Stealing car parts

subxero · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:22

First of all, I was having a conversation with a mate of mine about how his wiper blades had been nicked the other day from his car right outside his house, and today I get out of work to find that one of the center caps of my alloy wheel have been nicked. The jinx was that I said that I have had nothing taken from my car before, so its **** law that its gonna happen to me

Now i'm pretty sure its been stolen because I came out at lunch to my car, and i'm 95% sure it was still there, and when I come out of work it had gone (def would have picked up on that because of where I was parked).

To show you what I mean:

The centre cap is missing, and they take a fair bit of force to get them off. Nevermind eh? Next thing that concerns me is that will Ford sell the centre caps as a spare so that I don't have to replace the entire alloy itself? Just gets my back up thats all, or if anybody has any ideas of where I could get a replacement that would be appreciated

Dr House · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:53

you can get the cap by it self but it will be a lot cheaper on ebay.

Morba · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:56

definitely get it off ebay, if none then try fordpartsuk.com

Gaijin · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:57

Morba said:
definitely get it off ebay, if none then try fordpartsuk.com

Sod's law he'll probably end up buying his own centre cap back!

andi · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:57

Ford definetly sell centre caps for other wheels seperatly, so should do those. Not too expensive either iirc.

agw_01 · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:57

There are some absolute scumbags out there.

I've just read on another forum that some guy had the bonnet of his car forced open in the middle of the day so that the ***** ***** could check whether his engine was turbocharged. (Rover Coupe VVC's have rear discs, as do the Turbo's in case anyone was wondering).

Dr House · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:59

andi said:
Ford definetly sell centre caps for other wheels seperatly, so should do those. Not too expensive either iirc.

No idea how much ford charge but Audi wanted £120 + Vat for a set of 4

subxero · 18 Jan 2006 at 09:03

Paras said:
you can get the cap by it self but it will be a lot cheaper on ebay.

Cheers guys, forgot to mention already checked the bay with no luck, although I have mailed a guy who has managed to roll an ST onto its roof so ts selling as scrap for nearly 5k to see if he is interested, will also give Ford a ring later, although i'm expecting it to be steep

subxero · 18 Jan 2006 at 09:07

In fact £13.21, just gave them a call now, a LOT better than I was expecting tbh, but still quite annoyed at the fact that the car is mine, I wouldn't dream of taking somebody elses if I had one missing

eidolon · 18 Jan 2006 at 09:47

I've lost 5 sets of alloy valve caps, the kids in my area must have the poshest BMXs Grrrrr...............

monkeyspank · 18 Jan 2006 at 10:52

eidolon said:
I've lost 5 sets of alloy valve caps, the kids in my area must have the poshest BMXs Grrrrr...............

That's so annoying. I just stick to black plastic ones now. I'm sure all the alloy ones I have lost look really good on some ****** rusty fiesta :mad:

Nozzer · 18 Jan 2006 at 11:10

Someone stole the passenger wing mirrors off mine and my girlfriend's Corsas the other weekend.

:confused:

It's a Corsa. Suppose that's what I get for owning a 'chav' favourite.

jpmonkey69 · 18 Jan 2006 at 11:15

monkeyspank said:
That's so annoying. I just stick to black plastic ones now. I'm sure all the alloy ones I have lost look really good on some ****** rusty fiesta

I have flush fit valves on my car

xcessive · 18 Jan 2006 at 15:25

I went to the Ford parts store near me about a week ago.
I was quite surprised by their prices, i thought they would be a lot more expensive.
For example, a set of original Ford hubcaps for Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo etc were £25 for a set of 4.
VW charge £25 for 1 hubcap for a Bora.

On my Zetec S i've got silver metal valves and valve caps. I'm soo surprised that havent be nicked yet!

jamoor · 18 Jan 2006 at 15:45

xcessive said:
I went to the Ford parts store near me about a week ago.
I was quite surprised by their prices, i thought they would be a lot more expensive.
For example, a set of original Ford hubcaps for Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo etc were £25 for a set of 4.
VW charge £25 for 1 hubcap for a Bora.

On my Zetec S i've got silver metal valves and valve caps. I'm soo surprised that havent be nicked yet!

Ford's always have cheap parts dont they?

xcessive · 18 Jan 2006 at 19:44

jamoor said:
Ford's always have cheap parts dont they?

Yeah i realised their parts would be cheaper than others but didnt know they were that cheap. You could almost say some of their products were priced competitively rather than just ripping you off like other dealers.

goreblast · 18 Jan 2006 at 20:52

Like Vauxhall - had to get two new complete wind mirrors for my Astra. Cost me £204.32 !!!! and I had to got to Halfords and buy primer, colour and top coat for another £15. Then fit them myself!