I've seen small / light aluminium and copper stolen before in similar small weight quantities before, to a heroin addict its worth it, I've seen them cut every copper gas pipe to every house on a whole terraced street where the pipe comes out of the tarmac and elbows off in to the house, a foot of pipe per house!
Just had mine stolen, £154 for new wheel and tyre.
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Just had mine stolen, £154 for new wheel and tyre.
Are the three pins different on each one? Otherewise they could spend £18 and have acces to all Sparesafes.
I am considering an alarm i.e. a wire through the wheel or around the holding tray, or a microswitch between the top and bottom holders, posibly connectedto the vehicle alarm.
I do like the holesaw!
SpareSafe – T5 T6 & T6.1 Spare Wheel lock (inc Security Bolt)
The Sparesafe locking system will deter even the most determined thief for stealing your spare wheel. Specailly designed for VW T5/T6 & T6.1.
I suppose I'd better go and remove the Claymore that I set up to get the b'stards. Elf and Safety gone mad yet again!
No way...damage the van....thunder flash and CS pellets....make their eyes sting and ears ring....that will give you time to put ur trolleys on run out with Mk1 bat .. Minimum force at all times ....sorry officer he kept moving
Thanks for th offer, unfortunaetly already bought one
Mine was steel
My spare is a rusty steel wheel, it looks dreadful. The tyre is legal. But only just. Both wheel and tyre have no real resale value. Clearly some spare wheels do have a value, some have a very significant value, but clearly steels and alloys are being stolen so I wonder if the part worn / second hand tyre market is also a factor, I'm guessing a lot of spare tyres have 100% tread remaining, many won't ever have been used.Can anyone enlighten me as to why someone would bother to steal a spare wheel? Just curious as mine is awful
I did the same, and manged to find a lockwasher in my toolbox to make it harder to undo.
The shroud is fitted the wrong way round the gold sticker which says WHEEL LOCK needs to be facing the rear of the vehicle then the WHEEL LOCK cannot to turned anti clockwise which will loosen the bolt. Hope this helpsView attachment 68708
Now fitted it before I find it gone!
It maybe because I have a std steel 16” spare but there doesn’t appear to be space to get anything directly on to the thread with the undertray etc there.
Surely this will do as a deterrent? I’m not overly happy yet letting the van out of my sight and it has spent 99% of its life so far on the drive but hopefully this will change soon and this should give me a little confidence in leaving it in public.
Now maybe I should fit those locking wheel nuts
I’m guessing you might be an expert in these things so thanks for the advise I’ll have a look tomorrowThe shroud is fitted the wrong way round the gold sticker which says WHEEL LOCK needs to be facing the rear of the vehicle then the WHEEL LOCK cannot to turned anti clockwise which will loosen the bolt. Hope this helps
B@stards had a full-sized alloy off other half’s Disco last month. (Been parked on drive since lockdown!)View attachment 68708
Now fitted it before I find it gone!
It maybe because I have a std steel 16” spare but there doesn’t appear to be space to get anything directly on to the thread with the undertray etc there.
Surely this will do as a deterrent? I’m not overly happy yet letting the van out of my sight and it has spent 99% of its life so far on the drive but hopefully this will change soon and this should give me a little confidence in leaving it in public.
Now maybe I should fit those locking wheel nuts
