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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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Leaving for work a few weeks ago and this is what greeted me when I left my condo:

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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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Its my wifes car, 06 lexus gs 430. I bought it used and it came with 20 inch niche roxxy's staggered...20 X 8.5's up front and 20 x 10's in the rear...245 30 20 and 275 30 20's in the rear, this is how it use to look:

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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Partly my fault because I didn't check to see if the wheels had locks, suffice to say they didn't.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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wow that sucks...
did u have wheel locks on them???

EDIT: i was 10 seconds late on that question i guess..
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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I am sorry for the loss. Did you have insurance coverage for the wheels???
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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whoaa...damnnn... no eye witness?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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yes, insurance is covered everything, and I8ABMR you where the inspiration behind what I originally replaced them with, I liked the look of you tsw mesh wheels but got a better deal on a set of mrr wheels witch have a similar design:
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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tyhouston- look on the bright side... you GS with no wheels still looks better then the VW or audi behind your car.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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tyhouston- look on the bright side... you GS with no wheels still looks better then the VW or audi behind your car.
lol! thats my audi A6, it pales in comparison to my wifes lexus, trying to post pics of the mrr gt1's that "where" on their but for some reason I can't right now
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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yes, insurance is covered everything, and I8ABMR you where the inspiration behind what I originally replaced them with, I liked the look of you tsw mesh wheels but got a better deal on a set of mrr wheels witch have a similar design:


Thank you very much. I appreciate it. BTW I think the chrome looks amazing with the color of your car. Are you going to replace them with the same wheel or just do the Snettertons
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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Wheel locks don't stop anybody from taking wheels so don't beat yourself up about it. There is almost nothing you can do about it. People suck.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Hopes this works, these are the gt1's, I purchased these, but the fronts didn't clear my brakes for some reason, they where the correct off set, 35 I think, and I didn't want to use a spacer or extend the studs
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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but a car slammed on air suspension can very well stop wheels from being stolen.. Sorry to hear about this unfortunate incident.. hope those guys get it one way or another..
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
Wheel locks don't stop anybody from taking wheels so don't beat yourself up about it. There is almost nothing you can do about it. People suck.
That's what the cops told me, and they got a set of 22's from a dealership 3 blocks from me, I was amazed at how often this happens
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