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Old 09-29-2009, 10:48 AM  
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Originally Posted by fuzebox View Post
Professional wheel thieves are not slowed down by locking nuts in the slightest. All they do is make you feel better about the $20 you just spent on 4 lugnuts.

Wheel theft in Vancouver has been a massive epidemic for about 10 years, in some underground parking lots at major malls you'll see 1-2 wheel-less cars coming out on flatbeds a day. From what I hear the teams can take the wheels and drop the car in like a minute.
Uhm, and who's to say you buy 4 locking nuts to put one on 4 wheels? 4 different set, one from each set on each wheel. If wheel crime is such a big problem in your area.

They aren't crime proof, no. But they are a deterrent and 16 of the suckers are better than 4. Well, when it comes to protecting a 2-3 grand purchase....

And dunno about you, but my insurance won't replace wheels/damage from wheel theft if there wasn't locking nuts on.
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