My car was struck early this morning by a person, or persons unknown, who thought it would be humorous to swipe the caps off my vert rims.

So, a few thoughts:

1. Been on ebay to look for these, and they're 20 bucks a piece, or more. Anyone know anywhere to find them cheaper?

2. In the picture of the front, there is a cap in the center, whereas the rear hub doesn't have that cap. Is that normal, and if not, what's missing?

3. What kind of retarded monkey steals the caps off the rims? Do you really feel that special that the caps mean something to you?

Anyway, thanks for any input given.

Enjoy.

 

1. You might want to try black dragon auto, they might have them.

2. Yes it's normal.

3. Stupid teenage kids? Frustrated neibor? Jealous friend? Everyone a suspect...

 

Either retarded kids, or neighbor. But hell yeah, everyone's a suspect. lol

Need to turn up the sensitiviy on my alarm I suppose. (now if I can figure out how, lol)

Thanx for the input.

 

just tighten the caps more .... if you can remove them by hand they are not tight enough ... hence why mazda provided us with a bbs key

 

probly another 7 owner who needed some caps and you happend to be the victim

 

Hate to ruin your day but it isn't unusual to see them fro $50 apiece. $20 would be a deal.

They are an item that gets stolen frequently unfortunately...especially by others with 'vert rims which is a shame.

Tighten them down is all I can say.

GG

 

maybe some newie to the RX7 world and happens to be a thief? this happened all the time in the Honda scene around here.

 

No, you can't just tighten them down some more. I have these wheels.

Our BBS version and a few others doesn't use a thread (a lot of other BBS wheels of the era do) - it uses a type of cam and plastic spring type attachment. You turn past this tension (which on some caps becomes weak(er), and the cam pops into the locked position. On some caps you really need the BBS wrench, others you can take them by hand.

These are always in demand. I paid an average of $30 a piece on ebay, and that was cheap. I don't know what the deal is, but the sets that people have seem to keep circulating in the black market. As wheels get damaged, there should be more caps than wheels eventually, I don't know. Needless to say, when my caps are on (I don't even have them on the car right now with the car stored in my private garage), I am always in view of the car waiting to kick some douchebag ***.

BTW, call the dealer and see how much they are (make sure you're sitting down).

 

hahahaa, they wanted $4.21 for a single crush washer and it had to be special ordered!! that's why they're called stealerships. They know the friendly, proper way to screw someone and then have them say thank you.

 

Sorry... i lost a few of mine and needed some. just kidding.

When i got my 'vert, there was a spare cap in the trunk that was labelled "BBS" instead of "Mazda" like the ones on the car, so I think that there was probably at least a few other cars that had the same sort of caps. Also, i've seen some BMW's and Infiniti's of the same age that had remarkably similar wheels by BBS, so the caps off of them might work.

 

phound.....sigh....

I admit it. I stole your caps.

 

that sucks dude. it probably was some other rx7 owner which sucks. my 500 vert has/ might have all the caps my brothers vert doesnt have any of the caps.... but might now sense my car is in az with him and im in wa

 

sky rockets in flight.. jackass in the niiiiight... sorry couldnt resist it. some rx7 person stole your caps dude....

 

I doubt another rx7 person swiped them - - - there's only 5 in this town, and I own 2 of them (87 cpe, 90 vert). One other vert. It was just some jackass(es) interested in proving their own self-worth; filthy bastards.

Now I just have to decide whether I want to replace them, or get that riceboy spoiler I've never dreamed of. lol

 

jackasses

 

someone else probably noticed that all of the BBS types use the same center. OUr cars, BMWS, Lincolns. They probably also noticed that they sell on ebay. So 1+1=theft.

Back in the day they would steal your hubcaps.
Be thankful they didn't swipe your wheels too.