STOLEN... wheels and faceplate, and we want these back!

[YFZ460]

LAST UPDATE: Sept. 21, 2008

As a few of you may know, a fellow friend of many here in the capital district, Chris Lambert, was injured on his motorcycle a few weeks back. While on his road to recovery, I have been restlessly working on getting his EK Civic back into action (after a good deal of time sitting) as a surprise to keep him striving for recovery once home (which he is now home on outpatient leave).

Unfortunately between 1am and 7am this morning, someone had the joy of jacking his 17" gunmetal Motegi MR7 wheels (two of which had NeoGen tires, the other two have Proxes 4’s on them. These wheels are a universal 4-lug pattern!), security lugs and faceplate from his Alpine CDA-9887 deck that were installed on his car which was parked at my fathers shop, Govel Welding, located at 1932 Central Ave. The thieves broke into the driver’s side by ripping off the top half of the B-Pillar trim and dislodging the window from its track, and rummaged through the parts inside the car to find the lug key (which was BURIED in the back).

If anyone knows the whereabouts of these pieces, any help will be appreciated, accompanied with a small reward to help fill your gas tank if these stolen parts are found. Whoever finds these wheels and faceplate will be granted $100 from myself, although not much it is all I can afford at this point; as well as the respect from the Lambert family and friends, and the Govel family too…

The only pictures of the ACTUAL wheels are posted below, and I have none of the Alpine deck. The deck was a CDA series, HD ready deck with hide-away volume knob. I believe it was a CDA-9887 but that has yet to be confirmed as I have not had the chance to look at the remains of the deck.

Stock picture of the MR7:

Nitto NeoGen Tread:

Toyo Proxes 4 Tread:

Alpine CDA-9887:

More information will be posted once available and confirmed.

DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL:

MY CELL PHONE: 518-424-7273
GOVEL WELDING: 518-456-1558

COLONIE POLICE DEPT: 518-783-2811

If you know the whereabouts of these items, any or all of the above numbers should be contacted. License plate, car description and where they were spotted is all I ask. No snatch-and-grab missions are asked of you. Just information. Thank you for your time, and for looking out after your local car enthusiasts…

[Cliff]

Thats fuckin shitty man… scumbags.

goodluck on gettin 'em back

[Reckone]

Out of all those times the cops sat across the street watching us. Thery are never there when you need them to be :wtf

Some one had to see something?

[YFZ460]

I asked the guy over at the Skylane Motel (across the street from my father’s shop), and although scary going over there, I didn’t get anything. Also, the next door neighbor didn’t hear a peep. Neither did her dog which is always barking if someone is at the welding shop. ALSO, go figure that the cameras next door to us are broken. :wtf

This is why I’m turning to the community. If you help me, I help you. :banana

Reckone, thanks a bunch for the assistance on this build. Your knowledge gave me the much needed assurance with this car…

[Reckone]

No problem at all. Glad to help out on a build for a good cause :thumb

[YFZ460]

I will upload more pictures sometime this weekend. As of now, I need sleep for work. :headbang

Quite a few hands have donated many hours to get this car going without giving a hint to our friend Chris that this car is running or even being worked on. We have made it this far and for this to happen is just unbelievable. Whoever has stolen these items should be GREATLY ashamed of themselves.

[Singh1]

well u can add this to the fucked up shit in september thread

REALLY sorry to hear that, thats pretty fuckin shitty and rather demotivating as well =/

good luck i hope something comes up, check ebay CONSTANTLY if u really care to find the shit, and craigs list, dont bother with wantad digest tho i doubt they would pay anything to list the shit, but actually, fuck it, check that too, cant hurt

[YFZ460]

I’ve already checked the above multiple times, and will continue to check them whenever possible. These thieves best hope I don’t get to them first.

[Singh1]

ya sadly, they may shit on this bullshit for a year or so,

BUT judging by how scumbaggy they are for doing this, i would say they are also broke as fuck and want to sell the shit asap

btw, they found the lug key burried in the trunk? or they had one? is the key gone? can u tell they been through the trunk?

dont want to start any shit, but you sure whoever got the lug key, didnt know it was there in the first place if u catch my drift?

[w.tungsten]

5 lug or 4 lug?

