Wheel Locks
- Thread starter Mr. K
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Mr.K - With this horrible economy, low-life thieves are stealing anything and everything they can get their hands on and not just wheels, but entire vehicles. Even catalytic convertors are being stolen from vehicles as they are parked in public parking lots. The thieves sell the catalytic convertors for the platinum that is inside them.
A set of aluminum wheels and tires are worth a lot of money and they way I see it, life is too short to worry and suffer from stress if we don't have to. So if a set of wheel locks can reduce that worry and stress, then they might very well be worth it. The only drawback I've seen from wheel locks, is that when people go to an auto center for work on their car and the wheels need to be removed, it's been my experience that it's not uncommon for the wheel lock key to become lost and then it's a major pain in the neck getting the wheels off.
A set of aluminum wheels and tires are worth a lot of money and they way I see it, life is too short to worry and suffer from stress if we don't have to. So if a set of wheel locks can reduce that worry and stress, then they might very well be worth it. The only drawback I've seen from wheel locks, is that when people go to an auto center for work on their car and the wheels need to be removed, it's been my experience that it's not uncommon for the wheel lock key to become lost and then it's a major pain in the neck getting the wheels off.
Here's a thought. Contact your local law enforcement office (city or county) and ask if they have any reports or statistics on vehicle equipment thefts/vandalism. That will give you a true sense of whether or not this is something you really need to worry about. I live south of Atlanta, but work in downtown. The ATL police occasionally publish bulletins and alerts about areas and types of crimes. I work in information security for a large company, and our physical security guys let us know about these. There was a rash of office creepers a couple of years ago, and the police did a good job of letting us know.