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paddybren 
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 Topic: STOLEN WHEELS!!!!!Posted: 22-February-2009 at 22:35 |
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hi i am new to this forum but i am in need of your help.
a set of 17" MIM's wheels were stolen off an M5 where i work in Kildare. they are deep dish multi-spoke wheels and are very recognisable. they look like these:  any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patrick. Edited by paddybren |
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kbannon
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Posted: 22-February-2009 at 22:44 |
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Sorry to hear that.
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Posted: 23-February-2009 at 04:29 |
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I'll keep an eye out too, but even if I saw them, there isn't much you can do.
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Posted: 24-February-2009 at 19:45 |
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Were there lock nuts fitted? How'd they manage to get a full set of wheels off in a work car park without someone questioning? |
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paddybren
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Posted: 24-February-2009 at 21:29 |
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i work in an independent bmw garage and the car was parked out the back. they obviously spotted them while they were looking through the scrapped cars in our yard and they broke in saturday night and took them. there was lock nuts on them too.
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Mike Ryan
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Posted: 25-February-2009 at 10:03 |
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I assume that the lock nuts were the usual BMW type-circular hole with a set of fine splines. These lock nuts are totally ineffective. I know that they come in different hole diameters and are used by VW and Audi as well to name but a few. A threaded bolt slightly larger in diameter (by about 1 millimeter) than the diameter of the splined hole in the lock nut is all that is needed by the thief. One good thump of a lump hammer drives the threaded end of the bolt into the splines, cutting corresponding splines on the threaded bolt. I have done it myself in an emergency, as have many other BMW owners too. I might be accused of aiding and abetting any thief that may be in a position to log on to this forum, but this knowledge might prevent a BMW owner from having their expensive wheels stolen, by getting a decent set of lock nuts fitted. BMW should have the splines on the outside of the locknut like most other cars. For example check out the locknuts on a Ford Focus, also assembled in Germany. There far superior.
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Posted: 25-February-2009 at 13:21 |
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So where dose one buy these superior lock nuts? Sorry to hear Paddybren,Scumbags I hate to hear that. |
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Posted: 25-February-2009 at 19:44 |
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Try performancealloys.com/locknuts.asp This was the first website that came up after pumping Alloy Wheel Locking Nuts into google. They seem to have the solution like I described in an earlier thread. Maybe I might need a set myself. Someone out there might be awake all night planning an oppertunity to take the permanent lone of my kerb damaged Mtecs |
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Posted: 25-February-2009 at 20:15 |
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You can see the actual locknuts that I suggest for a Beemer on mcgard.com. A small price to pay for real security. I had a look at my son's skyline to see if I could whip a wheel locking nut off like the way I did it on a beemer as I described on a previous thread. Not likely and just as well as the alloys on the car cost 600 euro each. You would wonder sometimes if euro builts are better.
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Posted: 27-February-2009 at 15:24 |
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Lads make sure you have a set or two of locking nuts as this is about the 5th case of stolen wheels I have heard in the last month. Guys comin out to find their car on blocks!!!
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Posted: 27-February-2009 at 20:27 |
 we didnt even get the novelty of blocks, it was sitting on the ground!!! |
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Posted: 27-February-2009 at 23:24 |
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Thieving b*****ds.
What wheels have you got on now? Edited by stephen520i |
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Posted: 05-March-2009 at 22:45 |
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damn- thats pain... Anyway this is interesting set of wheels. I keep my eyes open. You cant miss so agressive and nice set. |
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Posted: 06-March-2009 at 10:17 |
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Jeez I can't believe the car wasn't left on bricks! Would that not damage the chassis?
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Posted: 06-March-2009 at 10:24 |
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I'm guessing that this wasn't high on the list of cares of the rotten little toe rag tea leaf! |
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paddybren wrote:
we didnt even get the novelty of blocks, it was sitting on the ground!!!