A neighbor of mine across the street just had the wheels from his suburban stolen and its happening a bit in my area. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this, especially with OEM wheels.

Does anyone know of anything to avoid this?

 

hasn't happened to me but I've seen it happen to members here.
Tough to avoid really, best you can do is to make it tougher for them to steal.

if you've got OEM wheel locks, upgrde to something like bull dog locks.
also, upgrade the Alarm Shock sensor that way if they jack up the car, the alarm will go off and hopefully deter the thieves
if you've got high end aftermarket wheels; do NOT park the car outside.

 

The last thing you want to happen is this....





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Unfortunately that's what happened to blackendwings' shinka: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/wheels-tires-stolen-157385/

 

Wow what bullsh*t that is.

 

wtf!!! no alarm??

 

the OEM alarm won't go off by jacking up the car. you need the upgraded shock sensor: http://www.finishlineperformance.com...cat=267&page=1

best $30 you'll EVER spend on your car.

 

or the $500 viper ... my dad had all stock rims stolen off his 750 a few years ago ... they were the optional rims a $4000 option and they had one lock on each rim but the ******** drilled the locks out too ... most of the cars at my dads house are NOW kept in the garage or back driveway thats behind the gates so noone steals **** but yea we had 28 different cases of stolen rims since jan this year all in our subdivision that isnt that big

 

It actually looks better without those wheels.

 

Have Black RPF1s and had stock rims, neither stolen nor messed with. O and you should get the poll edited; has two of the same options, but I think the last one was intended to be "Not stolen, not OEM".

 

 

How many of the cases have been solved?

 

Mine were almost stolen and they are OEM. They must have changed their minds halfway or were disrupted because the next day after visiting some coworkers, I noticed the locks on the passenger side were gone along with a few lugs.

 

not a single one and from when i last checked most of the victims were having issues with the insurance too .... total bs

 

How easy is it to install?

 

yep, back in 93 in okinawa japan. i was in the 11th grade heading out to school, when i found my bike laying on the ground . but good thing is they didnt drop the bike, so no damage. i was very surpised they didnt take my aftermarket exhaust, guess they didnt have the time lol.

also in the 12th grade, i had my watanabe's and hayashis stolen off of my fc .

 

do you think a viper alarm would work? im gona get one that tells me what door or side some ones braking in too!

 

very easy, there's a DIY on here for it

 

Not on my 8. I had a 94 Acura Integra GS-R and the OEM rims were stolen. A-holes.

 

It's very easy to steal wheels even if you have a lock on it.

Let me teach you how.

Step 1: Remove all the lugs besides the lock.
Step 2: Get a whole bunch of towels, cover up the very edge of the rim.
Step 3: Get a sledge hammer, hit where the tire is on the same side as the lock is at so that the stud can break. Make sure not to hit the rim, that's what the towels are for, to protect the rim.
Step 4: ?????????????
Step 5: PROFIT!!!!!!

That's why I don't even bother with locks anymore.

 

Or if you're strong enough, just kick the edge of the rim on the same side the lock is on.

 

solved? dont count on it buddy, i've had my old car (gt mustang) every pannel key'd and back windsheild broken out, i even know who did it with a prooving witness and hpd still didnt do **** about it

 

On the website, it says the alarm won't work on the 8's with the advanced key system. Is that refering to how the shinka's and R3's have the credit card key for when you are in range of the car it unlocks?

 

I know some of you guys are saying not to park your car outside, but I have some advice contrary to that. When parking outside, park on the busiest road possible. If you're parked on a quiet street or in a dimly lit area without must pedestrian traffic or car traffic you are sheltering thieves when they steal your stuff.

Also FYI Gorilla sells something called the Original System. It basically replaces all your lug nuts with locks. If you were a thief it would be very annoying, take more time, and make a lot of noise when trying to hammer sockets onto these. No doubt you'd also wreak a few sockets removing 20 of these things to get a set of wheels.

Secondly, these Gorilla locks come in different diameters. Get the biggest one that will fit your wheels so that there is less room for anyone to ram in a socket to force your lug nuts.

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/the.system.new.box

 

man i live in the southwest and the subdivisions are really quiet at night making it the perfect target ... one person actually has camera footage of the rims being taken and the cops still didnt do **** ... when my dads were stolen they said just call insurance "we dont have time for this"

 

yeah thats what i have now ... got it off a place on hillcroft for a good price installed and it works great even rain sets it off ... my car stays in the garage so its not annoying but you can adjust sensitivity