I'm worried about my rims getting stolen

[WCELingad]

Apparently, thieves can steal your rims even with Honda's wheel lock which people say is crap. What other ways can I do to prevent my precious wheels from being stolen? I don't have a garage so my car is always parked either in the driveway or side street.

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[360glitch]

Good locks is about the best you can do. Which wheels do you have?

 

[WCELingad]

Good locks is about the best you can do. Which wheels do you have?

I have the '16 Touring 17 inch wheels that comes with factory wheel locks. The thing is thieves are able to steal your wheels regardless it seems and it worries me a lot now.

 

[WCELingad]

I just saw this posted today oh boy oh boy...

 

[Hondaman_MI]

Apparently, thieves can steal your rims even with Honda's wheel lock which people say is crap. What other ways can I do to prevent my precious wheels from being stolen? I don't have a garage so my car is always parked either in the driveway or side street.

There's a few threads here of members getting wheels stolen. You can get those spinning gorilla locks, along w/OEM to hopefully slow down thieves. Park close to the curb, under a street light, to make stealing them harder. If someone's really determined they're going to steal them, unfortunately. I'm surprised nobody invented an alarm that goes off when the lugs are loose. Tons of cameras on the market, you could get a home security camera pointed at the driveway/street, have it record to your home computer. Certain cameras have motion sensor alerts sent to your phone.
https://www.civicx.com/threads/woke-up-to-wheels-stolen.17298/
https://www.civicx.com/threads/my-wheels-were-stolen.17216/

 

[WCELingad]

With how much technology comes with the Civic nowadays or heck even the Accord I'm surprised that Honda didn't think about adding some type of security alarm sensor on those wheels. Come on Honda that would definitely help with so many owners and their insurances!

 

[WCELingad]

There's a few threads here of members getting wheels stolen. You can get those spinning gorilla locks, along w/OEM to hopefully slow down thieves. Park close to the curb, under a street light, to make stealing them harder. If someone's really determined they're going to steal them, unfortunately. I'm surprised nobody invented an alarm that goes off when the lugs are loose. Tons of cameras on the market, you could get a home security camera pointed at the driveway/street, have it record to your home computer. Certain cameras have motion sensor alerts sent to your phone.
https://www.civicx.com/threads/woke-up-to-wheels-stolen.17298/
https://www.civicx.com/threads/my-wheels-were-stolen.17216/

I will check those gorilla locks I definitely need to invest on those and also maybe some type of sensor for the lug nuts if something like that exist.

 

[himecraig]

Do people say if a security camera somewhere helps?
Or would that get stolen also.
Is thief insurance available or are the premiums costly.
I’d be worried also.

 

[87elco]

That guy in the video lives in the projects though in all fairness

 

[dc2turbo]

No one wants your heavy touring wheels.

oem wheel locks are useless

if you want to slow someone down. get 5 different wheel locks/shapes and put them on each wheel

 

[360glitch]

No one wants your heavy touring wheels.

While harshly worded, this is essentially true. If you don't have the factory 18" wheels or larger, you are likely not going to be much of a target.

 

[midnightcivic]

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[WCELingad]

Do people say if a security camera somewhere helps?
Or would that get stolen also.
Is thief insurance available or are the premiums costly.
I’d be worried also.

Having a security camera on your lot helps, but if you mean a security camera on your car then I'm not sure how good the motion sensors are on those.

 

[WCELingad]

While harshly worded, this is essentially true. If you don't have the factory 18" wheels or larger, you are likely not going to be much of a target.

May I know why that is? Is it because the larger wheels are just more appealing? I'm still paranoid about it so I'm going to invest on securing them. Also, I do plan to get an Accord Hybrid Touring soon although it only has a 17" wheels compared to it's 2.0T variant with the 19".

 

[WCELingad]

Alarm tilt sensor with pager

Thanks, I'll look into this along with the gorilla lock.

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