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*Yuri* · 07-29-2008, 01:33 PM

Over on a moparforum, some guy had a '72 roadrunner, and someone stole his hood, fenders, doors, engine, transmission, wheels, and driveshaft to sell as scrap.

Then we get these geniuses.
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VROOOM · 07-29-2008, 01:40 PM

we had $16k worth of brand new wire still on the reel stolen at a jobsite a few weeks ago. but when the economy turns to shit this happens alot more, im waiting for the day that gasoline tankers get hijacked.it has to be coming soon.

!Zar! · 07-29-2008, 01:41 PM

In San Jose, a few crackheads stole HELLA street lamps, mid daylight.

racepar1 · 07-29-2008, 01:41 PM

The little hispanic scrap metal douches jacked a dis-assembled engine that we needed as a core the other day! They didn't even ask or anything. I went out back and it was missing. I hate the scrap metal guys! One of them had the balls to ask me if my evo wheels were scrap! I need those things for temporary use with my 5-lug conversion and they aren't even damaged at all!

MrMcgarrett · 07-29-2008, 01:48 PM

Couple weeks ago someone stole an old screen door that was sitting on the side of my garage.

SW20Racer · 07-29-2008, 01:56 PM

the place where i work now has had a rash of stolen patio furniture in the past couple weeks

similar to this i suppose, only good pic i can pull @ the moment.

Matej · 07-29-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by VROOOM

we had $16k worth of brand new wire still on the reel stolen at a jobsite a few weeks ago.

Where can I find 16K$ worth of wire?

memo92 · 07-29-2008, 02:23 PM

Yeah. When I replaced an air conditioning unit at my house I left the old G.E. unit outside in my truck's bed. The next day the unit was al banged-up. It looked like it was attacked by a can opener. The morrons wanted the copper in the motor, but they failed to take it. I thaught about it and I tore the unit apart and took the metals to a recycling center. I was paid about $80 bucks just for the copper.
I think these metal thieves don't care what the metal is used for, all they see is easy money. The recycling centers have to play their part in reporting these a**holes.

VROOOM · 07-29-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Matej

Where can I find 16K$ worth of wire?

its all locked up now, with an armed security guard.

Quail · 07-29-2008, 02:26 PM

The pikeys over here are literally digging up cables to weigh in for scrap money!! DIGGING UP CABLES!!!

They also steal cats from cars, steal old metal guttering, etc etc

spoolandslide · 07-29-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Quail

The pikeys over here are literally digging up cables to weigh in for scrap money!! DIGGING UP CABLES!!!

They also steal cats from cars, steal old metal guttering, etc etc

hahahaha they would pull a stunt like that

mRclARK1 · 07-29-2008, 02:38 PM

Some dudes around here spent a night stealing manhole covers...

Mi Beardo es Loco · 07-29-2008, 02:45 PM

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While police were arresting Valera, a second man, Joseph Moniz, 39, came peddling a manhole cover to the recycling center. Officers promptly arrested him.

The police need to stake out that recycling plant to see if they're receiving any stolen goods. That's too much of a coincidence.

memo92 · 07-29-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Quail

The pikeys over here are literally digging up cables to weigh in for scrap money!! DIGGING UP CABLES!!!

They also steal cats from cars, steal old metal guttering, etc etc

Yeah, some duche-bag stole the catalitic of my hardbody pick-up when I left it at a relatives house. I parked the truck on the side of the house, I won't do that again. It was sawed-of somehow!?

These people are like a squirrel looking for a nut.

Mi Beardo es Loco · 07-29-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by memo92

Yeah, some duche-bag stole the catalitic of my hardbody pick-up when I left it at a relatives house. I parked the truck on the side of the house, I won't do that again. It was sawed-of somehow!?

These people are like a squirrel looking for a nut.

Yeah, me and my friends call them hobo ninjas. They seem to get away with my friends cans a lot. It happened 3 times, then he got a dog. Those fuckers are sneaky.

memo92 · 07-29-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mi Beardo es Loco

Yeah, me and my friends call them hobo ninjas. They seem to get away with my friends cans a lot. It happened 3 times, then he got a dog. Those fuckers are sneaky.

Hobo Nijas! LOL

My 240 is low, so I think my catalityc is safe there. But if they ever try to jack it all they're going to find is a cheap Magan test-pipe. Haha!

luisgonz · 07-29-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by memo92

Yeah, some duche-bag stole the catalitic of my hardbody pick-up when I left it at a relatives house. I parked the truck on the side of the house, I won't do that again. It was sawed-of somehow!?

These people are like a squirrel looking for a nut.

