Originally Posted by Hawaiiboy808

thanks guys. I am not planning to keep the car. it will be put back to stock
which sucks because I spent time and money to make my car into what it is now and to have to change it back just makes me so upset. the kid was young. couldn't have been older than 18-19 yrs old. what a punk.

Originally Posted by Hawaiiboy808

UPDATE: I got the rims back today!!! But.......they are f'kd up. Every single one has the worst curb rash I have ever seen on a rim. I'm talking about the whole damn outside lip of the rim curbed to infinity and beyond. The spokes have scratches and dings all over them. I'm so sad to see them in such bad shape.... I had 2 detectives go with me to the guys house because the father of this kid did not want any more trouble. He said, "if you can i.d. them, i'll make my kid take them off and give them right back." sure enough, the car was parked right outside and as soon as I saw them on his car I knew the were mine. We knocked on the door and the father came and out and said "are they yours?" I said yes. He yells at his son to come take them off. His son came out and I had to walk away because I was about 2 seconds away from getting myself arrested. I wanted to beat this kid to the ground. He opens the garage, drives the car in and starts to take the rims off. This kid had an air compressor at his house and had all the goodies to go with it. He slaps his air gun together and starts taking the rims off. This kid literally had a frickin car shop in his garage. how nice... He even started to question me. "where'd you get em from." "what kind of car were they on?" yada yada yada... shut the hell up you frickin idiot and give me my wheels back!!! aaaahhhhhhhh!!! I wanted to punch this kid right in front of his old man. We loaded em up and took off and the cops started laughing and said "if that was my son, I would beat the living daylight right out of him." I couldn't agree more. Now, I have rims that I don't want anymore and a car that has already been stolen from twice in one week. I'm done with this car. I'm meeting with the GM tomorrow night. I'm not walking out of there until he helps me resolve this hell I've gone through. Yes, I got the rims back. But now I have a punk kid that knows my car, knows what I look like, and will probably see my car around because there aren't many modified c's running around these parts. So my intention is to get into a new car at the end of this. Wether it's a mbz will be up to my wife. As for me, it will take a while before I can trust them again. But to drive this car, to me, will put my wife and daughter in danger because I have no idea what this kid will do if finds my car again and if he does something to it while my wife and daughter and in it, so help me god, I will make sure he knows he fk'd with the wrong guy. Thanks for all those who have helped me. The support has been great. I will still frequent the forum to see whats going on. I know most of you don't know me but when I move back to socal, I'll hit up one of the local meets and we can have a laugh at my expense about this misfortune. Have a great day. Mahalo. ps. make sure you do everything you can to i.d. your rims and tires because if someone jacks them, you might have a shot of proving their yours.

Originally Posted by FrankW

IMO you should not have went face to face with the idiot kid, but definitely pursuit legal action and jail the SOB.

also IMO I don't think you should decide to sell the car that quick because even if the dealership end up being liable for not properly keeping the car in a safe lot they are not liable for your decision to sell the car. You will be taking a hit on resale value. I honestly don't think you will be able to get them to cover your losses. what's done is done...refinish the wheel if you want to keep them. if not, have the stock wheel back on. raise the car up a bit so there wouldn't be coilover clearance issue.

whatever your decision is tho hope you get it taken care of.

Originally Posted by Brabus_x2

i just don't get it, you drop your car off at the dealer, they call you your car has no wheels... (you know what i mean)

so they don't wanna bother service your car anymore because it has no wheels

did they already finish what they suppose to do?


did they do a "walk around" to your car just like a valet does before they sign your paper? if so they would also states that you got aftermarket rims

if they didn't do it you could also complaint to the dealer that they didn't do their things completely or poor customer service..

and now they didn't get your car ready but it made things even worse so is truely they are responsible for this and they should be the one that are calling for cop not you..

your job is be their big boss and push your dealer and give them pressure as a customer

Originally Posted by kevblah

how did that kid not have to face any legal consequences?

Originally Posted by Hawaiiboy808

Although he had possession of my wheels, I still cannot prove that he stole them. I don't know what more I need but the detective told me that I would need to have hard evidence (video, eyewitness, etc.) to put this kid in jail. I'm praying someone will help me out.

Originally Posted by dkim

sorry to be the sceptic, but...

so the kid that supposedly stole your rims took it to a wheel shop to get them put on...that shop happens to be the shop that you bought them from? how did the wheel shop know they were stolen? how did they know they were your wheels? You couldnt get a receipt from them showing proof they were your wheels?

AND the kid has a mini-garage at his home already...why would he need to take it to a shop to be fitted?

also, which dealership in utah was it? From the looks of your pictures, looks more like an airport parking lot.

If i missed something, i apologize, but it's just a strange story.

my friend who had a clk430 had his rims along with 5 other MBs stolen from valley motors outside baltimore md back in 2002. He had 18" monoblocks that were stolen and i saw 2 SLs that were on blocks too (dont remember the others). The dealer paid him whatever he stated he had on the car within a week. brought in a quote for the rims, and said he had p-zeros on the car (which he didnt $$$)

anyone else find this story strange?

Originally Posted by Endless230

Well atleast that piece of crap kid doesn't get to keep them, and yeah sucks they are all messed up any idea how much it would be to fix them.. Also i still say do what you can to try to get the dealership to reimburse you for something.

And still MAIL HIM POOO!!
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Originally Posted by drexappeal

Man, it's crazy stories like this that make me very happy to be living in L.A. The one benefit from living in such an "expensive" city is there are millions of high profile cars fixed up very nicely, that a fixed up C class doesn't really garner that much attention.

Originally Posted by blkstar15

you should be a detective!!

Originally Posted by Hawaiiboy808

thanks guys. I am not planning to keep the car. it will be put back to stock
which sucks because I spent time and money to make my car into what it is now and to have to change it back just makes me so upset. the kid was young. couldn't have been older than 18-19 yrs old. what a punk.

Originally Posted by dkim

sorry to be the sceptic, but...

so the kid that supposedly stole your rims took it to a wheel shop to get them put on...that shop happens to be the shop that you bought them from? how did the wheel shop know they were stolen? how did they know they were your wheels? You couldnt get a receipt from them showing proof they were your wheels?

AND the kid has a mini-garage at his home already...why would he need to take it to a shop to be fitted?

also, which dealership in utah was it? From the looks of your pictures, looks more like an airport parking lot.

If i missed something, i apologize, but it's just a strange story.

my friend who had a clk430 had his rims along with 5 other MBs stolen from valley motors outside baltimore md back in 2002. He had 18" monoblocks that were stolen and i saw 2 SLs that were on blocks too (dont remember the others). The dealer paid him whatever he stated he had on the car within a week. brought in a quote for the rims, and said he had p-zeros on the car (which he didnt $$$)

anyone else find this story strange?

Originally Posted by Mu9enx

HAHA, lmao, that is definitely a funny gag. i'm sending about 3-5 pds of gorilla sh t to my cousin for his bday, thanks for making HIS day!

Originally Posted by Endless230

Haha yeah no problem i wanted to pull that prank on my friend but hes also my roommate so i figured that might not be a good idea

Originally Posted by ctC230K

still waiting for the answer to this...