Where to keep your locking wheel nuts box?

[Nick72]

Seen several instances of RAV wheel theft in the USA. Window smashed, locking nut kit in the glove box, wheels and tyres gone. 

It's probably not a good idea to keep them seperate from the car, like locked up at home, for all the obvious reasons. But where is there a safer place in the car, to make it more difficult for thieves?

I was wondering if a combination lock box under the boot floor panel might be an idea.

For context, car crime is relatively low in my area versus national average but I have still had a car break in probably 4 or 5 years ago. A car stolen before that. And one set on fire. But I do travel a lot and leave the car in some dodgy areas, not by choice. 

 

 

[FROSTYBALLS]

We just keep ours in a bag in the boot or in the spare wheel well.

Is this a reason to get another small storage net?

[philip42h]

32 minutes ago, Nick72 said:

Seen several instances of RAV wheel theft in the USA. Window smashed, locking nut kit in the glove box, wheels and tyres gone.

Probably not a good idea to take your car to the States then! 😄

Just storing the box within the spare wheel well would do. I can't see that another strong box is really necessary. The trouble is that while you may keep your wheels, you'd still wind up with a broken passenger window.

It may be better to swap the locking wheel nuts back to the standard ones and, hopefully, save your windows - but you still couldn't rely on the intelligence of the would-be thief.

Of course, if someone breaks the window the alarm will sound ... 🤷‍♂️

[flash22]

stick it with the spare tyre in the boot (Trunk)

if thieves want something they will take it

[MC1216]

I always remove my locking wheel nut and replace with a normal nut....i once had mine snap on me while in the middle of nowhere in France so i learnt my lesson the hard way.

My next door neighbour is a serving police officer and he said there is hardly any wheels stolen nowadays compared with the 80's and 90's.

[yossarian247]

Lend your car to my wife for a week. She'll kerb the wheels so badly that no thief in their right mind would ever want them 😉

[Nick72]

Spare wheel well it is then! 😊 

[Rhymes with Paris]

Round here it looks like a few cars have had their wheels replaced with strange rectangular objects, mainly red in colour.

Nah , I think nowadays the 80s and 90s fashion for nicking wheels and radios is hopefully over.

Even the names have changed,ravey Davey at the car meets reckons that wheels are now known as rims, and radios/stereos are called head units.

Could hardly hear him though over my base bins pumping out my punk compilation.