Spare Tire Theft
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04-21-2006, 02:46 PM
Spare Tire Theft
Well, just learned about spare tire theft....Went on vacation and noticed I didn't have a spare under my 02 D. Looked under there and it was just a severed cable.
Didn't know what to think but wanted to get new and used prices on the mechanism and when I called the dealership, they said they had 20 stolen from there lot one night.
Long story short is that it sucks. Anyone have a spare tire and wheel or a regular 16" wheel + tire? All the bone yards around here were out of the wheel/tire as well as the mechanism....what a racket. Found the mechanism in CA, shipped to IL for less than $50 total, seemed decent.
Didn't know what to think but wanted to get new and used prices on the mechanism and when I called the dealership, they said they had 20 stolen from there lot one night.
Long story short is that it sucks. Anyone have a spare tire and wheel or a regular 16" wheel + tire? All the bone yards around here were out of the wheel/tire as well as the mechanism....what a racket. Found the mechanism in CA, shipped to IL for less than $50 total, seemed decent.
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04-27-2006, 02:44 PM
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RE: Spare Tire Theft
Anybody found any sort of locking mechanism you can put on your tire? Lately there has been a rash of thefts in my neighborhood as well. Kids stealing spoilers off the rice rockets and stuff. I can just see me finding my tire missing one day with a flat 30 miles out some dirt trail. [:'(]
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04-29-2006, 10:47 AM
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