Been a while since I've posted here. Well, here's the story:
Sunday morning I'm leaving my girlfriend's house with her to go to church. I open the door, and there is my Goat up on cement blocks with no wheels, in the driveway of all things! This is a fairly decent neighborhood, too. I was dumbfounded to say the least. I had the stock 17" wheels on. So, I called the cops, yada yada, insurance, yada yada.
I was asking myself, why such desperation to steal stock wheels? Well, turns out that the OEM wheels are a commodity at $534.72 a piece! So, be careful with your wheels, guys, and buy lugnut locks if you don't have them, I didn't.
Anyway, turns out it's a blessing in disguise, because I have really wanted some aftermarket wheels. So I ordered TSW Thruxtons, 19" staggered, with Kumho Ecsta SPT's, should get them in a few days. Can't wait to get them on! Pics will follow soon.
i must say that sucks. make sure you get some wheel locks for you aftermarket wheels or else your "friends" will come back and take them...unless you didn't really like those. crooks after stock wheels...what will they think of next?
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Well, at least you're turning lemons in lemonade, so to speak. Is there any other damage to your car? What are those black smudges on the sides above each wheel well? And it looks like they might have broken the driver's side front bumper skin clip -- because the gap right below the headlight is huge.
Good luck with the new wheels -- and be sure to post pics once they're on.
Well, at least you're turning lemons in lemonade, so to speak. Is there any other damage to your car? What are those black smudges on the sides above each wheel well? And it looks like they might have broken the driver's side front bumper skin clip -- because the gap right below the headlight is huge.
Good luck with the new wheels -- and be sure to post pics once they're on.
Yeah, that's where the cops dusted for prints. They wore gloves, no prints. Yeah, there was a ding on left rear fender, and the front bumper will be fixed also. No other damage, and they didn't break into my car, thank God.
Make sure you check out the underside of the rockers. The blocks are sure to have scuffed up paint and possible cracks. After you get new wheels keep a look out so they don't hit you again.
Man, that sucks! Lucky they didn't have a tow truck to haul the whole car away. Hmm, LS1 engine, leather interior.....
Years ago, when I had recently bought my 1990 IROC-Z, I had it parked in my dad's driveway. Late that night he heard a diesel engine so looked out the front room window and saw a tow truck backing up to the rear of my IROC-Z. He flashed his flashlight at the drivers' window and yelled "HEY!" in a loud voice. The truck burned rubber out of there. Cops said they'd consistently drive by my dad's house in the future. Luckily, I still have the car after 17 years of ownership.
It's pretty unusual for theives to just take wheels anymore. They usually take the whole car, which is faster and safer for them, then strip it for all it's worth. Stealing the cursed 17's may be a blessing however. Maybe you have some friends playing a joke on you and won't fess up after denting the fender? Sucks either way but it's good to see you aren't ready to kill over this. Take better precautions to protect your new rollers and hope the rest of us learn from this.
WOW that bites! I can't imagine why they would want stock wheels. Maybe for the tires? It can't be that hard to find a non-gto w/ goat wheels on it.
Well, I couldn't understand it either, until I called the local Pontiac dealer and was told that my stock wheels are worth $534.72 a piece. Refurbished ones
go on average for about 200. So there you go.
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