I was at getting my oil changed and was chatting with a guy i know there. He was telling me that their dealership got jacked for 4 sets of Evo wheels about a couple weeks ago. They were Evo's in the inventory area in the back. Left em on blocks. Are our wheels that hot of an item right now?! I mean damn! They straight took em for the dealership. I guess i better get wheel locks then.

 

Wheel's aren't the only thing that's being stolen of Evo's. I went to 2 different Mit's dealer when I was shopping for mine and both dealers had the Recaro seats stolen. The sales guy told me that those are like $3,000 to replace. I don't know if they were BS or not on the price of replacement.

 

That sounds a bit inflated on the seats. My factory Si wheels were jacked in 99 so I am not suprised about the Evo Wheels.

 

the seats prices are about right.....

 

what are some wheel locks that you can use for the Evo ? ,also what other cars do they fit in ???

 

If you got factory wheels, you should get the mitsu wheel locks since aftermarket wheellocks wouldn't fit the factory enkeis.

 

I doubt 3 grand for the seats is right, Ive seen quite a few vendors you can get them from there the Recaro Sport seats, Hell you can even order em straight from Recaro with heating and massage units and ****.

 

995.00 per seat is what ive heard. Thieves will steal anything that can be had for free. They are probably on Ebay right now for sale .

 

Oh great, our Evo's are just going to end up like the Integra Type R's

 

get a lo-jack....or cut off switch^

 

You can't compare aftermarket Recaro to the factory evo seats... even though they look similar and probably share some parts, factory parts will always be more expensive no matter what. The Evo seats have a slightly different shape than the aftermarket recaros, or the JDM seats for that matter, and they have unique cloth. Also with Mitsu as a middleman for the seats, they're going to cost more.

One of the major factors affecting replacement cost is that Mitsubishi has to stock them as replacements for years just in case someone needs an Recaro seat for a 2003 Evo in 6 years or so after the car is out of production... storing and keeping track of those parts is expensive. I remember reading that for any car, buying the parts alone to build it from the parts counter at the dealer would be at least 3X the sticker price of the car... this is before you factor in labor. I used to work on lean manufacturing software, using principles that the Japanese invented to reduce cost and increase quality... it's pretty amazing how much easier it is to control costs when you know exactly what your input and output should be day in and day out... but when they have to manage supply channels for an unpredictable demand (i.e. providng the end purchasers with parts and support), it becomes wayyy more expensive. And of course the manufacturers are more than happy to pass the cost to us.. they have enough trouble making money as it is.

Here's an example. I went to Mitsubishiparts.net, which is generally cheaper than the dealer. On this page, you can see the factory recaro seats and order them: recaros Once you add up all the parts for the seat cushion, the seat back, and the racks, it works out to be $2560 PER SEAT. At the dealer it would be around 3 grand undiscounted. So it looks like that's the real price, folks.

 

i didn't get the lo-jack when offered to me. i think i'm gonna get now. i mean i have an alarm and everything, but how many people do you know that will even get involved if they hear an alarm going off..........none, because it's not their car getting jacked.

 

I heard on the news about a month ago (I think) that the Evo was #2 on the (most wanted)stolen car list. Think the Escalade was #1 ...........

 

hmmm..ordering a good alarm as we speak

 

Why not just get wheel-locks from the dealerships?

PS. the wheel-locks from dealerships will still fit on aftermarket wheels right? or no...?