Before you touch the car...dust for prints. I know it may be a waste of time for the police, but all you have to do is take your girlfriend's makeup and "dust" parts of the interior/exterior. (I'm assuming that they used their bare hands). After that, you just have to have either the police OR a private detective run a check on the prints. Also, keep in mind that the tow truck driver most likely left his prints on the car too, so dust for several prints. (The private eye can also dust for prints for you).

I mean, considering that you do wash your car frequently, the amount of fingerprints should be at a minimal. Also, besides you, your friends, and maybe the tow truck driver...there should be no other fingerprints on the car. The police do not typically dust for prints (if at all) in a stolen car case.

This is what I would do. I think it is worth the money to spend on a private detective to find these guys and give them a royal beat down! After doing that, I would show my fingerprint findings to the police to have them locked up for awhile.

 

Me too. I like the rims though.

 

sorry to hear your loss..

l'll be on the lookout.

oh, FYI, there is CYM R1 on sale in garden grove (OC).

 

Sorry about the loss. I know how it feels - got my Type-R stolen back in November. If I could only get 5 min alone with these bastards, they would be screaming "Mama!!!!!". I did get the R1 as a replacement, though

From your post, it seems that you think that this was a pro job. Considering they took the windows, seems appropriate. I am just wondering if this is something the rest of us Cali FD owners should start worrying about. Maybe we should start some sort of post, specific to regions, for sightings of stolen FDs and parts. Who knows, this might lead to getting some ******** in jail (and then we can laugh when they get a new boyfriend named "Bubba")

I will definitely keep an eye out for your rims - just too bad they seem to fit on quite a few models of cars.

Frank69M - sorry to burst your bubble, but the the clutch club thing (and nearly any other type of security measure) won't stand up to a flatbed.

M

 

If anybody will give your car a beat-down (as well as you hehe) it's going to be me bbq! I know where you aprk your car heheh. Havn't seen it at AP&M yet, but then again, I'm a lazy a$$ and havn't traveled to that part of campus in a looooooong while.

Heh...if you are tlaking about that pos one that I saw on Beach Blvd then you my friend are sadly in need of some medication. I took that pos for a drive and it was total ****. Not worth the rpice they are asking for. I hope that r1 rota in hell for all I care. Excuse my harsh tone, I just hate shiteed up FD's .

Anywho, knight, my condolances (sp?) go out to you my friend. God Speed...

 

Well i went to see the car today. They did forget to take off some stuff. In order to keep the car a rolling chassie they left on my HKS Hiper dampers and sway bars. They also left the KnightSports Hood, headlights and side view mirrors. They did take the spoiler though.

Everything else was gone and no the guy was wrond there were still windows. Here are some pic of my baby may she rest in pieces.

 

Bumper

 

OMG, if that were pics of my car I think i'd be crying.

 

Trunk

 

He Didn't Take The Headlights WTF????

 

That's a great idea but I'll go you one better! I Dremeled (Is that a verb now?) my VIN, name, DL number, phone, insurance company toll free number and policy number, and E-mail (but not my physical address!) on the inside rim of my wheels before I had the tires mounted, but you could also do it with the tires mounted just as easily.
I then sprayed the etching bright yellow and wiped the overspray clean to get some attention!
I also posted a notice of a $100 cash reward if they were found in anybody's possession but my own notifying them to call the local fuzz immediately in order to start the reward process.
Thieves hate this kind of **** 'cause it makes them hard to sell quickly to an unsuspecting buyer, and if they grind off the etching it would certainly make a buyer wonder why they would do that, not to mention lowering the value of the wheels. It took all of 5 minutes per wheel to do this.
Moral of the story: ETCH everything!

 

Still breaks my heart man.

I'll keep a lookout down here in San Diego.

 

Here's a pic of the driver side...look they cut my steering wheel to get the CLUB off.

