Warning : Stolen type 172 M wheels
06-25-2007, 11:32 PM
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Hello, woke up this morning to find all 4 of my 172 M wheels stolen. Car is jacked up on bricks.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
06-25-2007, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Choppy101' post='439859' date='Jun 26 2007, 10:32 AM
Hello, woke up this morning to find all 4 of my 172 M wheels stolen. Car is jacked up on bricks.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Shit :thumbsdown: ...sorry to hear that ...I hope they are covered by insurance.
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Originally Posted by Choppy101' post='439859' date='Jun 26 2007, 12:32 AM
Hello, woke up this morning to find all 4 of my 172 M wheels stolen. Car is jacked up on bricks.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Now you have an excuse to get new wheels on your insurance's dime? 
06-26-2007, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Choppy101' post='439859' date='Jun 26 2007, 09:32 AM
Hello, woke up this morning to find all 4 of my 172 M wheels stolen. Car is jacked up on bricks.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
06-26-2007, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Choppy101' post='439859' date='Jun 26 2007, 09:32 AM
Hello, woke up this morning to find all 4 of my 172 M wheels stolen. Car is jacked up on bricks.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
Just a warning to others..
1. The locking bolts from BMW will only stop the opportunist thief.
2. Be suspicious of any used 172 M wheels around the North West London area.
I have some locking bolts from a third party brand - I hope not as universal as BMW's.
Your insurance will take care of this - new set coming up !
06-26-2007, 01:42 AM
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Nightmare! I saw an M5 t'other day that had 2 of it's 166's nicked! They only took the ones facing the road, probably couldn't get the other side off as it was against the kerb.
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06-26-2007, 07:23 AM
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Just spoke to the police on this. There's a spate of this activity going on particularly with the M-Sport cars.
They have a method of unlocking the BMW locks without drilling.
(The AA use such a kit)
Anybody use third party ones which offer different / more protection?
They have a method of unlocking the BMW locks without drilling.
(The AA use such a kit)
Anybody use third party ones which offer different / more protection?
06-26-2007, 10:12 AM
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My Ride: 535d Sport, carbon black, media pack, visibility pack, grey leather, heated seats, sun protection glass, voice control, Eibach ProKit, 19" 166 style wheels, e-maps ECU remap to 325hp and 640NM, top speed limiter removed
By far the best you can get are McGard Ultra. Have won all recent Autoexpress tests.
27179SL is the model number you need for your car.
Rather expensive at about 35 quid or so, but well worth it. Allegedly they can be done, too, but only with electric tools, a lot of noise and pretty long amount of time making noise. Get 2 sets and place 2 of them per wheel and you'll be laughing. DON'T loose the key.
The tools they use take the BMW locks easily. They are a sort of self gripping/cutting sleeves, that just go over the bolts, bite in and take them out. Not that easy with the McGards.
If required I can dig out the link from where I bought mine.
27179SL is the model number you need for your car.
Rather expensive at about 35 quid or so, but well worth it. Allegedly they can be done, too, but only with electric tools, a lot of noise and pretty long amount of time making noise. Get 2 sets and place 2 of them per wheel and you'll be laughing. DON'T loose the key.
The tools they use take the BMW locks easily. They are a sort of self gripping/cutting sleeves, that just go over the bolts, bite in and take them out. Not that easy with the McGards.
If required I can dig out the link from where I bought mine.
06-26-2007, 11:46 AM
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My Ride: 530i MSport, Silver Grey, Step, 19" 172 Wheels, Media Pkg inc MP3, Heated Front Seats, Black Leather Seats, Aux Port, Space Saver Wheel, M Rear Spoiler, Ext Voice System
Here's an article on the locking wheel bolts....
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/prod...heel_bolts.html
I'll be looking out for some - thanks for the recommendation olli_535d. I seriously wouldn't want my 172's exchanged for bricks!
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/prod...heel_bolts.html
I'll be looking out for some - thanks for the recommendation olli_535d. I seriously wouldn't want my 172's exchanged for bricks!
06-26-2007, 12:02 PM
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My Ride: 535d Sport, carbon black, media pack, visibility pack, grey leather, heated seats, sun protection glass, voice control, Eibach ProKit, 19" 166 style wheels, e-maps ECU remap to 325hp and 640NM, top speed limiter removed
Here's a link to the UK website, where I got mine. These are the SL (Ultra) the SU are the standard ones, still good, but not as good.
http://www.mcgardlocks.co.uk/prodtype.asp?...ecordPosition=1
http://www.mcgardlocks.co.uk/prodtype.asp?...ecordPosition=1