any one from NYC be careful!...
I had my HID lights stolen twice in 4 days!!!
I am so upset!!!

 

DAMN!! twice?!?! in 4 days?!?! Thats ****ing rediculous. i feel bad for you man...How much u pay for them??

Chung-Hsien

 

they were stock...
have no more HIDs now... no headlights...

 

where exactly were u parked. let us know so 2k2's in ny like me know where to avoid. i bet it was in crooklyn...

 

Where were you parked, and at what time did it happen? I heard some other people who got their HIDs jacked are gonna go to the 00-01 headlights to avoid that headache again.

 

first of all, i live in a very nice neighborhood... in whitestone... and i was totally shocked that it would happen to this neighborhood...
second, i had talked to a few mechanics tempting to convert my headlights to 00-01 models but they said it cannot be done cuz the 2002 models are wired only for HIDs...

they stole my HIDs in broad daylight!

 

if they are saying that wiring is not possible, they would be full of crap. All the wiring (ballasts) are actually on the housing. Sure you have to splice, but wiring is not the problem

 

so theyve stolen 2 sets of HID's off you car? i hate ricer theives.

 

That totally sucks man. I feel your loss. I said it before and I will say it again...YOU DONT F*** WITH ANOTHER MANS RIDE!!!!! Anyone who does should be drawn and quartered!!!
Have you looked into the HID theft prevention kit someone was selling?
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ight=HID+theft

 

Wow... I'm starting to get scared. I live in a farely decent neighborhood in Staten Island. I never really worried much about my HID's getting stolen. There's probably a hole ring of these HID thefts going around. I bet this is all these guys do, They just aren't ordinary criminals, there probably HID specific. I seriously never even thought about this before. But i guess it's like having a wad of cash sticking out from under your hood. I'm definitely looking into those locks that have been talked about in the other thread.

 

hmmm, wonder if swe-----nd is gonna have some hids for sale soon.....


Adam

 

Wow..you got your first stolen pair replaced in 4 days! That was quick. Get that anti-theft kit man.

 

As far as Whitestone being a safe neighborhood. I went to Bayside HS, and most of my buddies lived around there, which was where most of our Teenage scandalous activity took place ! You would be surprised how many cars get stolen or vaandalized there , or the St. Johns parking lot ......
This was over 10 years ago....

 

Yeah, the good neighborhoods are where all the nice rides are. In the south bronx or crooklyn HID's would be a rare find.

 

i got an original BASEbrooklyn "I love krooklyn" shirt. It's a classic. All you guys who got there HIDs stolen in Bk need that shirt. I'll start the bidding at $10.. do i hear $15

 

BINGO !

 

Sorry to use this person's misfortune, but I've just have to dispel something. I've never quite understood the rational behind "I live in a good neighborhood so my car must be safe". Clearly a thief is going to go to neighborhood where there is something worth stealing. Clearly HID's are in high demand and easy to get off. You have to take some additional protection (Tim's mounting screws, or a better alarm, etc.).

In answer to the posting, I agree with another posting that wiring up the earlier halogen's is certainly just a matter of wire splicing. Several on-line places have aftermarket wiring harnesses that might even work in this case. Hope this helps.

 

I now live in a nice part of San Diego (formerly from the Bronx) and my nieghbor just got his $800 mountain bike stolen out our gated garage. The thieves know where to shop. There is no such thing as a "safe" neighborhood.

 

That rationalization comes from the fact that let's say you park a Mercedes s500 in the middle of poor, tough, high-crime area. It's gonna stand out like a soar thumb. On the other hand. You park a nice car in a nice neighborhood surrounded by other nice cars and your chance of getting hit is lessened it seems. If you had a $120,000 mercedes would you rather park it in East NY or Bel-Air?

The most stolen or broken into cars aren't even nice new Cars. There mostly older generation Accords.

But I'm not saying every criminal lives in a poor rough neighborhood either... It is very possible that these guys are "professionals" and have a organized ring and infact live in the same neighborhood you do.

 

I agree... but i would have expected less of these vandelism happening around where I live...
I'm pretty sure these thiefs are not from the neighborhood and they're just driving back looking for victims...

 

Day time is when most rubberies occur. Did your alarm go off?

 

they cut the alarm and unhooked the battery...
i believe these crooks are professionals!