My CLUB was placed nicely on my floor right next to the anti carjacking unit and alarm that i had in the car.

******* insult to injury.

 

3 alarms? any physical deterents like that new Auto Lock Pro? or something to cut the starter, water pump, etc? where in the he!! was your car that they had time to steal it with all the alarms you had? That's why I keep mine in the garage, and I only take it out to cruise. Back when I had a cheaper car that was stolen, my club was found in the back seat, so I learned my lesson then. To bad you had to learn yours on a very nice car

 

I think the the butt munchers should be spray painted black, then carpet hairs glued to them, then put in a cage with a group of Gay Silverback Gorillas that just ate viagra filled bananas!!!

 

hey the guys are ****** and i hope you do find them. if you find them before the cops do tell the whole forum so we can help u and kill those basterds who did this just cuz they were jealous they gotta steal thats sad. some people in this world are really sad. good luck though

 

I feel so bad for you. I know you must be hurting inside and I hope everything works out for you. Where were you when the car was stolen? I guess this car will never be in The Fast and Furious movie again. I always thought that you had one of the best RX-7s out there.

 

These ******* are a SHAME to the RX-7 community. If you ******* are reading this, go to ****** HELL!!!!!!

 

If anyone knows of any white FDs for sale let me know. I still have another KS kit sitting at the paint shop and some of my last kit that I have to take off the dead car. HELP need to find another FD....Rotary for life!

 

I saw this one today at Yohann Plaza, and I just so happened to have my digicamera with me, so I took a pic of it, just in case if it was your car. But upon closer inspections, it didnt really look like it. I dont know who owns it and I hope he wont mind. but, nice rims any how. Kinda beat up in the front too, maybe he wants to sell it

 

You know ... it almost couldn't have been RX-7 guys who stole it and stripped it because they left the KS headlights in ... and that passenger side cover. If they knew FDs, they'd know those aren't the stock lights. Plus, light assemblies take 3 minutes to remove so it would've been more than worth their while to have taken them if they knew better.

So based on that, I don't know if it's good or bad. It could be good because they could be idiots about getting rid of the parts. But it could be bad in the same way -- they just have a "buyer" that they sell everything to and parts go somewhere overseas.

 

****** bummer on this bro. This, my friend, is the reason I refuse to move to another apartment that doesn't have a closing, locking garage. My FD spends most of it's time in there anyway, so there's no reason not to make a nice home for it. I'll keep an eye out for those rims, but if I find 'em, it'll be tough not to just put them on my FD...they're super dope rims!

 

Sadly the police won't 'waste' any of their time on this kind of thing. I know from experience.

If not emotionally, I hope you are at least able to physically replace the car. Best of luck with insurance.

Anyone still think 'Gone in 60 Seconds' is cool???

Would a Lojak have helped?

 

dude i know what your going threw i had the same thing happen to me heads up to every body listen to this one.5 yrs ago i was selling my 91 mustang gt so i could buy my 93 rx7 and this guy calls me on it out off the auto trader and ask if he can come take a look at it a said ya i will be hear till 6:00 and it was 1:00 when he called he shows at 6:15 with his girlfriend he gets out off the car and she stays in the car ilet him start the car he poped the hood and was siting in the drivers seat checking the ac just messing around with the stuff my inside phone rings and i go run and grab it and i hear the car start to drive away. i said to myself i did not tell him to drive it. so i walk back out side kinda pist and then look and see that the girl friend and her car were gone a called the police right away and the car turned up the next day burnt to the ground.they also kinda got him on the gas stashon video cam at 4:00 am and he did a drive off there but he never got caught and i barlly got paid from the ins company. they did not evan take one part off the car.i have sold alot off cars and this guy was no diffrent at first than any other one i have had other than the girlfriend stayed in the car and i just thougt she was mad and did not want him to get a car like that.so be carefull. good luck and dont let them were you thin.

 

Man that really blows *** looking at the pics, I hope things work out.