All four wheels stolen off my week old VBP FIT SPORT!!!!
#61
actually, if you just get it wet with a hose or something and let it dry (~15 minutes or so?) you will see the rust right away. like after you've washed your car.
#63
Yeah I have had this too. They are the new desired rim since every other fanboy has Blades, Fat Fives, and Si's. Now everyone wants Sport wheels to stand out from the rest of the crowd. I posted mine for sale on the NW honda forum and I had like 30 emails from different people in about 5 hours. When I posted my FN01R-C I went 2 months without a single inquiry.
Sad to see you get jacked like that. I would say get yourself a sensitive alarm and a high powered rifle so you can tag the asshats in the back as they run.
Thats why I have this next to my bed at all times.
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#66
Thieves like that, if caught, should be publicly humiliated. I like the idea of bringing back the stocks -- you know, the wooden restraint that you have to stick your head and hands through, and then people can laugh and pelt your asinine head with rotten eggs and fruit.
The second time they steal cut off their hands like the arabs do!!
#67
oh man do i remember that. i heard from a history teacher of mine that it hurts so bad that with the first hit your body goes into shock and you pass out. that sounds like a great punishment for thieves.
#69
It's a good change from living in San Diego, where my stereo system was stolen out of my truck 3 times in two years. One of which they couldn't get the head unit out, so they just kicked it until I couldn't use it anymore.
#70
[quote=Flyin172s;371642]...someone walking by saw my door wide open and decided to close it for me. LOL[quote]
i cant say i live in the safest area but i dont live in fear of not seeing my car every time i go to sleep. but i do have the best protection system known to man kind.
my next door neighbor is some where in his 80's and has nothing better to do than sit in his garage and watch everything that happens around his house. usually my car gets pretty hot (nhbp with no tint in texas weather is like a sauna mid day) so before i leave for work i start the car and lower the windows to get all of the hot air out. one day i rolled my windows down started the car and went back inside to put on my shoes. when i came out my neighbor was standing behind my car facing the street... i didnt want to be rude because he is a pretty cool dude so i said hi, asked him how he was doing and why he was next to my car. he told me that some civic drove by really slow and they were eyeing my car and he didnt like the way they were looking at it so he stepped in to save the day.
i cant say i live in the safest area but i dont live in fear of not seeing my car every time i go to sleep. but i do have the best protection system known to man kind.
my next door neighbor is some where in his 80's and has nothing better to do than sit in his garage and watch everything that happens around his house. usually my car gets pretty hot (nhbp with no tint in texas weather is like a sauna mid day) so before i leave for work i start the car and lower the windows to get all of the hot air out. one day i rolled my windows down started the car and went back inside to put on my shoes. when i came out my neighbor was standing behind my car facing the street... i didnt want to be rude because he is a pretty cool dude so i said hi, asked him how he was doing and why he was next to my car. he told me that some civic drove by really slow and they were eyeing my car and he didnt like the way they were looking at it so he stepped in to save the day.
#72
[quote=F'it_ImFromTx;371710][quote=Flyin172s;371642]...someone walking by saw my door wide open and decided to close it for me. LOL
My next door neighbor is some where in his 80's and has nothing better to do than sit in his garage and watch everything that happens around his house. usually my car gets pretty hot (nhbp with no tint in texas weather is like a sauna mid day) so before i leave for work i start the car and lower the windows to get all of the hot air out. one day i rolled my windows down started the car and went back inside to put on my shoes. when i came out my neighbor was standing behind my car facing the street... i didnt want to be rude because he is a pretty cool dude so i said hi, asked him how he was doing and why he was next to my car. he told me that some civic drove by really slow and they were eyeing my car and he didnt like the way they were looking at it so he stepped in to save the day.
that is priceless!
My next door neighbor is some where in his 80's and has nothing better to do than sit in his garage and watch everything that happens around his house. usually my car gets pretty hot (nhbp with no tint in texas weather is like a sauna mid day) so before i leave for work i start the car and lower the windows to get all of the hot air out. one day i rolled my windows down started the car and went back inside to put on my shoes. when i came out my neighbor was standing behind my car facing the street... i didnt want to be rude because he is a pretty cool dude so i said hi, asked him how he was doing and why he was next to my car. he told me that some civic drove by really slow and they were eyeing my car and he didnt like the way they were looking at it so he stepped in to save the day.
#73
Wow, man, that sucks majorly. I should be picking up my NHBP Fit Sport in a week or two (thanks RMV!). Anyway, I live in a pretty dicey part of town. Looks like I need to get at least the wheel locks, and look in to investing in a full-blown security system.
Man, I've driven Hondas for years and years now, and never had a problem with anything being stolen. This is depressing.
Man, I've driven Hondas for years and years now, and never had a problem with anything being stolen. This is depressing.
#74
When I get my Fit I'm selling the stock wheels for an aftermarket set on day 1 LOL! My civic has a set of McGuard Splinedrive lugnuts with a weight matched lock. I have 2 keys to remove the wheels.... which are knockoffs anyway. :P I also have a lockbox bolted onto my floorboard to keep the wheel keys locked up. The Clifford paging alarm and a .45 protect the rest. I didn't go with the Gorilla spline lugnuts because anyone can go to Discount Tire and buy a key for about 5 bucks.
#76
When I get my Fit I'm selling the stock wheels for an aftermarket set on day 1 LOL! My civic has a set of McGuard Splinedrive lugnuts with a weight matched lock. I have 2 keys to remove the wheels.... which are knockoffs anyway. :P I also have a lockbox bolted onto my floorboard to keep the wheel keys locked up. The Clifford paging alarm and a .45 protect the rest. I didn't go with the Gorilla spline lugnuts because anyone can go to Discount Tire and buy a key for about 5 bucks.
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#77
Not from what I can tell. It looks like they only sell cone seat lugs. Honda OEM wheels use ball seat lugs. The cone seat lugs won't have enough of a contact patch with the wheel to be safe.
#78
My car is going to be delivered in about an hour. So excited!
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#79
Oh yea.. sorry I should have mentioned the seat difference. Aftermarket wheels will need the aftermarket lugnuts. Honda ones have the rounder seats.... go with those... just keep the keys in a hudden area of the car! I've heard of people having to replace both their windows as well as their stolen wheels after leaving the key in the glovebox or with the spare tire. McGards in my avitar
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#80
Oh yea.. sorry I should have mentioned the seat difference. Aftermarket wheels will need the aftermarket lugnuts. Honda ones have the rounder seats.... go with those... just keep the keys in a hudden area of the car! I've heard of people having to replace both their windows as well as their stolen wheels after leaving the key in the glovebox or with the spare tire. McGards in my avitar ![Smile](https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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