Stolen!! My Sport wheels and tires!!
#1
Stolen!! My Sport wheels and tires!!
My wife went out to use the car (our lovely BOM AT Fit Sport named "Ms MoneyPenny") and was devastated when she saw both wheels and tires from the passenger side missing! The car was up on a cheap jack with no shoes on one side!
Granted, we live in Brooklyn and are forced to park in the street every night, but its a decent area, and you dont hear too much about this type of thing. I know its my own fault for not getting wheel locks (stupid!), but I thought my 15" sport alloys were nothing special. I mean, there are some nicer cars in my area.
THe cops said a SSM Fit from down the block had 2 wheels stolen last week, so I guess the punks have a full set now.
Anyone know where I might be able to find a set of these used in the NYC area? I need them before Tuesday morning, when I have to move the car (damn alternate side!) I hate NYC sometimes.
AS a warning to to others, GET WHEEL LOCKS!! They are worth the 50 bucks! I wish I got them BEFORE this crap happened.
Granted, we live in Brooklyn and are forced to park in the street every night, but its a decent area, and you dont hear too much about this type of thing. I know its my own fault for not getting wheel locks (stupid!), but I thought my 15" sport alloys were nothing special. I mean, there are some nicer cars in my area.
THe cops said a SSM Fit from down the block had 2 wheels stolen last week, so I guess the punks have a full set now.
Anyone know where I might be able to find a set of these used in the NYC area? I need them before Tuesday morning, when I have to move the car (damn alternate side!) I hate NYC sometimes.
AS a warning to to others, GET WHEEL LOCKS!! They are worth the 50 bucks! I wish I got them BEFORE this crap happened.
#3
Whoa, seems like wheel theft happens a lot in the US.
I hardly ever hear of that type of thing in UK, it's usually the entire car or the stuff inside that's left on show.
Thank god I ordered a set of wheel locks before I get my new alloys fitted! Might get myself another set so it's 2 locks per wheel!
I hardly ever hear of that type of thing in UK, it's usually the entire car or the stuff inside that's left on show.
Thank god I ordered a set of wheel locks before I get my new alloys fitted! Might get myself another set so it's 2 locks per wheel!
#4
sucks. they stole stockers too. not sure if you;re going through insurance or not. if insurance they'll price the replacements at a high amount like $300 each. you may take the opportunity to score aftermarket wheels and of course wheel locks.
#9
man, that sux to hear, I'm around NY area too and this kind of stuff is devastating...but definitely get wheel lock, I got mine on ebay for like 15 bux and they're real honda OEM locks!! g'luck w/ everything else...even with wheel locks if they want it, they will get it.
#10
Your sympathy overwhelms me. what a D-bag.
#11
Actually, they took the curb side wheels. I guess it was easier to not be seen on that side.
#12
Im in Carroll Gardens, which is a pretty Yuppie section of BKlyn. The 2 other Fits in my neighborhood have locks (at least they do now!), so I guess my baby looked ripe for the snatching!
Thanks to MOST of you for the support. Hopefully this story will prevent this from occuring to other unsuspecting shmoes like me.
Thanks to MOST of you for the support. Hopefully this story will prevent this from occuring to other unsuspecting shmoes like me.
#14
Im in Carroll Gardens, which is a pretty Yuppie section of BKlyn. The 2 other Fits in my neighborhood have locks (at least they do now!), so I guess my baby looked ripe for the snatching!
Thanks to MOST of you for the support. Hopefully this story will prevent this from occuring to other unsuspecting shmoes like me.
Thanks to MOST of you for the support. Hopefully this story will prevent this from occuring to other unsuspecting shmoes like me.
With a spare, when your dealer or tire shop loses your key or it just magically walks away on its own, you have some insurance that you won't get stuck with a flat tire that you can't fix until you order a replacement key that takes a week to get there.
#15
Whoa, seems like wheel theft happens a lot in the US.
I hardly ever hear of that type of thing in UK, it's usually the entire car or the stuff inside that's left on show.
Thank god I ordered a set of wheel locks before I get my new alloys fitted! Might get myself another set so it's 2 locks per wheel!
I hardly ever hear of that type of thing in UK, it's usually the entire car or the stuff inside that's left on show.
Thank god I ordered a set of wheel locks before I get my new alloys fitted! Might get myself another set so it's 2 locks per wheel!
Chris
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Chris
#17
This worked for a friend of mine years ago and I've been doing this to all my rims since.
#18
What you can do to protect your rims is write your drivers license number INSIDE the rim with black marker when you're getting your tires changed. Then you can make a small but specific mark on the backside of the rims with a stamp or engraver. If your wheels are ever stolen and you do happen to see what you think to be them it's failry easy to prove that they are yours. You just look for your stamp on the backside and then just have the cops dismount a tire and pull out your drivers license to prove ownership.
This worked for a friend of mine years ago and I've been doing this to all my rims since.
This worked for a friend of mine years ago and I've been doing this to all my rims since.
I have my Fit parked always underground, only condo residents have the access inside and, lucky me, no suspicious faces with cars parked around me...
Take care
Chris
#19
geez sorry to hear about this...i'm often in queens not too far away from brooklyn (the bad part to top it off) and i kinda worry about the sport stuff on my fit. i used to sweat bullets when i parked my G35 with 19" volk racing rims on it, but thankfully nothing has happend yet (keeping fingers crossed). i hope those dummies who jacked your wheels get what they deserve. on the lighter side of things, at least they were kind enough to leave your car on a cheap jack...i've seen cars left on milk crates and sometimes not on anything but a cinder block or even worse one part of the car is on the ground itself.
#20
on iwsti.com, there was a guy that had his sti's rims stolen while it was at the dealership for service. dealership said when they arrived in the morning, car was on cinder blocks, side skirts were messed up, rotors were chipped. thats gotta be horrible.
i feel for you, i had spline drives on my wrx, wish i had taken them off before trading in the car for the fit.
i feel for you, i had spline drives on my wrx, wish i had taken them off before trading in the car for the fit.