Tire caps kenna stolen

[Mouse]

Guys,

 

Appreciate if anyone can shed some advice here. I did tried to do a search, can't seem to find anything related to the problem I encountered.

 

My ride is a OPC and hence during the daytime it is parked in the MSCP. Recently, withthin a short span of 2 months, my tire cap kenna stolen 2 times (1st time was 2 caps, 2nd time was 1 caps). Even though I had already brought some spare caps, I find it kinda of irritating to see each time my tire caps went missing.

 

Other than shifting to another lot/level, is there any better ways to prevent it? Stalking at the MSCP to catch the culprit would be impossible for me.

 

**Btw, I dun think I have offended anyone in the MSCP.

 

Thanks

Edited November 24, 2008 by Mouse

[Hamburger]

sori for ur losses, its better u chge to those black plastic type. Cfm nobody wants

[RadX]

who say so...skool kids on hols need for their bicycle...or those FTs like banglas

[Mouse]

Thanks for your prompt replies..I didn't know there is black plastic types. The last time I went to autobacs, all r metal/steel type. In fact my caps r those plain metal types tat comes together with the car. Have a feeling, the likely culprit would be those kids tat like to cycle in the MSCP. Would changing to the black plastic one deter them?

[RadX]

you go any tire shop they gib free la

[Mouse]

Thanks. My goondu corlick here told me to unscrew the 4 caps n keep it whenever I parked my car n screwed them back b4 I drive off.

[Tanjkp]

Just too bad ur CP had ppl like this. I encountered this last time when mine was cap with green colour plastic cap to indicate having Nitrogen pumped and came across 2 caps, 4 caps stolen. Once I saw 2 students were walking out from my car and immediately checked found all 4 gone quickly chased after the boys -- they had full pockets of diff type of caps all in diff colours, diff type of pattern eg: metal, chrome, gold etc. Asked Y they want those they said for fun. Probably like collection or show off to others.

Now though still on Ni but cap remained the original black cap no problem -- or maybe the boys who did these already grown up and not doing such thing anymore (2006).

[RadX]

..or in prison

[Mouse]

OK, I think I better get the black plastic caps. Odd enough, I have already been parking there (same lot/same level) for more than 1 year and this problem start to surface only recently.

[Tkseah]

Now is the peak period for tire cap theft for following reasons..

 

1) school holidays - kids very free during daytime

2) recession - parents no money to bring kids for overseas holidays

[Picanto]

go capless for a few days?

[Tunge]

sounds like a prank... some kid must be too free...

 

why not invest in a cheap car camera and nab that punk!

[Mouse]

wat will the consequences be if one were to go capless? sorry for such a silly question, I am still a noob with car stuff.

[Ghostrider]

You can try this...

 

After you tighten with hands, just use a spanner and tighten by a little bit...like 1/8 of a turn. That will make it impossible for them to turn by hand.

 

If there is any console to you....those new A3 owners will be having a hard time thanks to the advertisement on Sat.... confirm many A3 tire caps will be lost !!

[Mouse]

Which mean each time when I need to pump air into my tires, I have to use a spanner to loosen it?

 

I read from some other post, one dude posted about using spanner to tighten n in the process of doing it, he actually cause the nozzle to sink in so much that he was having problem to pump air into the tires.

[Speddevil]

[Speddevil]

itchy hand

[Kangadrool]

Where to get those black plastic type? Seems like all shops selling metal type only.