I have welded the nuts on many Toyota's and Honda's so this wont happen. Weld them nuts together.

When I was in the Inland Empire area last time, Some guy decided to try to steal the copper out of a windmill and got fucken cooked from the energy that stuff makes. I have seen arms and legs blown off because these people try to steal wire that is hot.LOL

Brian W. · 07-29-2008, 03:07 PM

we have a bunch of S13s outside... mostly for parts, but a couple were good.

7 of them at one point.... all 7 cats were cut off.

AND

a couple months later....

someone siphoned all the gas out of them. (gas caps all over the ground.

HA!

!Zar! · 07-29-2008, 03:07 PM

People aren't unbolting them.

Some are cutting through the exhaust.

For the platinum!

All bout the platinum ya'll.

jrbump · 07-29-2008, 03:30 PM

We had the bleachers stolen from the local dragstrip.

VROOOM · 07-29-2008, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by !Zar!

People aren't unbolting them.

Some are cutting through the exhaust.

For the platinum!

All bout the platinum ya'll.

toyota cats can be unbolted.

lflkajfj12123 · 07-29-2008, 04:12 PM

some fools put some metal on my uncles property thinking no one was going to think anything of it

he owns like this big lot of area

my uncle pulled his truck up loaded it all up and took it the metal yard and scored 500 bucks haha

240trainee · 07-29-2008, 04:14 PM

Yea, you can get good money for metal these days

Sinking economy, and soaring metal prices make it a logical thing to do.

I work for an HVAC shop, line sets getting stolen from houses is getting more and more common.

lflkajfj12123 · 07-29-2008, 04:20 PM

yeah i found a new day job

stealing stop signs

hahaha

apex · 07-29-2008, 04:28 PM

naw they wont take any kind of signs (dont ask how i know)
anyway i got a shell beat to shit if any body wants a free s13
core support lmk u gotta take it off if not its getting junked
sunroof glass too off s13 coupe

ESmorz · 07-29-2008, 04:35 PM

A kid at my school collected aluminum scraps and stole fairly large portions of aluminum from the metal shop.

He made out with like 700 bucks in a 2 months.

-=RS13=- · 07-29-2008, 04:35 PM

Hahaha. I hope no body steals from my work. There is some pipe there that is over 30K per foot. At least a couple hundred feet sitting around.

And then there's all the Inconel we have

driftphenom · 07-29-2008, 04:58 PM

im thinking of wrapping my cat in electrified barbwire. that or dog shit. im gonna try to quote cky. " if someone has _______ you might get fucked with, but if you got shit, aint no body fuckin with you"

lflkajfj12123 · 07-29-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ESmorz

A kid at my school collected aluminum scraps and stole fairly large portions of aluminum from the metal shop.

He made out with like 700 bucks in a 2 months.

pop cans?

new day job

Cobbs · 07-29-2008, 05:02 PM

I did a oil change and I used an old ruined metal pot from like 1980s to hold the oil since my friend had my cannister. I put it outside until I could transport it to autozone / kragen to get rid of it. I come out a few hours later and the oils all over the ground going into the sewers and the pots gone.

scrap metalers piss me off.
after that we put up a big exhaust pipe near my pad. Watched it across the street, waited for a truck of mexican guys to roll up and grab it. we blocked them off and they got beat down.

took all their metal in the truck and my friend told him in spanish if they come back again they will never see daylight.

I know its sad, but when you live in Los angeles you have to lay down for your hood or people are gonna jack mad stuff.

07-29-2008, 01:33 PM	#1
Yuri Ghost of Zilvia past Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Age: 44 Posts: 3,515 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Yuri Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Tired of all these crackheads stealing stuff for scrap metal. Over on a moparforum, some guy had a '72 roadrunner, and someone stole his hood, fenders, doors, engine, transmission, wheels, and driveshaft to sell as scrap. Then we get these geniuses. Miami News, Fort Lauderdale News, Florida News & Weather Channel 7 Fox Miami WSVN-TV - Local News - Man arrested for stealing street lamp pole

07-29-2008, 01:41 PM	#3
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	In San Jose, a few crackheads stole HELLA street lamps, mid daylight. __________________

07-29-2008, 02:23 PM	#8
memo92 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Planet Los Angeles Posts: 428 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: memo92 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Yeah. When I replaced an air conditioning unit at my house I left the old G.E. unit outside in my truck's bed. The next day the unit was al banged-up. It looked like it was attacked by a can opener. The morrons wanted the copper in the motor, but they failed to take it. I thaught about it and I tore the unit apart and took the metals to a recycling center. I was paid about $80 bucks just for the copper. I think these metal thieves don't care what the metal is used for, all they see is easy money. The recycling centers have to play their part in reporting these a**holes. __________________

