maybe having the wheels engraved "THEFT ALERT: don't buy this... it's stolen" ???

 

Mine got jacked a few weeks ago in CNY in a nice neighborhood in my driveway. Bastids. Was $3500 from the dealer from new ones. Thankfully my deductible ended up being just under $300 though.

 

Yep. They left the jack this last time. The first time the whole car was supported by a old steel wheel placed under the center of the car.

 

wow $3500...I would have just taken the payout from the insurance company then bought aftermarket wheels and saved the extra $2500

 

I'd be so rockin on volk with that amount

 

or SSR, Mugen, Spoon, Advan....lol

 

If I knew I could have done that before I started the claim I would have

 

well hopefully there won't be a next time

 

had to bump this...

i live down in pottstown and my wife's wheels/tires were stolen the night before last... talked to the cop and he said that fit's seemed to be a hot target...

then my buddy who works in a honda dealer up in reading called me today and said last night one of their fits had the rims/tires taken off it last night...

just saying there's some shit going on around here... and i don't like it.

 

Glad I keep mine in a locked garage at night!!

 

^^
Same here, would hate to leave it outside seeing as there have been cars being left on crates in my area :|

 

dang, they really let you get mugens instead? hmm.... nah just kidding, my car is almost always in the garage and nothing has happened to my prelude in the past

 

When I bough my FIT in April it had wheel lock nuts on it already, and I noticed that the others on the dealer's lot did also. They didn't charge me for them, I think they do it automatically when they come in.

 

not mine i even asked if they could throw it in and got a big no! i should have left

 

The wheel locks are not impossible to get around. They are really just for the easy opportunity type of thief. If the thieves want your car or anything off if it they will get it. My friend told me that there are Giant Vice-Grip-like-tools that will pop off any locking lug-nut. After he laughed at me for spending 40 bucks. A good alarm would deter the A-holes or ignition kill switch would work.
Sounds like they did not thrash the car, so at least that is lucky.

 

is there a demand for the LX rims? they're the same as the rims on the Civic Hybrid.

 

After reading this thread and the unfortunate wheel theft suffered by our fellow forum participants, I am thinking of getting wheel lock nuts as well. I've already have impact sensor added to my OEM alarm for my 2010 FIT sports A/T.

Am I correct in assuming that if some thieves tried to steel my sports rim with lock nuts on, they have to hit the lock nut with a hammer which will trigger the FIT impact sensor alarm?

If my assumption is correct, I guess, it would be cheaper to install wheel nuts than to install a completely new aftermarket alarm with tilt sensor since I already have an impact sensor

Any advice appreciated

Thanks
Ric

 

I wonder where these Sport wheels are going.

 

i've seen a few pre-2000 civics with them

 

someone rifled through my parents sante fe last night but didnt get anything but luckily no marks on my fit - i wish they had been in the garage when i got home last night, there'd be blood on the snow