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Title: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Travis on October 30, 2009, 12:48:58 AM
buddy was at work in red deer, left his truck in the compound, came back, tires gone.

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and now LOL

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Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: toyolla86 on October 30, 2009, 01:07:15 AM
hahahahahahahahahaahahaha.


ah that shit sucks. but this is funny. those new wheels are ballin.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Corey on October 30, 2009, 01:13:05 AM
how did they steal his tires without anyone seeing? is there noone at the place during the day?
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: D15Bastard on October 30, 2009, 01:21:26 AM
damn that does suck, but you have to laugh alittle with those pink wheels.

i hate thieves.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: salesmonkey on October 30, 2009, 01:42:45 AM
thats a stealthy jeep not so much with the bright pink wheels though lol.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Travis on October 30, 2009, 01:49:48 AM
how did they steal his tires without anyone seeing? is there noone at the place during the day?

broke in over night i guess. lol yea his co workers painted them pink.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: t_cel_t on October 30, 2009, 02:26:48 AM
i know i shouldnt put the blame on the jeep owner but he should of had at least 1 anti-theft lug on each corner, its the sad reality that you cant have nice things without having to worry about it being stolen
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: fishinfool88 on October 30, 2009, 04:39:58 AM
Locking lugs only work for thieves that are stupid.  Everyone knows you can pound on a smaller socket and turn it out.  Vice grips are pretty handy as well.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: colt45 on October 30, 2009, 07:09:32 AM
Locking lugs only work for thieves that are stupid.  Everyone knows you can pound on a smaller socket and turn it out.  Vice grips are pretty handy as well.
 

hmmmm, so that would make you the smart thief huh?
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: turbob16hatch on October 30, 2009, 08:02:17 AM
Locking lugs only work for thieves that are stupid.  Everyone knows you can pound on a smaller socket and turn it out.  Vice grips are pretty handy as well.

It's not so much to prevent them from getting the wheels off. it's trying to make it as hard and time consuming as possible to do so.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Doug on October 30, 2009, 09:52:08 AM
Too bad he didn't do something non obvious like etch his initials on the inside of a spoke. Those wheels can't be hard to spot. Keep an eye out on Craigslist or some other white boy with them on his car.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: brine04 on October 30, 2009, 11:40:09 AM
Too bad he didn't do something non obvious like etch his initials on the inside of a spoke. Those wheels can't be hard to spot. Keep an eye out on Craigslist or some other white boy with them on his car.
A wheel and tire combo like that is pretty common in Alberta. It looks like an old willies with the pizza cutter steelies on it.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: HiProfile on October 30, 2009, 12:14:07 PM
I only use the locking lugs that have the internal key. They're threaded on the outside intended for plastic caps to go over. When there is zero space around the lug, they are not so easy to get off.

Sucks it happened, but I rarely see people with locks (or in general, any security) get ripped off. Kinda makes me wonder if they knew someone by the "consideration" they gave not dropping it on the ground. Seems apparent they didn't do it for noise if nobody was around.


Pink ftw.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Phate on October 30, 2009, 12:36:32 PM
When there is zero space around the lug, they are not so easy to get off.
what do you mean by "zero space around the lug"?

Probably that it would be harder to get a pair of vice grips on it.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: lsone_chevelle on October 31, 2009, 01:18:52 AM
What shop was this at? Where do you live Travis? I live in Red Deer.

I had my shed broken into, bike stolen, garage broken into, Old wheels stolen,  they jammed a screw driver into my rad 3 times. Woke up to a nice puddle.

Theives are ruthless right now, they pryed my neighbors garage door open and popped it off the tracks.

3 of my buddies trucks have been stolen in the last month. Retardation
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: AbaZ on October 31, 2009, 01:44:31 AM


and now LOL

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are those rota steel wheels? way sick

Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: brine04 on October 31, 2009, 03:07:05 AM
What shop was this at? Where do you live Travis? I live in Red Deer.

I had my shed broken into, bike stolen, garage broken into, Old wheels stolen,  they jammed a screw driver into my rad 3 times. Woke up to a nice puddle.

Theives are ruthless right now, they pryed my neighbors garage door open and popped it off the tracks.

3 of my buddies trucks have been stolen in the last month. Retardation
Too many guys with coke addictions and not enough rigs running
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: bryantaylor on November 01, 2009, 01:54:51 AM
weld wheels to hubs and that won't happen.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: d-rail on November 01, 2009, 06:53:56 AM
Put lockig lug nuts on them so it's obvious when you see ppl out with a torch and vise grips.
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: ghettoturbo on November 01, 2009, 08:12:03 AM
Put lockig lug nuts on them so it's obvious when you see ppl out with a torch and vise grips.

Unless there is absolutely no room around the lug, all it takes is one of those sockets that is made like an inside-out easy out (i forget the name lol) with the threads on the inside to grip the lugnut.  My last jeep had locking lugs on the wheels when i bought it and i didnt have the key for them.  About 4 minutes later they were all off (and my buddy at the parts store let me return the socket after i sprayed it with some flat black so it looked new lol).
Title: Re: so it happened finally v. thieves
Post by: Travis on November 01, 2009, 03:29:12 PM
I live in Sask, but he works for Weatherford lol