RainSupreme

Woke up this morning to a knock on the door by a police officer asking me if I own a silver TL, I said I do and he then said "your rims have been stolen" WTF!!!!

nate_0022

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WTF is wrong with people these days! That's shitty luck man.

justnspace

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what kind of rims were they?


sorry for your loss

2008whiteTL

Wow that sucks !!! Ur wheels are on criagslist now ...

SharksBreath

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sorry man...this is happening way too much recently.

wheel locks?
any other damage done?
what kind of wheels?

RainSupreme

They were the OEM Type-S

pawelTL6MT

Did you have wheel locks?
I'm sure they can still get through those, but just wondering.

Sorry to hear

RainSupreme

Had the Acura OEM wheel locks on, didn't stop them! The car is riding on cinder blocks and the plactic molding is bent up where the car is sitting. The front rotors are trased as they are sitting on them and who know what other damage, I'm assuming they just let the front end slam down.

pawelTL6MT

holy shit!
hope the shleprocks that stole them end up in a federal pound in the ass prison!

justnspace

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is this outside of an apartment complex?

cipdagr3at

you should check craigslist, and see if they there and contact the police samething happend to my bro cars.. Dudes got caught and the rims return nypd ftw!!!!

jimsta

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Ouch man, that sucks! This is BS that people are still stealing these things.

dinks07

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damm man that sucks hope they get caught

dontTL'em'nothing

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Sorry to see this man. hopefully they get what they deserve

Flipster23

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this is happening way to much gawww damn!!

VQPower37

damn man sorry to c this ... hope ur insurance takes care of u

RainSupreme

Yep. They also jacked a Civic Si for his rims too!

BuffBakerGA

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Look on the bright side... Your car is lowered That sux man.

RainSupreme

I know right! It give me an idea of how I want it to look...it does suck but what can you do, that's what you pay insurance for!

jamesl5385

DAMN Sorry to hear about that man. Hope they get the bastards.

av2600

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sorry for the loss... you said you had wheel locks? Does anyone know if there any other locks that would provide more protection? I was about to order the acura wheel locks... but am hesitant now....

csmeance

If you guys are really worried about your wheels and ever want a better chance at finding them, think about "marking" your wheels.

The easiest thing to do is probably sharpie in a random number/letter combo on the inside of the wheels on the back of a spoke. If you want something a bit more permanent, you can buy an etching tool and etch the last 5 of your VIN or something into them.

Even if the crooks know about this, you'll see sanding marks from either removing the sharpie or marks from them trying to get rid of the etching. If you want to be a bit more secure, you can do it on the inside of the wheels under the tire so the tires would need to be dismounted to ever find them.

VQPower37

^ thats a great idea, seems like its a necessity with how wheels are being stolen on the regular these days

A SiQ TL

Damn, it's bad enough someone stole them, but they had to trash the car by dumping/leaving it on the ground too. That would piss me off more.

FaFaFooey

That's such a sick feeling coming out of your house and seeing your car jacked. Sorry to hear. Hope they find the bastards.

RainSupreme

I understand that living in the city I am always taking a chance of having something nice...I was hoping the the wheel locks would prevent this, out of all the lugs laying on the ground the locking nut is missing from all four, don't know what I am gonna do when I get it back...thinking at least two or three locking lugs. As for catching the guys, fat chance, I hate to say it but it honestly is! Good idea on marking the rims, I'll be sure to do this on my new set!

rockstar143

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that's cute...and they only used the bricks to make sure they could get the jack out for the front. What jerks!

lummer23

Wow.. always thought the wheel locks would prevent shitheads from doing this...

Dino81

Wheel locks will only slow someone down, they probably either beat a socket over the locks, or they do make a tool to get off stripped nuts/locking lugs...I have one from snap-on..

Anyways sorry for ur loss......theiving bastards!

rksokol

Sorry about your bad luck. I would def. go on craigslist or eBay and scout out those rims.

mau108

ah don't be a detective and get your self in trouble. This is what insurance is for, get new rims, new lock/lug nuts and let it be.

I'm sure it is a hassle but there isn't much you can do other then installing a Compustar alarm with tilt sensor.

av2600

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this is interesting.... so they left all the lug nuts except the locks?

JWTL04

Now thats what i call a tail dragger. That sucks man.

This happen to a buddy of mine and ever since he has bought 5 different sets ofwheel locks and used one of each set per wheel. Its a pain for removing his rims but since then someone has tried 3 different times to steal his rims and have not been successful. Twice the guys were caught.

SimonCL-S6

That sucks. The hottest mod right now should be surveillance cameras in the sideview mirrors.

ez12a

now what i've read is that they just get a cheap hex socket and hammer the thing onto your lock lug, then use a wrench. basically negates the whole special lock.

if you had 5 different lock lugs then that would slow them down in a sense that they would have to have 20 cheap sockets to waste.

Pharonocon

If you don't have an aftermarket alarm, I would consider getting one if your gunna park out in the open. I am sure you already thought about that, but just throwing out there.

Luckily I have a garage, but am still considering an alarm since I want remote start anyway.

Sorry for the loss. Hope they catch those losers.

ACOSTA911

damn dude im sorry to hear that. i see this tis everydy wher i work. check your local pawn and rim shops coz these kids doin this are only out to make a quick buck. take the case nuber from the police report and bring it to the property manager and ask them whats being done to help prevent this problem from occuring again. like more lighting or cameras or a secruity company. best thingi can tell you to try and prevent this is parkin a well lightd area, lots of foot traffic an alarm and or buy a sniper gun and take them out fom the window =p

murph145

man i cant believe people are that ballsy to do this in an open place and not be worried about someone seeing them... i guess most passer bys would turn a blind eye because thats how this world is these days..

I had a lowered truck in a community apartment complex garage get broken into "smached window" stole my cd deck and sub and the car next to mine got stolen... i printed a note warning everyone about this and some chick had the nerve to say "I don't care, it didn't happen to my car"

F'n people sorry for your loss shit like this makes me mad!

JWTL04

Dude i have an M107A1 I will sell you.

ionojimbo

buy different wheel locks for each one next time i guess