*edit nvm. i noticed this listing is too old.

http://albany.craigslist.org/pts/845867736.html

[YFZ460]

Universal 4 lug, thank you for bringing that to my attention. I think they were 18’s but his family thinks otherwise. That is amongst the things to confirm…

@Singh

dont want to start any shit, but you sure whoever got the lug key, didnt know it was there in the first place if u catch my drift?

It hasn’t skipped my mind since many people know about this project. Also, to add fuel to the fire, the steelies on the car now were stashed behind the dumpster which were not visible to someone pulling into the lot. Two of those steelies were under the car supporting it off the ground when the car was found this morning.

The key is gone with the lug nuts, wheels and faceplate. They didn;t go into the trunk, nothing was out of place there. They moved the ecu on the passenger floor, but didn’t take it (even though it says Skunk 2 P30 right on it, what I’ve come to realize is a rare ecu and an expensive tune…). These people obviously didn;t know much about the car and just wanted the rims for quick cash and the faceplate for the same reasons.

Thanks for all of your inputs so far, but I MUST get some sleep. Today was really frustrating, and work is calling me at 7am tomorrow! Damn Saturns…

EDIT: thanks for checking already, but the listings would be from today (9/19) at the oldest (unless they were selling them BEFORE they stole them :nuts)

[Singh1]

well, if they found steelies to use, thats fucked up, because if i was robbin some wheels, i’d grab anything to throw under the car, even if it was a boombox for all i care

[Mk4_30R_Ban]

@Hooked on Fonix

I’ve already checked the above multiple times, and will continue to check them whenever possible. These thieves best hope I don’t get to them first.

you guys have lots of guns :ohnoes

[Hooked_on_240]

@Mk4 30R

you guys have lots of guns :ohnoes

DJ/Plaf/couple of people do :ohnoes :ohnoes :ohnoes

[Mk4_30R_Ban]

@Hooked on 240

DJ/Plaf/couple of people do :ohnoes :ohnoes :ohnoes

yeah but i mean his family has ALOT of guns… and i mean ALOT.

[Fn_Skanks]

that really sucks to hear, but honestly, i wouldn’t just go pointing fingers at anyone selling a set. now if they happen to have those tires on them, i’d be a little suspicious. pretty sure like 95% of the members on here dislike mr7’s quite a bit. if i was looking for who took them, i could understand asking us to keep an eye out, but with how freakin popular those things are in general, good luck. everyone and his brother has them.

[Alpine]

Perfect example of what this world is coming to… bunch of scumbags :idiots I can’t believe people had the balls to do this. I’ll do what I can to help out (check ebay/CG/wantad and what not). George you’re a great person for doing that with Chris’ car. I wasn’t even aware that you were working on it. Let me know if you need help with anything, you know my number.

[Allstar_Graphics]

i hate scumbags, i will keep a lookout. Recently at my fathers shop in troy we have bee broke into 3 times in the last 5 months or so. Lincoln mig welder, 2 grinders(ryobi and dewalt), craftsman roll around tool box and everything in it, air tools, special tools etc., 18v millwauke drill, 2 sawzalls, 7 gallon air compressor, aluminum industrail air fan, troybilt 3800psi pressure washer, john deere 4000psi pressure washer, and some other shit.

i followed atv tracks that led from our shop down the railroad tracks southbound, where they went up a trail and to northgreenbush/east greenbush area.

[518mimmo]

ill keep my eyes open at the shop

[LKSi]

@Allstar Graphics

i hate scumbags, i will keep a lookout. Recently at my fathers shop in troy we have bee broke into 3 times in the last 5 months or so. Lincoln mig welder, 2 grinders(ryobi and dewalt), craftsman roll around tool box and everything in it, air tools, special tools etc., 18v millwauke drill, 2 sawzalls, 7 gallon air compressor, aluminum industrail air fan, troybilt 3800psi pressure washer, john deere 4000psi pressure washer, and some other shit.

i followed atv tracks that led from our shop down the railroad tracks southbound, where they went up a trail and to northgreenbush/east greenbush area.

What is your father’s shop called? I’ll keep my ears open to some of the HVCC scumbags’ conversations. You can PM me if you want. I’ll also keep an eye out for the MR7’s. The two different tires should give them away if someone is rolling on them