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Spare Wheel Security
« on: March 25, 2008, 23:12:06 »
I've just forked out nearly 150 notes for a spare wheel and tyre. I'm a bit worried by a few thefts getting closer to me of wheels off vehicles. The main wheels have locking wheel nuts but obviously the spare is a bit easier to steal. Will a locking wheel nut do for the spare or is there a better way of securing it from theiving hands?its a 1994 model with the orginal spare holder.

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 23:41:03 »
I have seen a few people with big chains and padlocks wrapped around the wheel and the carrier.

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2008, 17:24:38 »
The bolts that stick out are thick enough for you to drill a hole through then add a padlock, thats what i had on the 110 and i will be doing on the 90, when i get round to getting the wheel carrier

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2008, 18:01:00 »
i use a motorbike chain lock, sometimes a visual deterrent is worth more than the most advanced answer. Just have to convince the thieving scum to go for an easier target (cause yours will be too much hard work!)

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2008, 18:28:23 »
Have a really crappy spare wheel :lol:
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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2008, 18:38:31 »
Have a really crappy spare wheel :lol:


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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2008, 23:19:05 »
I've just forked out nearly 150 notes for a spare wheel and tyre. I'm a bit worried by a few thefts getting closer to me of wheels off vehicles. The main wheels have locking wheel nuts but obviously the spare is a bit easier to steal. Will a locking wheel nut do for the spare or is there a better way of securing it from theiving hands?its a 1994 model with the orginal spare holder.

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 03:40:41 »
nearly bald michelin XZL on an old rusty miltary rim...



The one in your truck or the one you've cunningly hidden in the mud :D
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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2008, 19:27:42 »
lol
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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2008, 20:30:41 »
At the end of the day it is like anything else, if someone has set their mind to take it they will achieve it somehow so all you can do is make it as difficult as possible for them. I have always used locking wheel-nuts and a decent motorcycle lock, they could be removed but it makes it more difficult for them.
Fitting a cover also helps hide the fact you have a decent wheel/tyre combination as many only carry an old steel wheel & part-worn tyre as a spare.
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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2008, 18:14:30 »
There's 2 schools of thought on wheel covers, if you cover it up you might have something to hide.

If you live in an eara where they break into your car hoping you've left something hidden in your glovebox then your on a hiding to nothing. Rusy old series rim with a May-pop on it is probabaly all you'll get to keep.

If you live in a nice area with the choice of several spar wheels to steal then perhaps they'll nick the ones they can see are good.
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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2008, 22:11:33 »
On my old Disco the spare was a shiny new silver modular with an even shinier BFG Mud Terrain on it.

I had a Wizardbits High Lift mount so for starters you couldn't get the spare off without removing the jack.

Not wanting either nicked, I had two locking wheel nuts

One was an old one that needed a key, never had the key so never actually locked = visual deterent only, the other one was real.

I used a padlock through the hole in the jack mount and the jack

And for good measure had a chain through the wheel and rear door mount with another (larger) padlock also through one of the holes in the jack.

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Re: Spare Wheel Security
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2008, 20:20:35 »
I think the best thing you can do is get one of those wheel covers which are a hard plastic back with a stainless steel surround with a bolt at the bottom.

Anyone who has tried to get one of those off at the side of the road at night will know its totally impossible once the cheapo zinc plated bolt has welded its self to the nut.
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