front right weel always?

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Topic: front right weel always?

Posted By: markcars
Subject: front right weel always?
Date Posted: February 24, 2004 at 9:43 AM

i don't know if this is the right place for this but here's my miscellaneous questoin. My front right hub cap wes stolen twice, and a friend of mine had his front right hubcap stolen too. Also I noticed a few cars on the road with missing front-right hubcaps too. What is the deal with front right hubcaps/wheels? anybody knows?

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Posted By: Teken
Date Posted: February 25, 2004 at 5:06 PM

markcars wrote:

What is the deal with front right hubcaps/wheels? anybody knows?

Curb damage?? posted_image

Regards

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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: February 25, 2004 at 7:14 PM

Some punks having fun? Or it could be a government conspiracy to drive people insane? Who knows maybe there are front right hub cap knomes trying to make money.

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Posted By: devilsquid
Date Posted: February 25, 2004 at 9:36 PM

pull any fast left turns recently?

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Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 25, 2004 at 10:24 PM

Good ideas. LOL auex, about government conspiracy to drive people insane.

Well, I remember parking my car at this lot every day. The car was quite new(about 6 months). The caps weren't even scratched, if from being too close to curb. It had to be from forced removal since I checked the car when I left that day and when I got back..missing cap!

Moreover, as I removed the remaining 3 caps to save them from being stolen too, I realised how tighly they were fit. They're "spring loaded" with two circular springs. Removal has to require quite some force with some tool such as a screwdriver's tip. After I removed the other 3 myself, I had peace of mind until I returned the leased car back to the dealer. My new car has alloy wheels without hubcaps and wheel locks so nobody can pull them hopefully!

Thanks Justin and auex.

Posted By: shredder130
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 9:51 PM

a hammer and a chisel will get rid of the aheel lock posted_image

Posted By: shredder130
Date Posted: February 26, 2004 at 9:52 PM

eh wheel lock *

Posted By: daniel2002p
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 8:03 AM

yup, curbes and hubcaps do not mix

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Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 8:38 AM

shredder130 wrote:

a hammer and a chisel will get rid of the aheel lock

I don't really think a hammer and a chisel can get rid of a wheel lock. you might have to work harder to achive that.

a) wheel locks are round and made or hardened steel so a chisel just won't sit anywhere on it but slip at all attempts and

b) they are the same size of the nuts so strenghtwise, I would assume they are noless than the oem hex nut. good thinking though.

upon thinking about it myself, i figured there might be a way, but that would require the car to be in a shop with some more equipment and tools than just a hammer and a chisel, not to mention the noises etc. I don't want to give any ideas on a bad thing even if they only be thoughts, so I rather not say my thoughts about it.

now you've got me worried again.

Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 8:44 AM

daniel2002p wrote:

yup, curbes and hubcaps do not mix

i agree with you completely; if the driver touches or scrapes the curb with his/her wheel. I never do, so I know the reason isn't curbs, even though it is a very valid method. besides, i had the car quite new and was taking utmost care of it; I havent parked it next to any curb except while in NYC, and that too the curb was on the left side whereas the cap was on the right. the only thing i cannot be sure is if a UFO took my cap thinking it to be a small spacecraft that was stuck to my front right wheel since it was so clean and shiny. posted_image

Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 9:20 PM

its really easy to remove wheel locks with out the keysocket

anybody who works at an autocenter (like me posted_image ) knows how to

of course the locklug is ruined after its done, so businesses never use the method unless we are asked to by a customer

the only way to keep your wheels intact is put a lock on each wheel stud, this will at least slow the theif down, park next to a police station, and install the loudest alarm on the market with extra horns and lights, then your odds of loss are decreased slightly

if they really want your shT, there's nothing you can do will stop them

anyway, i'd bet my money on mischevious kids taking your hubcaps

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Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 9:48 PM

i don't work at an autocenter (like you do) but i would think the only way would be to file the "nut" so you can turn it with a wrench. the car might have to be at an autocenter like you mentionned, but probably cannot be done on the street. i got rid of the problem now by putting a high resolution camera on my window that points at my car and surroundings. I hooked up the camera to my computer (which stays 24 hours on) with a high speed internet connection so I can see it from anywhere via the internet with my IP and password. on top of that, I am also recording the camera's output at 6 frames per second to an extra hard drive so just in case someone tries to mess with my car now, i will have nice pictures to show the police. so I solved that problem which I had a couple of years ago with my previous car. computers are great. aren't they?