370Z 40th anniversary rims+tires stolen!

DJ-of-E

This is where I wish we have that foreign law about chopping hands off if they get caught steeling. I say we do the same.

I also have wheel locks and a sensitive tilt sensor (sucks parking night out of the town cuz it's the first to alarm). The reason it's sensitive is because my friend owns a business installing alarms on cars and we use to go to Hot Import Nights and prove a point their alarms sucked. We got around tilt sensors before and able to steal rims without setting it off. wheels all gone in 10 minutes as well.

Those McGard wheel locks could hold their own triggering the tilt sensor. However, 1 big problem is if they scouted and tried like 5 attempts, they probably have enough keys to find the matching one. They do that a lot on very high end wheels where they spend day 1 identifying the key and day 2 finding/making something that will get rid of the key.

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Rui Z

That sucks. Are u gonna get new anniversary rims or go aftermarket?

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11Thumper

Sorry to hear. Why didn't you have wheel locks? My advice...you can look for the ad on craigslist and if you see something tell the police. Don't take this into your own hands, it isn't worth it.

Gauge

Nothing is so silent my dogs can't hear it. These guys will bark if someone is within a block of my place lol. I'd be inclined to open the door if I knew they were up to no good...

I hope those prints show up. In FL you have to worry about illegals man.

krzykanuk

That sucks. Seeing as how often 370Z rims seem to get stolen, they really should have serial numbers. Two of mine have so much curb rash I wish they'd get stolen. Or maybe that's why they haven't been stolen.

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dirtrat

Maybe your neighbor took them. What was he doing up at 2:30 AM and how was it he just happened to notice your wheels were gone in the middle of the night RIGHT after they were stolen.

dnasty370z

dam man sorry to hear about the I live in miami too the kendall area so if I see any 240's,g35's, or 350's with your wheels(ive seen a lot rockin the 370 wheels) ill give you a holla im down to help a fellow z owner retrieve his rims forget the cops that's along shot I go to hang outs every now and then so im going to keep an eye out for you

gr8-wrx

Make sure you check under your car for damage. They probably weren't too careful about using the proper jack points.

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SPOHN

They had to follow you home and went for the score. Those were defiantly the wrong wheels to take. It might as well have been a neon sign in a dark room.

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happytheman

I'll keep my eyes open here in Central FL.

Sorry that happened to ya man, and hope the bastards get caught.

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lateralus1179

There was damage found on the underside of the car because they didn't use the proper jack points. The cinderblock pushed up through the bottom of the frame.

Neighbor couldn't have taken them, he shows up on the surveillance video arriving on the scene just 10 minutes or so after the theft.

doink

Wheel locks could have delayed the theft just enough where the neighbor could have caught them. Dam 10 mins is close.

Footloose301

Perhaps he had knowledge of it...

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11Thumper

It's typically true that a lot of theft leads back to people close to you (or within a company). It would be pretty bold of the neighbor to come to your door and offer video to the police if he was involved.

I wouldn't rule out the neighbor but also consider he may have just wanted to help out. Not all people are crooks. Is he young/old? Is he a car guy? What type of friends come over to his house?

lateralus1179

I feel like I'm a good judge of character. My neighbor is a kid in his early 20's, has a girlfriend, and rarely has any friends over his (parents) house. He works and goes to school and is generally speaking a "good person" from all accounts.

I also agree that it's hard to trust people these days. I won't rule anyone or anything out until the detectives are done with their investigation. The police also got all of his information as well so if they feel they need to look further into my neighbors involvement I am sure they will.