Wheels stolen :(
 

Car left on bricks, much like the other posts here regarding stolen wheels.

Already filed police report and contacted insurance, is there anything else I should do?

Anyone have recommendations on alarm systems that will prevent this from happening in the future?

Damn dude that sucks. I am sure they'll end up on Craigslist.

if you have an auto, a shock sensor alarm would be good.


Someone I know had his 20" forged rims stolen in the DC/MD/VA area. he found the guy who stole it and the cops did nothing.

No wheel locks?

That's not going to do anything if they want them badly enough.

The only real way to stop them is to shoot on sight. :shakes head:

:iagree: maybe a motion activated sentry with a pair of Gatling guns.

Sorry to see that, the good thing is your Ins will take care of it, but it Suks nonetheless :(

Ask Jeffblue for advice. He had the same thing happen to his back wheels.

So many 370 wheels get stolen, we are going to need our own section for it soon :shakes head:

Sorry to hear man.

For some reason, seeing the Z left on bricks hurts more than the idea of the wheels being stolen. It hurts so bad to see it sitting there on those bricks.

Sorry to hear man. My fiance wants me to park my Z in the driveway, instead of in the garage to make room for her SUV. This is precisely the reason why I don't.

:shakes head: no driveway, put your foot down :p

Why why why!!!

That sucks man, sorry to hear

Well look at it as an insurance funded set of new rims and tires. Ones that you pick out.

Oh now isn't that a +1 rep, then :tiphat:

Waaaaat?????

I just lost all the respect for her that I had after the shifter incident!!!! :mad:

Hm.. will they have to be the OEM rims or can I go for after market rims?

LOL!!!


P.S. She still thinks the vibration is sexy, hahahaha. :icon23:

If he has no similar claims that would cause them to raise an eyebrow, he should be able to just get the cash for them, which he can use to spend however he wants.

Sorry to hear of your loss. Same thing happened to my last vehicle last year.

What to do? Make a plan for getting wheels back on it. Stock wheels will be delivered to the dealer not your home. You'll need a means of transporting them to you since you're vehicle is immobile. Once you have the new wheels do you have the tools to mount them? In my case the insurance company allowed me to replace my stolen wheels with aftermarkets as long as the cost did not exceed the oem replacement cost. Used Tirerack and had them delivered to my home. Used a tow company to assist with the install.

Preventing? Almost impossible. My advice is to think like a thief. They want to be quick and quiet. Anything you get to slow them down and make noise is a plus and encourages them to move to an easier target.

Depends on your insurance company. Most of the time they will just cut a check for replacement cost of the item that was stolen. You then take the money and but the wheels you want.

Yet look at where he was parked! I'm like WTF nobody saw anything unusual going on?:shakes head:

That is so F'ed up!

What about damage to the undercarriage/suspension and alignment?

Mine was on blocks same as yours. Aside from the wheels no additional damage was done to vehicle (or atleast found). I asked the dealer to run some checks when I took it in to have the new tire pressure sensors paired to the vehicle.

it aggrivates me so much to see our cars like that. Every night that i go out to my driveway to put the garbage out or something, i walk past where i used to park my Z (before i garaged it for the 3 days it was outside of my house) and just wonder what kind of spineless piece of **** does this, and how they rationalize it. For future, get a viper alarm with a tilt sensor, how much range you want is your call. i got smart start just for the added range. Make sure your tilt sensor is set pretty sensitive though, they don't need much clearance to get your wheels off. Its not the same kind of thing as when you change your wheels. They need a tiny bit of room and sometimes they can just slide bricks under and deflate your tires.

These people have almost ruined my enjoyment of this car. I am constantly paranoid about it if its not in my garage. I dont want to go to the mall or movies or beach or any place where its not in eyesight.

now i'm worried that when i get aftermarket wheels, i'll be screwed b/c if i want them replaced i will have to wait so long. It makes me just want to put hub caps on my car because these people will steal anything else.

has anyone here ever had aftermarket rims stolen? were they covered by ins?

Good luck with your situation, and i'd take the money if i was you. If you think this will happen again just get the OEM wheels again. If you aren't worried, get some thing real nice. Just keep in mind, the scariest part is these people know where you live, and once you get the wheels put on they can come back and do it again. dont have your wheels replaced until you have an alarm lined up and ready to install that day.... sorry for rambling.

true that. the only place i never worry about it is in my garage. when i park at work i can look out the window and see it so i'm not worried there either. I guess my paranoia will prevent me from parking in places where i'll get dings and stuff so its no the end of the world.


