Attempted Thefts??
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Attempted Thefts??
As titled above I've had what I believed to be 5 attempted thefts of my wheels over the past year and a bit. Had the cops in for the last 2, but now I'm starting to wonder
Usually it's the 2 locking wheel nuts that are removed on the side facing away from my house, regardless of which ever way the car is facing. On a couple of occasions some of the nuts were loosened. I've changed the brand several times and now I have McGuards on there. Replaced the old set in November after another suspected attempt, and the ******* have had another go last Friday FFS... this time they only got one off.
I'm starting to question whether these are just coming loose??? They're all torqued up an **** and I there's no vibration to mention so they should be OK. I'd imgine if they did work their way loose, they'd either come back on me and damage the car, or I'd be hearing report on the local news that innocent pedestrians have been shot in the head by a locking wheel nut??
They're only Inovit Redlines FFS, hardly worth nicking as they're cheap as chips to buy new. So why would anyone wanna nick'em? TBH I'm getting absolutely fcuked off with it now, one time I didn't realise until I drove up the road with the Mrs & kids in the car. If I hear any noises outside in the night and I'm running outside frothing at the mouth like a rabbid dog ready to skin the barstewards! It's ruining my sex life!!
Joking apart... any ideas anyone?
Usually it's the 2 locking wheel nuts that are removed on the side facing away from my house, regardless of which ever way the car is facing. On a couple of occasions some of the nuts were loosened. I've changed the brand several times and now I have McGuards on there. Replaced the old set in November after another suspected attempt, and the ******* have had another go last Friday FFS... this time they only got one off.
I'm starting to question whether these are just coming loose??? They're all torqued up an **** and I there's no vibration to mention so they should be OK. I'd imgine if they did work their way loose, they'd either come back on me and damage the car, or I'd be hearing report on the local news that innocent pedestrians have been shot in the head by a locking wheel nut??
They're only Inovit Redlines FFS, hardly worth nicking as they're cheap as chips to buy new. So why would anyone wanna nick'em? TBH I'm getting absolutely fcuked off with it now, one time I didn't realise until I drove up the road with the Mrs & kids in the car. If I hear any noises outside in the night and I'm running outside frothing at the mouth like a rabbid dog ready to skin the barstewards! It's ruining my sex life!!
Joking apart... any ideas anyone?
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Yes mate, they're McGuard's; got'em from ScoobyParts. I don't think they're coming loose tbh, I've been trying to thing of another potential reason... foul play I suspect
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What I meant was, that depending on whether your wheels have steel inserts in the stud holes or just drilled in the wheel alloy, may dictate the angle of the seating for the wheelnut. Did the wheels come with their own wheelnuts? If they did, it's possible the seating angle could be different to the standard Subaru wheelnuts and the McGuards, having the Subaru seating angle, will not seat properly. Just a thought!
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I'm going to start checking them with a wheel brace daily to see if they start to loosen.
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No mate, I don't work there but I live round the corner from there and it's a handy spot for taking my pics. No refurbs either, I've had it all from new. I've defo starting to think they were attempted thefts
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Are the old locking nuts still left by car or completly gone
surely you would have damage on the nut if attempted theft as i had to smash a socket on my locking nuts (lost key) and there was damage on the nut
surely you would have damage on the nut if attempted theft as i had to smash a socket on my locking nuts (lost key) and there was damage on the nut
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Now this doesn't automatically qualify him as a thief, but it does qualify him as a complete bell end who doesn't know his Vauxhalls from his imprezas; if he did have one he would know that they didn't make a VXR. But what I did find odd was the fact that they just walked up the road to check out my car, and then walked back up the road and jumped into an old Puma. Didn't get the index as the car was too far up the road but something was defo a miss
I made it quite obviously to them that I'd seen their faces up close, so we'll see what happens next.
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