Have you tried contacting E-bay about it, and telliing them?, Maybe they can give out some info to you or cops , or cancel the bid before they leave for the states...


Madjoker

 

According to the owners manual each tire pressure sensor has a unique ID. Seems like you might be able to use that as proof.

 

I'd think the first approach would be to act innocent and simply ask the seller what replacement wheels he put on his RX-8, and ask if he has photos of his car with them on. A genuine enthusiast owner should be able or even keen to show off his new wheels.

 

I'm looking through his previous items - and one of them is a Kawasaki motorcycle that has been stripped down.

 

I read about the police busting guys selling bad Sh*t on e-bay all the time........Last week they busted a guy here in Palm Beach for selling a "Flat screen TV...great Picture"....it was a photo of a television he sold to 7-8 people for up to 7-grand!!! Well, cops put an end to that...arrested him, and folks might be able to get their money back.....so it's worth talking to the police. They can do some amazing things sometimes.

 

This is Canada though - unless you are raped or murdered, don't expect much

 

I didnt think Canada got the tyre pressuse sensor stuff tho:/


IMO this looks 100% the stolen wheels. And unless that guy can prove where he got those wheels from, and it has to lead back to eithre a dealer or a legit car, then he'd need prosecuting, but , ho to get the police along?

 

Well the seller claims that they upgraded to custom wheels. If the ones shown are standard rims then that is more believable.

If these shown are the upgraded rims, then who on earth would shell out for the Mazda upgrade and then only 150 miles later upgrade again.

So if these are the upgraded rims they are certainly fishy.

 

Those are the standard wheels, the post doesn't really seem fishy except that it's in montreal.

Asking him for specs on his replacement rims might be the best idea.

 

Ask the seller if they are canadian spec rims or US spec rims as you are looking for one's with the tire pressure sensor.
Might give you a little more info on them.

 

If your insurance company shelled out money for replacement wheels, contact them. Besides if they did, these wheels (if they are the stolen ones) now belong to them

They have alot of weight when it comes to getting the police involved.

Hope this helps.

 

For everyone else reading this post.

Time to take your wheels off your car, etch your VIN number on them and buy wheel locks.

Thank me later

 

Excellent advise regarding the VIN... I will be doing this when my snow tires arrive.

 

Already have the wheel locks for both the regular and winter rims but that's a good idea about etching the VIN.

Thanks

 

By the way, while I was at the Mazda Dealership a few months ago, the Sale person was telling how they now etch the VIN on most of the major components on all of their cars. I think they called it some sort of "Protect Program" which they "gave" it to you for free. (anyone sale scheme) Anyone know anything about this ? I suppose they don't do the wheels then huh ? <rolleyes>

PS: I was at Markham Mazda at Hwy 7 and McCowan

 

I jut find it interesting that the wheels are avalible less then one month after they were stolen. THe pictures show 10/20/03. Your first post was on 19/25/03.

I would honestly lose my mind knowing what the f**ker is doing with my tires.

Call mazda and ask if they've made replacment rims for the rx8.

if they do:

Then ask how long it takes for the back order to come in. Then call this guy and ask how long he had to wait for the back order because your interested in the wheels yourself. He'll believe you because the auction for your rims are over. See if it all adds up ....


But before you ask him anything, ask him why he took the rims off his rx8. If he says he bought new rims for his rx8.... I woud find out somehow if he has an rx8..... if he doesn't then he's obviously bullshitting.

good luck Mog