07-29-2008, 02:26 PM	#10
Quail Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Age: 38 Posts: 1,378 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	The pikeys over here are literally digging up cables to weigh in for scrap money!! DIGGING UP CABLES!!! They also steal cats from cars, steal old metal guttering, etc etc __________________

07-29-2008, 02:38 PM	#12
mRclARK1 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Location? Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Some dudes around here spent a night stealing manhole covers... __________________

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racepar1 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Age: 42 Posts: 9,006 Trader Rating: (106) Rides Gallery: racepar1 Feedback Score: 106 reviews	The little hispanic scrap metal douches jacked a dis-assembled engine that we needed as a core the other day! They didn't even ask or anything. I went out back and it was missing. I hate the scrap metal guys! One of them had the balls to ask me if my evo wheels were scrap! I need those things for temporary use with my 5-lug conversion and they aren't even damaged at all!

07-29-2008, 01:48 PM	#5
MrMcgarrett Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pomona, CA Age: 43 Posts: 5,591 Trader Rating: (313) Feedback Score: 313 reviews	Couple weeks ago someone stole an old screen door that was sitting on the side of my garage.

07-29-2008, 01:56 PM	#6
SW20Racer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beaumont Age: 40 Posts: 1,633 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the place where i work now has had a rash of stolen patio furniture in the past couple weeks similar to this i suppose, only good pic i can pull @ the moment.

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Brian W. Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,146 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	we have a bunch of S13s outside... mostly for parts, but a couple were good. 7 of them at one point.... all 7 cats were cut off. AND a couple months later.... someone siphoned all the gas out of them. (gas caps all over the ground. HA! __________________ www.ma-motorsports.com -Fab work, builds, swaps, dyno tuning

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jrbump Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 663 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	We had the bleachers stolen from the local dragstrip.

07-29-2008, 04:12 PM	#22
lflkajfj12123 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 　　　　　　　　 Posts: 8,483 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	some fools put some metal on my uncles property thinking no one was going to think anything of it he owns like this big lot of area my uncle pulled his truck up loaded it all up and took it the metal yard and scored 500 bucks haha

07-29-2008, 04:14 PM	#23
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 38 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yea, you can get good money for metal these days Sinking economy, and soaring metal prices make it a logical thing to do. I work for an HVAC shop, line sets getting stolen from houses is getting more and more common. __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift

07-29-2008, 04:20 PM	#24
lflkajfj12123 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 　　　　　　　　 Posts: 8,483 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	yeah i found a new day job stealing stop signs hahaha

07-29-2008, 04:28 PM	#25
apex Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: palm springs Posts: 1,569 Trader Rating: (44) Feedback Score: 44 reviews	naw they wont take any kind of signs (dont ask how i know) anyway i got a shell beat to shit if any body wants a free s13 core support lmk u gotta take it off if not its getting junked sunroof glass too off s13 coupe __________________ Red Rocket

07-29-2008, 04:35 PM	#26
ESmorz Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It Looks Like A Dong Posts: 6,902 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	A kid at my school collected aluminum scraps and stole fairly large portions of aluminum from the metal shop. He made out with like 700 bucks in a 2 months. __________________

07-29-2008, 04:35 PM	#27
-=RS13=- Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Age: 38 Posts: 122 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hahaha. I hope no body steals from my work. There is some pipe there that is over 30K per foot. At least a couple hundred feet sitting around. And then there's all the Inconel we have __________________ Built by myself, Not by a shop and defintaly not bought. FTUW

07-29-2008, 04:58 PM	#28
driftphenom Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: nc Age: 41 Posts: 161 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	im thinking of wrapping my cat in electrified barbwire. that or dog shit. im gonna try to quote cky. " if someone has _______ you might get fucked with, but if you got shit, aint no body fuckin with you"

07-29-2008, 05:02 PM	#30
Cobbs BANNED Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 626 Age: 39 Posts: 25 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I did a oil change and I used an old ruined metal pot from like 1980s to hold the oil since my friend had my cannister. I put it outside until I could transport it to autozone / kragen to get rid of it. I come out a few hours later and the oils all over the ground going into the sewers and the pots gone. scrap metalers piss me off. after that we put up a big exhaust pipe near my pad. Watched it across the street, waited for a truck of mexican guys to roll up and grab it. we blocked them off and they got beat down. took all their metal in the truck and my friend told him in spanish if they come back again they will never see daylight. I know its sad, but when you live in Los angeles you have to lay down for your hood or people are gonna jack mad stuff.