 

So far I haven't heard of this hear in the NW part of the country, but hearing of it so much on the East coast has me worried. I hope they catch who is doing this to your cars before it gets any worse and/or spreads!

 

Its amazing to me how resilient theives are these days. You can hang out on any message board and hear about someone being robbed and no one saw or heard a thing. I'd just like to walk in on a robbery once and take the world's frustration out on him.

Jesse

 

Here's some info:

I was in Queens this weekend. My father's neighbor works at a Nissan dealership. They're getting about 20 Maximas a week with stolen headlights!!!!! Apparently, alot of the victims live in the Bayridge area. Needless to say I was paranoid when I went to New York this weekend. I did go to Rosevelt Field Mall but that was the only place I parked my car other than my father's driveway.
If you live in NYC with a 2K2/2K3 Maxima you're going to be a victim. I found out also that these people may not be after the lights but the wiring harness or some type of electical device for the lights. One person had the lenses smashed, bulbs taken, and some type of electrica harness(I'm not sure what this is) taken. The dealership charged them $4000 to repair it!!!!!!!

 

How are these guys popping the hood? Are they just prying it back or is it that easy to get up. I dont want to wke up one day and see my baby blind.
Has anyone thought about maybe tapping into the existing hood sensor and running a wire to another sensor on the other side of the hood? Seems like it would throw people off since they are only looking for one???
What do you guys think?

 

Maybe we should line our HID's in Razor Wire!

 

I like the way you think

 

while I am not a fan of HID's at all, I feel for you.

Why not get a bunch of victims together to sign a request to Nissan to imprint on each housing the VIN of the vehicle (or do it yourselves) so IF they ever show up, it can be traced to a police report. I know, not a great solution, but at least it is something.

 

Chances are your car is less likely to get stolen in a bad neighborhood. The hood I came from you see a nice car you assume it belongs to a drug dealer; know one wants to mess with a drug dealer's car("You don't want to lean against a dealer's car furthermore try to steel it, that's a no-no") . This is very stereotypical but it is the truth. This is not always the case but 85% of the time it is.

 

Where did they cut the alarm?

If we can figure out how these guys are bypassing the hood sensor, we can come up with something better. Not bullet-proof, but better. I know most theives just pry them out the front, but some housings are showing up on eBay without damage to the mounting tabs or balasts.

 

After seeing the pair on eBay with the burners and balasts missing, it's clear these thieves are after the components NOT the complete unit for a 2K-2K1 Maxima.

They just found an easy donor!

 

Bunch of savages in this town!!!
-Dante Hicks

 

Man, you reading my mind. When I'm driving around my area (***klyn), I'm spating every new Maxima, but I never see anybody near by....I would feel better if I'll get to one of them...

 

see the conspiracy?? who knows, maybe the dealers need more cash flow and are resorting to this tactics? i only wish it isn't so....sorry for ya'll that had your hids jacked, you never know, the crooks could be right in front of your noses, look at Enron....nuff said.

 

I'm hoping that the fact that the door to the property management office in my condo complex is within 50 feet of my parking space deters the thiefs since it is staffed most of the day. Also, the fact that everybody in my garage knows me and my car (since I've got it up on jack stands at least once a month) will make it more likely that somebody would wonder who the guy wearing a ski mask in front of my car is.

We've had these threads before. If you have the means, put a camera on your car 24-hours a day...and don't be shy about advertising that fact. Having lived in Boston proper and NYC I can certainly understand that this may not be possible in the city.

 

I was told by the same neighbor that getting into the hood is as easy a pulling a cable with a screw driver and cutting the battery.

 

If you live in any kind highrise apt. or condo complex, a camera is pretty much impossible. There's no way to wire it from the pkg. garage to your unit. Even if you try the wireless cameras, the signal isn't going to go through all that concrete and through all the floors up to your unit.

 

My condo unit has garage camera coverage at all times with 72-hours of footage always available and I would suggest you get neighbors together to get the same sort of coverage within any condo complex. I realize that apartments are more challenging since the residents don't have as much impact on what happens to the building, but you could still try. Even outdoor parking lots can have this sort of surveillance for a fairly low cost.

 

so how do these thieves steal these headlights without doing damage? Or did they do damage to the hood? have to open the hood to get to the bolts? so how do they pop the hood without opening your door? break glass?