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Originally Posted by keakar
because with those pretty little covers for the lug nuts on it nobody ever thinks about putting locking lugs on them. they use battery hammer drills to get the lugs off in 10-15 seconds each tire so it takes longer to jack it up then pull the wheels and toss em in the back of a truck and speed off. how often do you pay attention to a group of guys standing around a truck BS ing and you wont notice the guy underneath on the ground jacking it up. they are organized and work as a team like a pit crew so its like a quick snatch and grab thing after they get it all set up.
now that a set of tires costs you $800 plus the rims are around $800 each they got away with about $3,500-$4,000 worth of stuff right there.
makes for a quick "no questions asked" sale for $1,500-$2,000 out of the back of someones truck and they get well paid for the maybe 1 hour it took them to steal it.
how many of you guys right now have locking lugs on your truck? they aren't perfect but they can make the difference if its your truck that gets stripped or the guy parked next to you. remember thieves are lazy so make it as hard as you can on them and they might pick a different target.
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They get around locking lugs too. What they do is go to the auto parts store and buy different sets of locking lugs with the adapter/key that fits in the lug wrench. From what I'm told, there are about 5 different keys. Maybe that was at that particular store, but it's a small investment for such a return.