I am soooo pist right now. My headlights got stolen yesturday in BROAD DAYLIGHT!!! I was parked in Englewood Hospital's parking lot for ONLY 10 friggin minutes. When i came out, my grill was off, the bumper/fenders were scratched and my lights were gone. All he/she left was a big F*K YOU

I am soooo pist right now...

is there anything i can buy to prevent theft???? built-in taser gun? electrocuted bumper??

 

oh no sorry man

 

This is just like a bad dream..... Where was this, is this NJ NY area?

 

Englewood, NJ ... ****es me off even more cause its one of the wealthiest towns of NJ with the mercedes, bmw, and jaguar dealers about 2 blocks away from the hospital parking lot

 

Dont matter if you in a wealthy town or not anymore, theives know those towns and come there to tax shiet.

 

man i feel you i have gotten mine stolen 4 times so just get use to it or pay alot of money to change your headlights to the 2001 and then(unless u want a gap under the changed headlights) u have to change the bumper to the 2001 which means the 2001 grill and foglights....if not then just get use to it

 

The least that Nissan should do is atleast come out with replacement halogen headlight that fit exactly for 2k2/2k3... I am sure the sales @ssholes at Nissan don't want to do this because they can make $hit load of money by forcing customers to purchase HID headlights...

 

dam that sucks.

 

they have a thing for theft protection, its like 50 bucks or somethgin from courtesy nissan, dont know how good it is, but thats about all there is...or get a decent alarm with some sensors as close to the lights as you can get

 

while not near as bad as maximas, it really doesnt matter anymore. On the G35C, you need ALOT of time and some tools to get the headlights out.. they will not be able to steal them, however, that wont stop them from prying on the fenders, hood and bumper for awhile. You'd headlights are f'd up too. So while they dont get your lights, they still do over $6000 in damage just for the hell of it. There is no way to prevent this with any HID car.

Get some 2k1 lights.. its the only way.

 

Sucks to be in your shoes, but you're not alone. My mom (who lives on the 13th green of a local golf course) had her big screen TV, satellite goodies, dvd stuff, all her jewelry, etc etc stolen in 15 minutes - AND THIS WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE.
Trust me, 10 minutes is a lot longer time than you think.
I couldnt even get my powerwheels to the end of the driveway in 10 minutes and now 8 year olds are jacking police cars.
If I could steal them back for you I would... I heard about the Courtesy Nissan anti-theft for the headlights, you may want to check that out
Good luck getting a replacement and cleaning up your car

 

Its sad that alot of 02/03 owners have to degrade their headlights to 00/01 status to be safe. We bought these cars 02/03's because of nice upgrades and it a shame we cant leave them parked without worrying!

 

I had mine stolen in broad daylight too. It sucks.

Nissan dealers won't install 2k1 headlights, the say it voids the light warranty.

As far as the bumper gap goes,anygood body shop will do some work in your bumper so that it fits erfectly with the 2k1 headlights.

I personally have 2k1 AE headlights and taillights(i like the way they look) on my 2k2. I could've had the bodyshop fix my bumper, but i preferred to keep the gap since I will be returning the car when the lease is up with the hids I have sitting at home.

They will take them anywhere. They go by towns, they will hit one town, take all the hids and go around other towns, which gives stolen hid owners time to replace them, and then they come back.

 

hey GuZo where you in down town newark like 2 or 3 days ago cuz i think i saw u drive by it was a maxima with 2k1 taillights and headlights btu had 2k2 Gle rims on it...and the stock bumper lights??????????

 

Sorry bout that crap man.

Yea, go with the 2k1 AE headlights to avoid all the other hassels with the HIDs.

Good luck with everything.

 

The HID thefts havent started here in canada yet, but, man it sucks to hear all these thefts..

If it starts happening here, i am going to go ape $hit..

ED

 

damn....in a hospital parking lot too.......

makes me wonder why they call Jersey "Dirty Jersey"......mad grimey out there....

 

Nah, mine is an SE with 2k1 AE headlights, 2k1 taillights, grey lustre.

If you wanna meet up sometime, leave me a PM.

 

I believe it's a theft ring created by the '00-'01 owners out of HID envy.

 

Has anyone escalated this issue with Nissan corp? I'm talking about callin the 800 number and going up as high as possible on the corporate ladder over there. So they don't rectify the situation by offering any real prevention, yet the dealerships claim that installing 00-01 lights voids the warranty--wtf is that??? Some of you who've been hit by theft should really get on their a$$ and make a scene over there. I know if it would happen to me, I'd be calling them every day until they do something.

 

Heh well Nissan America did do something to correct the problems with the Light theft.... they hid the ballast on the 2004 maxima so that its not so easy to steal. so i guess that means we should all just trade in for 2004 maximas instead of dealing with the theft on the 2002...

 

Sorry to hear about that. Makes me sooo mad that these bums go and take our lights. If I ever catch someone trying to take mine....LOOK OUT!!! Makes you wonder how this all got started. How they figured out that its pretty easy to jack them?

 

or you could do something to those light like I did. I created my own protection device so now if anybody but me tries to take my lights, they won't get very far.

 

----->Dixit

 

I live in Englewood Cliffs, and they jacked my lights right out the driveway. Best thing for you to do is check out courtesynissan.com. They sell HID locks which prevents theives from popping the latch. It's approximately $60, a small investment but well worth it.

 

anmd what is this "SPECIAL DEVICE"???

 

Nope. That **** dont work. My mother had is installed on her 03 but the fquckers still got it in the rain. For all I know it could have been the dealer who got them stolen for all I know or the shop that installed the alarm. Who knows.

 

oh, do tell!!

 

jeez. I'm glad I live out in corn country.
I'll know better than to leave it in long-term parking at the Detroit airport, though.
And I think I will look into the Courtesy lock system, although, as you point out, they'll trash the car anyway trying to get them out.

What doe the HIDs cost to replace?

 

Entire repair can range from $1500 to $5000, depending on how much body damage they do while taking the lights out. The lights themselves are $1200 for the pair.

 

Why doesn't anyone invest in some surveillance? Especially people who have been hit multiple times. They come pretty cheap these days. The satisfaction of getting catching someone on the act
I just installed the alarm that comes with the LED display. So if someone messes with the car, I get beeped. Ever since I had a tire stolen from the car in my driveway, I hope for the day I catch someone touching my car...............

 

I guess your right about security. Then again I am glad I did not see those punks stealing the head light. I could have gotten hurt or could have killed someone. If it happens again I will give my mother some money to trade up to the 04. Never mind, I dont like the 04 that much. The G35 is alot better looking. O4 is to big for my mother anyways.