Stolen Wheels!!!!! ANGRY

Jeffblue

Good Point, I guess the idea is, if my alarm starts going off they'll leave and victimize an easier target. However, if my alarm goes off i will know, no matter how far i am bc of the viper smart start

Jeffblue

Woops, double post, mod please delete one. On forum from iPhone

ZedZed

'Edit' button under your post --> 'delete' button --> done

PapoZalsa

I believe you need to be a Premium Member to be able to delete your post.

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sonic370

You know if they want them they got'em.

Whats hard to understand is the sports package is a 3000 upgrade
but the wheels are 975.00 each! and the package includes more than
just the rims.

Jeffblue

Well true, the wheels are worth 975 each, however, the only people actually paying that are insurance companies. NO one is going to buy our OEM rays even BRAND new for 975. So yes, the sports package is 3000, and the wheels supposedly cost 975, but no one pays that for them. Not the mention the a$$holes that steal them usually dump the whole set for like 1000 dollars!

ZedZed

It seems to work, I tested and was able to delete my own post

Jeffblue

What kind of member do you have to be in order to take the picture someone else posted of a carbon fiber wheel and replace it with one of a kitten?

3SeventyZ

Man that's a sad sight to see..

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Jeffblue

Here are the pics with the 18x8.5 +45 Chrome wheels i took off my altima. i needed to put something on to get it on the truck and they were just handy. They are hellatucked, not pretty.

rha600

Jeffblue, sorry to see those pics. Same thing happened to my Jeep back in April.

We had it all on video too, 2:00am in the morning 3 guys came into the driveway, jacked the jeep up, took all four wheels and were gone in 10 minutes. They set the truck down on garden landscaping type bricks on the rotors. Insurance check was $8500 after my deductable.

I typically drive my civic when I go to the movies and that sort of thing (that has been broken into as well at the movies). That's the one thing that will suck when I upgrade it to a 370, I won't have a "beater" to drive.

oh, btw....about etching something. When I got the new wheels I etched "Stolen! These wheels belong to...please call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX if these are found"

I figured if the theives sell the wheels/tires, eventually that person is going to need new ones and just maybe the guy at the tire store will be honest. Also, if the cops ever do find the, they will either have that etched inside or will have a really big area that's been sanded down.

Jeffblue

Unfortunately, the person who purchases the stolen wheels will not have good title. Therefore, if they were to buy your wheels and then realize they were stolen, if they did the right thing they'd be out their money and out the wheels. The only way it would work out is if the person saw it when they went to buy them and then called you. I think doing something more inconspicuous might be better, like some sort of serial number, or your plate number, but do it in a uniform way so that the thief wouldn't just think to sand it down right away.


as far as your experience, did anything come of the tape? did the police do anyting? did they catch them? my family thought about putting up surveilance cameras, but realized that all it would mean is we'd get it on video, and then the police still wouldn't do anything.

Sibze

lol Jeffblue, those pics look great!

Sorry I haven't read through all the pages. When do you expect to get new ones?

rha600

well in my case the tires are on the wheels and the etching is inside the tire...so the person buying the wheels/tires won't see the etching. I'm hoping that when the tires wear down and they get new ones they will go to the local Sears or Goodyear place and HOPEFULLY the guy doing the work will see it.

No, I mean the video does show a white panel van and a dark colored (it was night and on the IR camera) sedan go buy just before and just after they took the wheels. Not a single car drove past other than those two in a 5 hour window that we watched. anyway, the video shows the guys but like I told the cop, it's not like they are wearing name tags so yeah, it shows them, but until they get caught for something else it's not really helping us.

Jeffblue

yea thats what i figured.

i'm just saying the thing with the tire shop is, if some guy at the tire shop is changing the wheels, he'd probably care more about getting paid by the person who brought the wheels over than ratting them out.