2016 NISMO left on blocks
 

Parked my car right in front of my apartment in a nice section of Queens NY. Came back from Europe and found all 4 wheels and Rims gone with 11k miles. Cracked the driver rocker panel too. Anyone know how insurance plays this? Do I have to get the rims first and wheels mounted and then installed on site?Alternatively, anyone know of any nismo rims and tires for sale?

Call your insurance, they will tell you.


Most likely, they will have to have a appraiser come out, then appraise the wheel replacement cost. Once they give you the amount, you can choose to have them replace the wheels or, if you think you can get them cheaper, you can get a cash settlement for the amount they appraised for.

It happened to my friend's 1LE while he was in the shower. Insurance covered it up front with no problem. I dont know what company he has

Sorry to hear that. It's up to the towing company to properly tow the vehicle to minimize damage. Work with your insurance to make sure any additional damage will be covered if it occurs. Keep an eye out on craigslist you just might find your own wheels for sale. Also don't park on the street in NYC long term ever, and wheel locks don't even slow them down.

The claim is easy. Getting the car to the shop is the hard part. You will likely need to have the tires and wheels replaced and then drive the car into the shop. If you aren't comfortable working on the car yourself, you will need to find a shop that can come out to you, then drive or tow the vehicle into a body shop to have the undercarriage and body damage checked out.

Sorry about your car. Thieves suck.

It's there other damage to the car? Can they just send s claims adjuster out to you if it's "only" the wheels?

Thanks for all the replies guys. I called Geico yesterday, they still haven’t gotten back to me. The Nissan dealer around here is asking $6600 just for the parts; it includes the tire pressure monitoring ($100x4), center caps ($100x4), rims ($960x4), 4 tires ($1600). But I have to put on four spare tires myself and get a tow truck to pick it up and over to them.

Alright almost 1k per wheel is high.. you can get them on Z1 for about 2700 for front and rear. I'd get mine there but I've been holding out for a used set.

Give Geico the quote that the dealership gave you and take the cash.

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The dealership will be the highest quote and will be the one that the insurance company questions the least (go figure). Take the cash and buy your rims back on Craiglist for 1/3 the price.

I’ve been looking on Craigslist and eBay. It’s a shame, only 10k miles and not a single scratch, very conscientious about parking next to a curb.

Or get some after market wheels.

Locking lug nuts sound like a priority item, as well.

Get Te37sl 19x9.5+22 19x10.5+12 Bridgestone sole position-04 265/35/19 305/30/19 ftw

He is most likely not lowered.

Contact Megamarines. He has a set for sale.

These would be a good temporary option,


http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...es-1000-a.html

Awful news, some people.. I have a practically new set, unmarked for sale but based in the UK so I guess shipping would rule it out for you.

Yeah thanks for the offer but shipping may cost more then the set LOL

Any lug nut lock is just a deterrent and will just take a bit longer for them to get the wheels.


According to his post, OP came back from Europe. Maybe he can take another trip there and pick up? Just a thought :tiphat:

OP, if you haven’t already done so, IMO, I would file a police report and submit that along with the Nissan quote to your insurance co. just to cover your bases.

Exact same thing happened to my sisters civic SI in the Bronx. Milk crates were wedged under the sides... front end was sitting on the rotors. Cops were zero help, they told her “get a crappier car if you don’t want your wheels stolen” :ugh2: I had to drive down to her apartment, install temp wheels while the claim process happened.

I am in upstate NY.. I have a set of sport rays for sale if that helps

It’s not that cops won’t be of help, it’s that they can’t. They have very limited information to go on, if any, and, unfortunately, stolen rims probably isn’t a priority to law enforcement. At the very least, they can document and give a police report.

Volk Z just started a thread about selling his entire nismo interior. Perhaps you can ask if he is willing to sell his rims? Probably not, but hey you never know until you ask.

As the saying goes, you dont have to outrun the bear; you just have to outrun your friend. Wheel locks will cause most thieves to move onto another car.

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Back in the high-crime 80's NYC, people used to pull their entire stereo out of their car whenever they parked it, and leave a sign in the car saying "already stolen, please don't break window."

Next time the OP leaves for Europe maybe he should put the Z up on stands in the street and store his wheels in his apt. Or buy a set of chitty wheels w/o tires and put those on.

That sucks. At least they left your calipers.

You should buy these and see if the tpms registers to your car. If so, then you just caught the thieves. Tell the detectives before you do and have them with you when you do a test drive.

I did file a report, actually like 1.5 blocks from a police station, like 10 officers came by and knocked on doors but no information, they even sent an evidence van but no legible fingerprints.

I'm pretty sure these are my stolen rims. I kept them mint, and this guy posted it like he doest know anything about the car, not the staggered sizes, nothing.

I'm confident these are mine.

haha, I'm just going to sleep in the Z from now on. Ruined the trip entirely coming back to this.

Thats not a bad idea

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Hrrrrrmmmmmmm.....

should have told them you were interested in buying them but you or someone blew them off..

So it’s now under investigation with the NY detectives of the 111th Precinct. Those were my tires for sale on Craigslist. Will update as I can.

Good luck and hope you get your stuff back!