Expensive car rims and wheels are quickly becoming the hottest and most stolen car accessories

Expensive car rims and wheels are quickly becoming the hottest and most stolen car accessories

Lock up and secure your car at night in a garage if possible. If you must leave your car parked in the open, then park it under direct light and if possible remove your expensive wheels, rims and tires and bring them inside (it is always a good idea to remove all the easily removable valuables from your car when not using it). This may seem like a tedious task, but believe me, if you paid $10,000 or so for a really nice set of spinners or similar, how mad and frustrated would you get if they got stolen?

Most car insurance companies will only reimburse for standard factory wheels and tires that were originally equipped with the vehicle, so unless you were able to purchase separate wheel insurance from the wheel shop you purchased the wheels through you will have to brunt the loss.

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Another step you can take if you have more unique wheels is to have them etched with a unique identification number similar to a VIN number, but this only works if the wheels are found to identify them as yours. In many cases, authorities have found the wheels are being sold in different states, on Ebay and Craigs List and, in some cases, even traded for drugs.

Apparently as long as the popularity and demand for these big blinging and expensive wheels continues to excel so will wheel theft. Take the time to protect your expensive wheels and purchase wheel locks, etch the wheels and take them off when not in use. And stay out of areas known for car and wheel theft. These steps should lower your chances of wheel theft as thieves will most times just go on past it in search of an easier victim.

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