Car on bricks - Volk wheel stolen

Little bastards.

So Hollie, the daughter, looked out of the window to see two young lads around the car who briskly ran away.

After thinking I'd just had a lucky escape, I went around to the driver's side to see the front wheel missing and three stacked bricks under the sill

Anyway to cut a long story short, it cost me fifty quid to get my wheel, and ten wheel nuts back (yup.. the passenger side was almost off). Hopefully they won't do it again since we seem to have befriended the obvious culprits after a wild sideways ride round a few roundabouts, and of course the fifty quid.

Anyhow, what I want to know is how I can prevent the car from being jacked up whilst the alarm is set.

I am aware of the Clifford Blackjax system, which I *think* detects the car being jacked-up, as well as being hijacked.

What's the easiest, cheapest and quickest way of alerting me to similar things happening again?

I now own an industrial style trolley jack. For fifty quid

I'll be buying a set of locking wheel nuts tomorrow. Also a floodlight, but we're currently trying to look at some kind of siren-linked floodlight so we know it's been triggered.

Get a couple of sets if you value your wheels.

Right, somoeone stole your wheels and you paid for them back ?

Get a couple of sets if you value your wheels.

Yup that's exactly what I was going to do. I think each set only contains one nut per wheel, hence why I was going to get two sets. Amanda says the set she had comprised of twenty different sockets - all unique. Still, father in law air-chiseled them off with no problem.

Right, somoeone stole your wheels and you paid for them back ?

That's about the top and tail of it. I'm new in this area

Tw*ts, I'd want to beat them, not pay money to get the sodding wheel back!

Blackjax does not detect tilt, you need a seperate module for that.

Tw*ts, I'd want to beat them, not pay money to get the sodding wheel back!

 

Blackjax does not detect tilt, you need a seperate module for that.

Yeah but no one knew a fucking thing until I said I'd pay fifty quid to whoever found it for me. The lad found it within 10 seconds, and his mates found the wheel nuts, all ten

Surely some half-intelligent alarm company has tied a mercury tilt-switch to a car's wishbone?

Surely some half-intelligent alarm company has tied a mercury tilt-switch to a car's wishbone?

You mentioned blackjax, so presumably it has a Clifford alarm? Just go to your local specialist and ask for the tilt option to be added

You mentioned blackjax, so presumably it has a Clifford alarm? Just go to your local specialist and ask for the tilt option to be added

No. I don't know what the current alarm is, but I think I saw the word "GEM" on a box in the car whilst I was fitting my amps the other day.

I was just thinking of system's which do this, and the Blackjax came to mind. I've just googled it and I think that's for car-jacking only so is no good.

Yeah but no one knew a fucking thing until I said I'd pay fifty quid to whoever found it for me. The lad found it within 10 seconds, and his mates found the wheel nuts, all ten

Offer the 1st lad another £50 to name the person who knicked the wheel, then go after that person and teach them not to do it again

Blackjax does not detect tilt, you need a seperate module for that.

If you've only got Blackjax, you need a complete alarm for that!

Any Clifford alarm can have a tilt and motion sensor added to it.

Blackjax by itself is only an anti-hijack/anti 'key-car theft' system.

I'd suggest a Clifford Intelliguard 950. It comes with a dualzone proximity sensor, so you'll hear if someone is close to the car, and the 950 comes with the t&m sensor as standard. - And some good locking wheelnuts. (McGard IIRC are good).

Yeah but no one knew a fucking thing until I said I'd pay fifty quid to whoever found it for me. The lad found it within 10 seconds, and his mates found the wheel nuts, all ten

lets hope it dont happen again if the scumbags need some money

Surely some half-intelligent alarm company has tied a mercury tilt-switch to a car's wishbone?

Recipe for false alarms... Think back to the late 80's, early 90's. Plety of false alarms back then

I'd suggest a Clifford Intelliguard 950. It comes with a dualzone proximity sensor, so you'll hear if someone is close to the car, and the 950 comes with the t&m sensor as standard. - And some good locking wheelnuts. (McGard IIRC are good).

That's sounding good, thanks Matt. I think the siren-linked infra-red floodlight over the driveway is going to be the best thing first. Definately locking wheel nuts though.

Offer the 1st lad another £50 to name the person who knicked the wheel, then go after that person and teach them not to do it again

They're all like gangs around here. It's a notorious area. I think we'll be okay now. I made a point of saying I won't pay if it happens again.

It really is about time to get my video recording system hooked up. I'm about to buy the necessary in-car PSU from eBay now.

Get yourself a cattle fence (electric) and wire it up to the car;)

Yeah but no one knew a fucking thing until I said I'd pay fifty quid to whoever found it for me.

..and you ACTUALLY paid the fuckers?

That is sooooo wrong. Move house ffs.

..and you ACTUALLY paid the fuckers?

That is sooooo wrong. Move house ffs.

i didn't realise there would actually be anyone that DIDN'T have locking wheel nuts nowadays as insurance companies usually insist on them if you have aftermarket alloys (or just increase your quote)

Sorry, but I would have had locking wheel nuts as a bare minimum when I brought the wheels. From what your saying Carlos, you didn't have any fitted?

Aslan, the dog that nearly hospitalised me is still looking for a good home, he'd be a natural tied to the door handle with a weak bit of rope.... You can't have Boris, he's looking after Supras here, and he's a bit more amenable to reasoning...

ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/aslan/DSC02859.JPG

Wire the wheels up to the mains job done

Cheeky B@stards!!

Ian R's idea seems a worthwhile option!

Just get microwave sensors added to your alarm system then extend the range to about 6" around the car,i did it with my old supra you could not get within 6" of the car without it chirping away. :)

..and you ACTUALLY paid the fuckers?

That is sooooo wrong. Move house ffs.

II

"I've got £50 for anyone who finds me wheel"

scally "here you go where's me £50?"

"in my pocket where it is staying. you're lucky i don't disembowel you with a wooden spoon, hold your intetines over your head and drown you in your own liquid turd you wee bastard. Oh and if anything happens to my car again that's exactly what i'll do. I don't care who it was, i'll come looking for you. So if you've got any sense, or you like walking and solid food for example, you'll make sure none of your wee mates touches my car either. We understand each other?"

or words to that effect.

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