Unfortuantly last night at the dealership i work at .. a set of evo wheels were stolen right off the car and the car was put on bricks causing damage to the body also


Be careful people with your cars guys... seems like there are alot of a$$holes out in the world who dont want to pay for things.

 

I'm sorry to hear that - people are such *******s sometimes

 

wheel locks all the way.. I'm considering getting another set to make it even harder to jack them.

 

What dealership was it? Weird... what other cars will they swap onto?

Thwack...I have a friend who had a heavily modded Integra GSR. He replaced ALL his lugs with locking lugs. Thats right, he had to use 5 different keys (type R suspension) to change his wheels.

That car was stolen out of his driveway.....and it was recovered completely stripped a few months later.....but the wheels and the suspension were still there! huhu

SC~

 

If they steal the wheels, I'll file an insurance claim and use the money toward my new 18" BBS...

 

hmmmm....me thinks wheel locks are next purchase

 

When I purchased my GSR the dealer already had wheel lock on all of them because people where stealing the rims. I was very surprised when the Mitsu dealers didn't just put them on. People will steal whatever they can get their hands on.

 

Well when I go to the dealer next week, I will put those on, too. I need to buy a cover as well. No damn garages here in N. VA unless you buy a detached house.

 

I am moving in less than a month now... Yes its out of the ghetto for me, into a nice complex in NOVA with a garage under each building... one that needs an id card to get into... I will sleep so much better at night than i do now... bunch thugs where i live now. I was about to buy a cover for the car, but I'll take those 200 bucks and put them toward repaitning the front end, now that i wont be commuting 70 miles a day in dc roads and highways.

 

Already have wheel locks on mine...and insurance...

 

I live in a gated community....ID card to get in....I have a detached garage that is big enough to store my Evo and my Mini at the same time...On site car washing....wide parking spots.

Life is good.

SC~

 

At this dealership (Acura) we automatically put a set of wheel locks on every car as they're PDI'd. Not that Acura rims are even that popular to steal, just that we don't want anyone stealing them anyway. I too am shocked that Mitsubishi dealerships don't put locks on their Evos at PDI.

 

whats PDI?

 

Pre-Delivery Inspection. This is when a tech takes a freshly-delivered vehicle and inspects it based on a checklist. This includes installing a couple fuses left out for shipping, removing things like suspension spacers, screwing on the radio antennas, and putting it up on a lift to inspect even the underbody for any travel/shipping damage.

On Acuras they also put in the radio/navigation codes to enable the radio/navi so if/when the car is test driven everything works.

 

Yup...and you should have received a copy of the PDI checklist with your paperwork when you took delivery of your vehicle.