Someone stole my cars wheel at Tampa Hard Rock (1 Viewer)

[Tommy]

Feeling better about my upgrade to locking lug nuts!

Actually...found out first hand that locking lug nut removal can be faster and add to repair costs than standard lug nuts.

Instead of using the tire iron to unscrew a lug nut, they insert the flat end of the tire iron between the luck nut and wheel then step on it shearing the wheel stud.

After all four wheels were stolen from my car leaving me four sheared wheel studs, I learned. If someone wants your wheels, they’ll take them.

PS Sorry about the theft.

A cheap throw away socket from Harbor Freight gets them off super fast too. I bought a car back in the day that had wheel locks but no lug nut key. Hammer it 1/4 to 1/2 half on the locking lug nut and they come right off. Best to get 4 of them so you don't have to worry about getting the socket off the lug nut later on. I would get new lug nuts anyway.

 

[mike32]

Maybe they were planning on taking all 4 and someone scared them in the act. A couple years ago people were stealing Ford Explorer wheels very frequently around here in Michigan but they would leave the vehicle on landscape bricks. That rim may have just been something to keep your car off the ground. The bad guys figure out what can make a quick buck and yours are probably in style for theft right now.

 

[rowlin]

The fact that you drove off with the mismatched and insufficiently reattached wheel speaks volumes to the motivation for replacing it rather than just taking it.

I have seen a number of explanations mentioned for the “why only one” question.

The most important thing is that you were not injured. A wheel falling off at high speed seems a bit frightening to me.

I hope it was random as opposed to you being targeted. Plus one for parking in better camera range.

 

[DeeVee8]

That is some crazy ish. What are they going to do with a Nissan with one black rim? And why would they bother giving you their wheel. Maybe it's pranksters and some guy with a Nissan got a free upgrade he doesn't want

I think I know why they gave him another wheel...

...not that it worked for Indy, but you never know.

 

[APatHand]

There is no way a bag of sand weighs as much or more than a golden idol. Just sayin.
That has always bothered me.

 

[WedgeRock]

Instead of using the tire iron to unscrew a lug nut, they insert the flat end of the tire iron between the luck nut and wheel then step on it shearing the wheel stud.

A cheap throw away socket from Harbor Freight gets them off super fast too. I bought a car back in the day that had wheel locks but no lug nut key. Hammer it 1/4 to 1/2 half on the locking lug nut and they come right off.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Go full degen and see if you can flip the new wheel and tire for an upgrade. Toss it in classifieds and autograph it. @BarrieJ3 will prob buy it..

 

[Psypher1000]

Toss it in classifieds and autograph it.

"Partial sample set - lightly used"

 

[BarrieJ3]

Go full degen and see if you can flip the new wheel and tire for an upgrade. Toss it in classifieds and autograph it. @BarrieJ3 will prob buy it..

Wow dude . Wtf, I’m not out here buying car parts. Although technically it is casino used. Yeah, okay I guess. Ship it.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Limited edition eagle Talon. Rough shape, 1 of 4. Other three are currently still on the tables. Autographed by Degen. 400.00. local pickup only.

 

[1A25R]

Sorry for what happened to you.
People are strange..

 

[Forty4]

I just realized that if someone stole my passenger side wheels I’d probably not know it for a month or so.

 

[Anthony Martino]

I expect next time to find a red passenger door from a sentra

 

[Zmasterben]

I expect next time to find a red passenger door from a sentra

I like the idea of someone slowly replacing your car piece by piece until you just have a different car at the end just to mess with you

 

[Sparty]

I suppose you could offer the "newly acquired" wheel as a bounty to whoever knocks you out of the SQM tournament?

 

[APatHand]

Sorry for what happened to you.
People are strange..

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It is Albuquerque. Just sayin'.

 

[joeyshin]

In high school a friend went to the mall to return something. He was there for les than an hour and came back to his car on blocks and engine missing.

 

[APatHand]

In high school a friend went to the mall to return something. He was there for les than an hour and came back to his car on blocks and engine missing.

It goes a lot faster when you aren't worried about reconnecting all those wires and hoses.

 

[1A25R]

In high school a friend went to the mall to return something. He was there for les than an hour and came back to his car on blocks and engine missing.

because was faster than steal the whole car ????

 

[joeyshin]

because was faster than steal the whole car ????

He had LoJack

 

[AS69]

Sorry man, that really sucks. Same thing happened to me a 3 days after I got my new car. Dealer didn't put locks on. That's what I get for parking on the street in the Bronx! Thought they stopped stealing wheels back in the 80s.....who knew!

 

[mike32]

I suggest you change your personalized plate to “A2345” or maybe “A23 5” with one missing.
Also just because...

 

[slisk250]

Wheel trades in the VIP lot? I wonder what the hell is going on in the peasant lot?

 

[FordPickup92]

I just realized that if someone stole my passenger side wheels I’d probably not know it for a month or so.

Wait... how wouldnt you know.....

 

[Forty4]

Wait... how wouldnt you know.....

Because I never go on that side of the car. Honestly almost all my parking results in my driver’s side being closer to the path I need to walk.

 

[FordPickup92]

Because I never go on that side of the car. Honestly almost all my parking results in my driver’s side being closer to the path I need to walk.

But I feel like you might feel it?

 

[Anthony Martino]

UPDATE!!!!!

Spoke with the detective division over at the casino, the case is still assigned to the officer who took my report, but I was told they caught a 2 door sedan on camera with mismatched rims AND got a tag #, so the detectives are expecting it will be sent to them soon for further investigation. Maybe we will catch this fucker!

 

[Forty4]

But I feel like you might feel it?

There is a quote for @WedgeRock

I’ve driven all my cars into the ground. Happen to be on a newer model so yeah I probably would notice something off, but I also no longer drive that far on a daily basis.

 

[APatHand]

I lost a front wheel once while on the northbound I-45 elevated just past the Allen Center Parking Garage. I think it went into Buffalo Bayou; I never found it. Luckily I had a spare tire and spare a spare set of lug bolts (VW). Fixed it on the side of the freeway.
It was a brand new tire. Always personally check your lugs after someone else works on your wheels.

 

[kirchhausen]

My tires are 19 inch, they gave me a 17 inch with only 2 of 5 lug nuts, lol

At least it should be easier for you to get in the car now