Some idiots stole my 172M 19" wheels last night
03-06-2008, 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Palmo' post='540521' date='Mar 6 2008, 10:53 AM
So, I looked into buying some additional bolts and looked at the McGards (one of the best rated items). Trouble is they are silver in colour (not sure if these are available in black) and all the standard bolts are black, so I thought this would look odd. After a bit of research I found that BMW themselves do an 'upgraded' 'Mcgard' style bolt (in black). Will PM you the details.
03-06-2008, 08:38 AM
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Sorry to hear about your loss on the sweet rims, nowadays if they want your rims they will get it.. I would suspect that the people that broke into your garage are the same people that stole your rims... they saw your rims and knew it was of value and decided that they could get more for the rims than whatever they could steal that nite...
Oh and to get around the tilt sensor is really easy i'm surprised no ones noticed it... no need for multiple Jacks or coordinated efforts like many ppl said... all you need to do is support the car with the jack... just put enough pressure on the jack so it can bare the weight... then let the air out of the tire.. the deflated tire will provide enough space to allow the wheel to be take off without raising the height of the car!!
Thieves are very tricky at getting around high tech gadgets...
Oh and to get around the tilt sensor is really easy i'm surprised no ones noticed it... no need for multiple Jacks or coordinated efforts like many ppl said... all you need to do is support the car with the jack... just put enough pressure on the jack so it can bare the weight... then let the air out of the tire.. the deflated tire will provide enough space to allow the wheel to be take off without raising the height of the car!!
Thieves are very tricky at getting around high tech gadgets...
03-06-2008, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by vancouverE60' post='540623' date='Mar 6 2008, 05:38 PM
Oh and to get around the tilt sensor is really easy i'm surprised no ones noticed it... no need for multiple Jacks or coordinated efforts like many ppl said... all you need to do is support the car with the jack... just put enough pressure on the jack so it can bare the weight... then let the air out of the tire.. the deflated tire will provide enough space to allow the wheel to be take off without raising the height of the car!!
03-06-2008, 12:53 PM
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These crimes have something in common the world over. The vast majority are committed by repeat offenders. When will the justice system recognize this? It seems that most are given a slap on the wrist and released, but they are not sorry - just sorry they got caught.
I'm not saying lock up some troubled teen on the first offense, but when someone comes before the judge with 20 similar past charges, just put us all out of our misery and send him away for 5 years. He won't change, but at least there will be 5 years that he won't be costing society $10,000 per day in crime.
I'm not saying lock up some troubled teen on the first offense, but when someone comes before the judge with 20 similar past charges, just put us all out of our misery and send him away for 5 years. He won't change, but at least there will be 5 years that he won't be costing society $10,000 per day in crime.
03-07-2008, 01:44 AM
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My Ride: 08 550 Carbon Sport Almost everything factory, but no sound upgrades.
There are some posts (most form UK) above about McGard locking lug nuts.
I cannot find (on the web) good, specific*, references to the McGards, here in the states.
Can anyone direct me to a vendor, or perhaps another brand.
*Specific ... all I could find are charts with lengths and thread specs.
Yesterday I asked my dealer's parts guy. He was not too up tp speed on lug nuts but he did say that BMW has more than one "key" for their wheels. Does this provide much security?
I cannot find (on the web) good, specific*, references to the McGards, here in the states.
Can anyone direct me to a vendor, or perhaps another brand.
*Specific ... all I could find are charts with lengths and thread specs.
Yesterday I asked my dealer's parts guy. He was not too up tp speed on lug nuts but he did say that BMW has more than one "key" for their wheels. Does this provide much security?
03-07-2008, 03:07 AM
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McGard's is infact a US company and the nuts are made in Germany. BMW now do the McGard's nut design themselves. However I do not believe they do the McGard Ultra nuts but the McGard standard ones.
UPDATE : BMW do use the McGard Ultra design but only use 20 codes from McGard. So in theory if your thief has all 20 keys then your wheels should still be robbed. Most OEM manufacturers take this approach of choosing a few codes. Fine balance between security and "I've lost my key can you please help me".
However the 'real' McGards have 1000s of combinations making it a bit tougher.
UPDATE : BMW do use the McGard Ultra design but only use 20 codes from McGard. So in theory if your thief has all 20 keys then your wheels should still be robbed. Most OEM manufacturers take this approach of choosing a few codes. Fine balance between security and "I've lost my key can you please help me".
However the 'real' McGards have 1000s of combinations making it a bit tougher.
03-07-2008, 05:02 AM
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To repeat something from an earlier post...... unless the 'key' to the wheel nuts is removed from the car each time you park it, a thief will only need to break into the boot / trunk to get at it and take the wheels anyway.