[Ronan H]

My neighbour has a Mercedes C180 Coupe, identical to the one below with the same alloys. The alloys were stolen last night (generously left the nuts behind) so if anyone happens to see a set for sale with brand new tires maybe they would mention it here. The lady of the house is due their first baby tomorrow, what terrible luck .

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index...r&carID=790869

House is on Glascairn Lane, on Fairyhouse Road in Ratoath.

Head

[Tipsy Mac]

I'd say they have been stolen to order for another car, probably wont end up on the open market.

[Anan1]

Sorry to hear that. Out of interest though, would there be any way to prove that the wheels had come from your neighbour's car?

[Ronan H]

Originally Posted by Anan1

Sorry to hear that. Out of interest though, would there be any way to prove that the wheels had come from your neighbour's car?

No there probably wouldnt actually. I havent spoken to them yet but I doubt it as it looks like they didnt have locking nuts either.

When I posted the thread I was just very angry about it and wanted to do something to help but thinking logically now its not likely they will ever be found .

With all the frost recently I have been leaving my car running outside the house to heat it up in the mornings, I dont think I'll be doing that now. Silly to do it in the first place to be fair so I should consider myself lucky!

Out of interest is there a surefire way to prevent alloys being stolen? I'm sure theres a way around locking nuts?

Head

[Tipsy Mac]

Could there be a chance the VIN of the car is stamped on them, check with a Merc dealer. I know some manufacturers stamp this on parts, whether the wheels are included in this I don't know.

[bazz26]

Originally Posted by Head

Out of interest is there a surefire way to prevent alloys being stolen? I'm sure theres a way around locking nuts?

Head

At the end of the day if a thief is determined enough they will get them. The thing is though that most of this sort of thing is done by your typical opportunist scumbag looking to sell the alloys on quickly to pay for his next fix.

While locking nuts may not totally prevent the alloy wheels from being stolen, it will slow the average scumbag down and probably make them move onto another car which doesn't have the hassel of undoing locking nuts.

[Ronan H]

Originally Posted by bazz26

While locking nuts may not totally prevent the alloy wheels from being stolen, it will slow the average scumbag down and probably make them move onto another car which doesn't have the hassel of undoing locking nuts.

Right then, five sets of locking nuts it is then .

Head

[rebel.ranter]

Locking nuts aved my rear wheel recently. They managed to take off 4 of the 5 nuts.
Initially I thought the wheel had just worked lose as I had recently had a wheel bearing replaced. However the only one left was the locking nut. Herself was driving the car with just one nut!! Scary stuff.
She had left it overnight in the airport business park, the week I spotted the missing nuts. The weekly wash paid off here, it is a good time to do an over all inspection of the car.

[gary the great]

Yep my new wheels are worth about a grand and the car is parke dout on a main road rather than at my house. RObbing the wheels is bad enough, but the damage the cause if they dont put it up on bricks, i hear soemtimes they'll just rob the wheels and let the car drop which wouyld wreck the the car.

Im getting 2 different sets of locking nuts to make it more difficult, i think 2 cheaper sets would be more hassle to remove than 1 good set??

[Alfie1]

Do not use more than 1 locking bolt per wheel as they are not designed to take the stresses that an ordinary bolt takes.