i bought a vl 5spd on sunday and put a set of brand new hsv coup for 18 in ch rims on it, and when i went out to work on monday the car was gon, the car was soon recoverd by police and i now have it back, i didn't even have the rins for 24 hours talk about 1500 down the drain, please keep a look out for them they were stolen from ocean street narrabeen, sydney and were off a gold 5 spd vl, if i fund these ****s i will seriously break their kneecaps

sorry to hear bout that mate, all the best to find out who took them

locknuts r ur frend, good luck man

i live on the same street mate ill keep a close eye out for ya

most locknuts don't do crap for protecting wheels... They r real easy to get passed. It sucks to hear about ur loss mate, hopefully u find the *******s that did it, and u get to mess em up a bit...

if i do find out who it was their car will be a write off after im done with it

man thats so *****en slack why do (unts do that **** why cant they buy there own sh!t us ppls put a lot of effort in to our cars and these scum cum and do this **** good luck with finding em man hope u do and deliver a bit of justice

Noobie question but what do lock nuts do for you? i mean how are they gonna stop sombody stealing your wheels cause i thought they just went on real tight or sumthin like that?

Quote: Originally Posted by Premium01 Noobie question but what do lock nuts do for you? i mean how are they gonna stop sombody stealing your wheels cause i thought they just went on real tight or sumthin like that? They have a weird pattern engraved in them, which needs a special nut to unlock. Just makes it that little bit harder to steal. Definetely worth it.

Did you buy the car from a dodgy fella? He could have kept a key for it

Quote: Originally Posted by jordy Did you buy the car from a dodgy fella? He could have kept a key for it nah bought from dealership

dam mate that sucks, i live real close too so i'll keep an eye out, sorry to hear

Lock nuts are virtually useless. You obviously need to have the tool with you incase you get a flat...Are you gonna carry it with you every time you leave the car??? Only real use is to slow down someone floggin your rims on the side of the road... ie. not much.

lock nuts are crap house mate most sets only have about 5 to 7 keys in the set and most can be open by using a chisel or other tools. mate best thing to do lock ur car in a garage and do everything you can to act as a deturrant to theives i mean everything. maybe that 30sec's u spend flick all ur kill switches on to start ur car will be really worth it someday. at least you got your VL back not liek some people who have nothing at all now i guess in a way ur lucky but still you should still ahev ur rims no matter wat.

thats pretty bad luck........... how is the car ? is it damaged at all or is it just the rims that are gone ?

I live neerby on the beaches. Same thing happened to my work mate a week earlier. Where abouts was you car found and how did they break into it? Sounds like similar theft!

I agree with everyone thats sayin locknuts r useless because u do basically hav 2 carry them with u wherever u go, when my best mates vk got stolen he hid it real well but they stripped everything and found it. also guys if u can change the locks on ur vl, stock ones r very dodgy and can be easily broken into...