If you did not hear about this a couple of months back, let this story be a cautionary tale on protecting your expensive custom wheels and tires. Anyone can get their wheels stolen at any time, so the best thing to do is make sure that you have wheel locks on each of your wheels. While this will not prevent someone from stealing your car, this will prevent them from stealing your wheels.

This is exactly what happened to Don Perata (D – Oakland). The Senator was driving his Senate-owned 2006 Dodge Charger set with 22-inch chrome wheels and a Candy Apple Red paint job when he was startled by a man knocking on his window… with a gun. The jacker instructed him to get out of the car. Perata was shaken up but otherwise fine.

Since the story broke a couple of months ago, the Senator's car was recovered. Surprisingly enough, it still had the wheels because each wheel had a wheel lock that the preps could not get off the wheels. Moral of the story is that a $40 set of wheel locks is the best investment you can make to protect your set of wheels and tires worth hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars. At rimsdealer.com we offer wheel locks for all our wheels. Wheel locks at rimsdealer.com start at only $20 per set.