firkin Newark, NJ kicked me in the balls again - street wheels stolen =(
08-18-2002, 06:17 PM
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firkin Newark, NJ kicked me in the ***** again - street wheels stolen =(
i kinda got attached to those heavy wheels too =(.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/12079/stolenwheels.jpg">
long story short :
i put on my race tires for testing and heatcycling. left my street wheels on my trailer for a couple of days - i didnt use the special locks i made because it had to go thru the wheels center so i just used a chain with a couple of standard pad locks, strapped everything down with lots of knots. trailer was always covered and in view from apartments.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/12079/34304082vriziu_ph.jpg">
autox'd today and they were gone when i got home. some old folk neighbors saw the guys hanging around my trailer who definitely took their time undoing the knots i made (straps were undamaged) and breaking 5 padlocks, neighbors said they thought i was one of them =(
anyway, time for new wheels I cant get too far with r-tires =). meanhwhile, if anyone encounters these wheels in the market please let me know. 5x112 wheels can only go on audis/some MBs, dunno about lexus. i've been approached once by some guy selling S4 wheels (at home depot), this would be one way to encounter them.
Thanks!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/12079/stolenwheels.jpg">
long story short :
i put on my race tires for testing and heatcycling. left my street wheels on my trailer for a couple of days - i didnt use the special locks i made because it had to go thru the wheels center so i just used a chain with a couple of standard pad locks, strapped everything down with lots of knots. trailer was always covered and in view from apartments.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/12079/34304082vriziu_ph.jpg">
autox'd today and they were gone when i got home. some old folk neighbors saw the guys hanging around my trailer who definitely took their time undoing the knots i made (straps were undamaged) and breaking 5 padlocks, neighbors said they thought i was one of them =(
anyway, time for new wheels I cant get too far with r-tires =). meanhwhile, if anyone encounters these wheels in the market please let me know. 5x112 wheels can only go on audis/some MBs, dunno about lexus. i've been approached once by some guy selling S4 wheels (at home depot), this would be one way to encounter them.
Thanks!
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08-18-2002, 07:11 PM
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Sorry Ed! :-(
Will keep an eye out here in the classified and on eBay. That really sucks. Any chance you could rig up a camera, and throw out a little "bait" for these little ******? If they are stupid enough to do it once, they will probably do it again.