On Sundays I like to walk apparently
 

Went out to pick up some breakfast Sunday morning and at first though I had a flat again because of the angle I could see my truck from. Turns out I was only kinda right. This is the 5-6 Denali in the past few weeks in the area thats been hit according to the local PD. Got a check today from the insurance company and getting ready to order some new wheels and tires.

But would ya look at that FLEX!

Not that they help much with professional thieves, but did you have wheel locks? Just curious how effective they are...what a pain in the a$$!

No wheel locks. They don't help or even really slow anybody down like they used to with all the wheel lock remover kits available.

Sorry to see this happen to anyone. You have a plan for if/ when they come back again?

Ahmad

Just when you thought people didn't do that anymore . . .

Not really. I'm getting locking lug nuts to slow them down next time. The cop that took my report told me about a trooper a few towns over that has had 4 sets taken off his truck already, so not a whole lot I can do. They did fix the front gate that was open most of last week because a chain broke. A little late though.

It wasn't just a couple months ago a professional crew hit a dealership about 10 minutes from my shop and took roughly 50 sets of wheels off new silverados, camaros, and corvettes. They said they was at the dealership a little over 3 hours loading wheels into a trailer.

That's inane..... who are they even selling them to? Back to the dealers or owners?? Scum bags

how the hell did no one see them in broad daylight

craigslist them out of state so no one pays attention and just calls them "dealer takeoffs" :lol:

They hit the dealership about 1am on a sunday night/monday morning. Pretty ballsy considering how well lit the dealership is.

Well, silver lining on this...factory replacement wheels are usually very expensive from the dealer parts counter so the insurance check should be pretty hefty. Should be able to get a high quality aftermarket wheel with new tires for the cost of your deductible. Still sucks though...

They did the same thing at the Cadillac dealer I work for about a year or so ago. Cut the gate lock and pulled in a box van then went and cut the power to all the light poles before getting away with around 50 sets of mostly Escalade wheels.

My parts manager got me a set of take offs for my truck from ADI and then I ordered an LS9 accessory drive kit, tires and struts for the girlfriends SRX and two sets of wheel locks :G-Dub:

So long as insurance pays. Factory wheels are generally more expensive than the aftermarket wheels.