered.

3 ppl were arrested on the spot for receiving/concealing stolen property, but were released 3 days later. It's up to the cops to link them via fingerprints on what was recovered before they can be charged. Innocent until proven guilty.…

My insurance, geico, had to wait for the police to be finished and moved it to Insurance Auto Auctions for their adjuster to review. He's already submitted his findings to his boss and is awaiting approval. I haven't told him of buying it back yet. Want to get the big number nailed down first.

 

 

Dude f*ck that innocent until proven guilty shit when you have a parted out car in a garage... That really sucks. Insurance money is good but we both know it'll never replace the time and TLC put into that teg. It looks real clean to boot... :/

 

That body looks flawless. Even if you reassemble her, she'll forever have that "dirty girl" VIN status what a mega bummer.

Many on here have never experienced or understand the joy an ITR brings. It is something truly special. Even more so when you realize it is 15 years old.

At least they didn't beat the shit out of her. I'd take that body as is, off your hands if I could. What a damn shame.

 

I'm surprised they didn't take the brake calipers.

 

Yikes!!! I need to get a 20 wheel lock set and a find a house with garage when I moved back to the urban area.

 

They took the 5 lug off and slapped their crappy 4 lug spindles on. They weren't quite finished or else it would have been in the street on donuts

 

It was a garage queen and I was perfectly happy just seeing it sit there.

It was very clean. Had only 85k miles. I had mint white 17" SSR Type Cs on it also. Just sad…

 

What...

 

I actually noticed that yesterday evening. I was like "those ssr wheels are five lug... What's going on. I was wondering if you had a '97 with a 4 lug setup, but I think that only happened in Japan(with the '96s I think).

So if the car was found, were all the parts found too?

 

I think my heart just cried! dude that is insane...sorry about your loss OP!

 

It's a 98.

Interior completely stripped. Only recovered engine/tranny with shift linkage still attached. Inside the car is the hood, both bumpers, and maybe the fenders. I didn't look super close.