MY WHEELS GOT JACKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who steals stock wheels?!

and....

they only stole two cause they couldn't get the others off cause I was really close to the curb.

It's sittin on bricks in front of my house...

 

damm thats some bad luck.. u should think about puttin some locks on it

 

ouch. check the FS section for some replacements!

good luck

 

stock tl or type-s, i feel your pain bro my type-s wheels got stolen last month and they took all four right out of my driveway. Hopefullyinsurance will take care of it quickly and you'll be back on the road soon.

 

damn kid... wheel locks done work by the way

 

thats messed up. Hopefully insurance will take care of it.

 

that sucks man, good luck

 

Sorry to hear that. Where in TX did this happen? Good luck with replacements.

 

X2... sorry to hear.

 

That sucks man! Get an alarm with a tilt sensor!

 

Not necessarily. All they have to do is hammer any wheel lock-key onto yours and spin the lugnut off.

OP, sorry about the wheels - insurance should cover it.

 

^ I think he meant "don't" work...

 

Sorry about that. check ur local craigslist

 

Ah, that makes a whole lot more sense.

 

i call it karma

hopefully i didnt jinx myself LOL

 

now im really gonna put wheel locks on; also wondering what part of texas

 

danggg sorry to hear man. gotta look into an after market alarm with tilt sensor

 

WOW that is crazy. but i can tell u who kind of a person took them.............a crackhead.......lol.

 

um yea, don't bother with the wheel locks, if someone wants your wheels bad enough they will get them off. Also they sell something for like $12 on ebay that will take wheel locks off, no idea what it is called but I have seen it.

and like someone else said check your local craigslist but chances are they will be sold on the street.

sorry to hear about this though, that really sucks!

 

Tis the season, with summer around the corner and everyone getting their rides ready for the summer we should all be warned by this. Im assuming we'll be seeing alot of these threads next months coming. Be aware guys/gals careful where you park, careful of being followed cause all they gotta do is follow you to your destination and BAM gone. Just my opinion. Good luck and godspeed to those that still have our shoes.

 

For all interested in the digital tilt motion sensor, if you have a Directed branded alarm/remote start, the model # is 507m -- goes for about $35ish (looking on ebay) and is definitely worth getting.

 

Wow, I feel for you. I almost got my 99 Honda Civic Si stolen right in front of my house in the middle of the night. If it wasn't for Autolock they would have taken it. The dumbass that broke into the car didn't realize it was there and went thru the trouble of taking my whole ignition system apart which ended up costing me like $500. And like other people have mentioned, wheel locks won't work. All those do is slow them down. Get a good alarm and turn your steering wheel to the extreme left or right. Good luck!

 

what does the turning of the wheel do? to lock the wheel?

 

damn.... another one bites the dust.... people are trifling..... running around stealing wheels..... thieves now hear this..... GET A FKN LIFE AND GET UR OWN WHEELS THE LEGIT WAY!!!!!

dont mind me guys just had to vent, but to the op good luck with getting ur replacements

 

wow i totally posted this in the wrong thread. im sorry. note to self: dont post on a/z drunk lol.

sorry to hear what happen

 

Wow..another wheel stolen incident...wth is going on...

 

Couldn't edit my other post but I just saw your WTB thread, they stole your STOCK TL 04-06 rims which makes it even worse...those things can be had for $4-500 with tires and all man...what douche bags.

And they put the bricks right under your rotor which is really fuqed up man... They could have at least put the bricks at the jack points....

Wow, just thinking about it more pisses me off.. i hope they rot or kharma bites their nuts off!

 

The thing is that when you have custom wheels you are always aware that there is a risk that someone is going to try and steal them but with stock wheels you think you are safe, but in reality it has gotten to a point where it doesn't make sense. I had stock wheels and they got jacked now i'm paranoid in my own house, and i have to go through the trouble of moving 2 cars out of the way every morning because I have to park my TL in the garage.

 

I guess I don't have to worry about anyone stealing the rims on my TL, since my wife has managed to scrape up the entire circumference of each wheel on a curb... *sob*

She did a doozie on the front passenger one last friday... Managed to scrape one of the spokes

(One of these days, probably pretty soon, I'll be trying my hand at a DIY repair job, based on one of the other threads)

 

they just tried to get me last night. and at that they tried all 4 at once but I think something spooked them or they weren't prepared for it. and as for locks they only work to an extent.

 

I've got gorilla locks.

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/gorilla.locks

But take a look at them, the original locks... Are not locks, they are not SAE or Metric heads. Everyone has a key to these.

The Guard Lock Are actually better (and work on factory rims). The outside turns so vise grips cant take them off.

Also your homeowners could/should cover this.. But the deductible might be a lot higher.

 

never heard of the gorilla locks but i like the concept, just ordered a set for 13.99 to go along the OEM ones

 

which would be the correct ones to order?

 

i ordered the gorilla guard locks 12 x 1.25

 

since im new to this generation of TL's which rims are the ones being stolen?
Are these the factory ones on the model TL type S?

 

I think the OP is a little busy trying to find some wheels for his car. In the meantime, I'll help out by answering some of his questions here. I don't personally know the OP, but I did some searches on his behalf.

I found his location from another thread:

It's in the Dallas area.


And the sad pics of his TL

 

I think you need the 12 by 1.5. Someone can chime in if I am wrong.

 

i think you're right can someone confirm

 

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/pdf/07AppGuideV2.pdf

page 3 ... All Acura models except RL (05-Present) are 12x1.50

 

man...a lot of theft recently