Rays GONE - Found my Z on cider blocks.
 

My sport rays gone. Happened a couple of days ago right in front of my house; still can't relate how upsetting this is considering I live in one of the quieter Chicago neighborhoods on a block where SIX CPD police officers reside!!

Evidence techs got some good prints off the car so I'm hopeful these pricks will be caught some day. Makes me feel a little better even though I know I'll never see my wheels again.

Looking for advice from anyone who has dealt with this. I now have an opportunity to go aftermarket, and am seriously considering that option.

My insurance people are supposed to come out today - any advice on that topic is also welcome.

I will update with pics tonight when I get home, even though it hurts to see..

Thanks, all!

sorry to hear. pickup the check, get some nice aftermarkets, get a tilt sensor alarm system. :)

Sorry to hear this but it sounds like your on the right path with ins and all

I'd only suggest that if you go aftermarket? That you insure the wheels so you're not screwed if it happens again.

I know its been a while since I've heard of this happen but its nothing new unfortunately.

I know how you feel man, but trust me things are about to get a little better. First, you gotta take care of all the logistics with your insurance. This happened in my old 350Z, and my insurance cut me a check for almost 4K, which was the price I was quoted from a local Nissan dealer. But I'm pretty sure these Rays are going to fetch a bit more. Once you get that check, you can buy a nice set of wheels and tires :tup:

jealous pieces of ****... sorry to hear that man!! +1 on a two way alarm...

Sorry to here that OP, some people in this world make me want to go :shakes head::gtfo2:...

What neighborhood so I know not to park my car there

Make sure your insurance adjuster inspects the bottom of your car for damage. There may be more to this than just the wheels. Good luck!

That alarm sounds like a great idea! And this happened in the Norwood Park neighborhood.

Good call.

Which part of chicago are you from? Should keep an eye on craigslist to see if they would sell it there.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/2790749522.html

Could those be yours? Those have Brigestone Potenza RE50A on it. It was also posted on the 9th.

sorry to hear, its sad specially that it happened right outside your house!

The rims I found are being sold right around your neighborhood too... Shiller park.

looks pretty possible...

Noorwood park. I have been checking Craigslist daily; above-linked were posted for sale a day before mine were stolen.

Keep an eye out on Craigslist, forums & Ebay

:-( Sorry to hear about that! Good luck!

Sorry to hear about that, +1 on the 2-way alarm

Holy crap! in norwood park?! I'd expect it in bridgeport but srsly! norwood park?!?! and they rimmed your car. damn.

l hate thieves, I hope those bastards get caught. :shakes head:

OP, you could use this opportunity to get new wheels, just talk to your ins. rep and see if they can just cut you a check for the price of the stockers (gonna be more than what you see them go for on here) and also find out if ins. will cover the aftermarket wheels and if so, how much more $$ will that cost you, if any.

I'm local too man.. fck theives. Sorry to hear dude..

Doesn't mean those aren't yours. They might have posted before they got them to cover it up. I doubt they took yours 'off the cuff', and that they actually planned it.

I was gonna mention this too. If it was only posted a day ahead of time I feel it's a good chance they knew they were gonna be stealing your wheels. If you dont park the Z in a garage, Whether you go aftermarket or not, get an aftermarket 2-way alarm
With a tilt sensor.

Why are people surprised that wheels got stolen in a nice part of town? That's where the scumbags always go to get nice stuff.

I was going to say the same thing.

Did you have wheel locking lugs?

Are you going through your auto insurance or Home owners/renters insurance. I once had a Cervelo road bike stolen from my office when i left it overnight and my renters insurance covered it since it normally resides at my home. Depending on your deductables it may make more sense to go that route. As for the wheel situation. Get an MSRP qoute for brand new factory wheels with brand new factory tires mounted and installed with an alignment. Use this as the baseline for what the insurance provides you minus deductable. Then take that money and buy a nice but affordable set of aftermarket wheels (Forgestar, Weds Sport, Advant Garde) and pocket a grand or two.

Right on. The forums have caught more than one scumbag.

I have them, but they are really not much good if the thieves are pros.

Word!

The most ignorant comment made by most middle and upper middle class americans.

" I just can't believe something like this could happen here. Our kids are normally safe on these streets. I guess I better find a new neighborhood to live in?"

The truth is.... crime is everywhere. But pretenscious people believe pretenscious things.

i agree, thats a sad and ugly truth of the matter....instead of moving or taking such drastic measures... move the car into a garage and have the garage remote operated, install video cameras in and out of the garage. and check it daily.

you cant stop crime, no matter where or who you are. the best thing you can possibly do is prepare. Make sure you have taken every step possible to ensure it wont happen again...OR.... if it does, then you have evidence and portrait of the thief.

At least now you can buy some really nice rims ^_^

I apologize. I didn't mean to be pretentious. Yes crime does happen everywhere. I had no idea my statement about the neighborhood would cause this reaction. I accept and admit that my statement was ignorant. I will do my best to think before posting so as to prevent further ignorant statements on my behalf.

OP- once again sorry to hear about your rims. Hopefully this won't happen again, or you will be able to prevent this from happening again. Best of luck

I think you should still check it out. It might be someone with a curb set scratched and mismatching tires wanting to correct those issues. They could scoped out your rims & tires with a plan to steal them. Doesn't mean they could run an ad on theirs before they do the "moonlight ato parts" on your Z. Just a thought.

sorry, OP - I thought my Friday the 13th was bad, but whoa.

Sorry to hear what happened, OP. I have a garage and wheel locks for mine but seems like these days even that might not be good enough!!

if the scum bags won't em bad enough wheels locks won't help........
most of these dirt bags could work in the pits at nascar.......

sorry you got ripped off. hope your insurance doesn't take a hit......

Thefts In Nice Part of Town
 

I too live in Chgo (Lincoln Park), in what is supposed to be a "good part" of town, and my Jeep was vandalized for my radio, my neighbor's space tire was stolen from his SUV and a few days ago my other neighbor had his home broken into.

I think its save to say that crime happens everywhere. However VIOLENT crimes are, for the most part, isolated in bad neighborhoods. I suppose we can be grateful for that.

How is it that wheel locks can be hacked?

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McGards are totally useless if the guys are quick to remove the wheel. I have a socket that if you smack it with a rubber mallet hard enough, you literally make an imprint onto the lugnut and then remove it with ease. The only fault is if the thief want to rick 2 or 3 loud knocking noises in the neighborhood and that's it.

Any shop uses a one size bigger socket and smacks it on to get it to fit. Everyone who owns a honda (stereotype ftw) knows this...honestly in my younger days, my friends would go out an do this and if there was wheel locks or a blue light in the dash (viper alarm) they wouldn't even try. Sometimes the best way to stop it is to just make it a hassel. No need to buy a viper alarm, u can just take ur car to a shop and change the factory alarm light from red to blue.