OP call around now and find local installers. Use the viper website Viper - Store Locator to find a local shop and get some quotes. They will most likely have to order the kit you want so get moving on this now. It will probably run you around 1k all in (more or less depending on what features you go with/remote start/smart start/add ons etc)

Glad I have wheel locks...makes it harder for the thieves.

they don't. and our OEM **** locks are the worst. They only stop honest people. Its easy to get them off with bolt with reverse teeth that slice right into the lock to grip it and turn it as if it wasn't even there.

a fellow member had his stolen with the locks installed.

The only ones i've seen that seem to be impossible to get off are called "black top wheel locks"
http://www.concept1.ca/images/BT%20lock%20wkeys.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...eel-locks.html



Unfortunately they are only made for german spec wheel bolts/lug nuts. Are there any lug nuts out there that would essentially have the bolt head size of the german style bolts but would fit on our Japanese cars? I emailed the company that sells these to ask, but if anyone else knows please shed some light. It seems like these wheel locks could actually do what they are advertised and make it impossible to get the wheel off.

How about rigging an exposed wire that runs from the battery to the lugs!

dude some guy came on the forum yesterday who said he drove a G35 but he had a brand new set of rays 19" for sale in your area i believe for a 1000 flat with tires tpms. We asked why they were so cheap and then he raised them to 1600 and then deleted the post.

It makes me sick to read these threads when they pop up. What is wrong with these people!?!?!

Sorry about your wheels/rims :(

http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...els-tires.html

This was the thread

Kill silversurfer and pick up your rims. Problem (and others' problems) solved.

Is it just me, or is anybody else sick and tired of people stealing stuff? Are there no morals anymore?

what are we to do when the police don't do anything? I had the address and phone number of the guy who stole my wheels and the police said it was too speculative.

any thoughts on the lugs for those locks i mentioned? i Think these locks could be a solution. if we get enough interest maybe they'd make a Japanese spec one. unlike the typical wheel locks, this design seems like they actually work.

its funny. people could steal their own wheels and file a false police report and insurance claim and make off with 4k, plus selling their wheels. Of course that's illegal, and insurance companies/police would totally catch you if you did that. However, they are perfectly content paying claims and having theives make off with all the profit?

US justice systems is unfair and there are crooks everywhere. Heresy is not enough probable cause to make a charge. You should check out the movie "Law Abiding Citizen".

how did you find them?

The police came out and finger printed the entire outside of my truck when they stole my SRT wheels. They followed up by sending a guy out to collect the video we had of them taking them right out of the driveway and they followed up a couple days later to get some photos of the wheels so they could take them around to pawn shops and such.

I still haven't heard anything since them and this was back in April. Bad part is that like others have said, they can always come back for them again. And I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think the insurance company will keep paying the tab. I'd LOVE to catch someone trying to take my rims. I leave for work very early in the AM and the best thing ever would be to come out and see them trying to get my rims.

As for the alarm, if the tilt is sensitive it will work. There is no way they are going to put a brick under the car and then let the air out. Try it, and I promise you, you won't be able to pull that wheel off very easily. They have to jack it up, and with that, they have to jack it up far enough to take the "slack" out of the suspension before the tire comes off the ground so it should work.

As for the wheel locks, don't kid yourself. they might stop the random kid next door, but someone that is doing this for a living will have a socket to happen on the lug and take it off, or they have thing that looks like a socket but with a wedge piece inside. They hammer that on and it splits the lug right in half.

As for the insurance, it depends on your insurance I guess, but when mine were stolen Progressive cut me a check the next day. It was then up to me to actually buy the wheels, tires, lugs, TPS, have them mounted and get them back on the truck. Depending on what you can get the new wheels/tires and such for you could come out ahead of the game but probably not by much.

Police came, said it was a professional job, left no prints and was probably in and out of there in less than 10 minutes.

The sad thing is, this area has had no crime in the last 30 years the neighborhood was built. Police said the only things he ever came to this area for in the past 3 years with the county was for parties. There's recently been a construction crew working on the parking lot and all fingers really point to them. Even worse... it only perpetuates the stereotype of the poorer class workers (african american/hispanic) who resort to this type of activity because it's a predominately caucasian/asian community.

I'm looking for suggestions for a new set of wheels though: http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...els-tires.html I'd appreciate any suggestions.