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Old 02-08-2011, 12:45 PM
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Failed attempt to steal MY10xS Fog light...

I went out Saturday night with some friends to a lounge in DC. Parked my car in a well lit public area and hung out for about two-three hours. I leave the lounge to come back to my car and find my passenger side fog light dangling along with the chrome shroud (around the foglight) missing. Looks like someone was trying to remove my fog light and only succeeded with stealing the chrome shroud, or maybe they were just after that piece. Now that the chrome shroud is missing, the fog light is very loose and moves around a lot to the point that it blew out my Nokya 3000k bulb.

Called local dealers to find out that you can't buy the chrome shroud by itself without buying the whole fog light assembly. $202.00 for a fog light. I am so pissed right now. Why didn't Infiniti make the foglight assembly one full peice. The chrome shroud is very easy to remove and I hope this does not become a popular theft item.

I am hoping that my local dealer or their collision shop has some wrecked MY10 sedans so that I can buy the shroud, or if they would let me take one.

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Old 02-08-2011, 02:20 PM
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check around ebay or something for a cheaper price..really dosent matter where you park you car anymore if someone want to do something to it they will.thats the sad thing!!
Old 02-08-2011, 03:36 PM
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just steal it off the next one you see. It'll become a cycle and eventually someone will steal it from the original person.
Old 02-08-2011, 06:45 PM
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Just don't take it from my white xS. I live close to DC area.
What part of DC did this happened?
Old 02-08-2011, 07:28 PM
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An unintentional plus for my 2008 foglights!
Old 02-08-2011, 08:21 PM
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That's messed up. What's with all these car vandalisms lately?
Old 02-08-2011, 08:54 PM
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aw man sorry to hear that :/ i'd go with chuckie and maybe check ebay
Old 02-08-2011, 09:05 PM
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try a internet search of Junk Yards there has to be a wreck G somewhere
Old 02-09-2011, 10:27 AM
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OP, sucks that happened.

as for checking junkyards/body shops.... chances are, a wrecked G will not have any fogs intact unless it was completely wrecked from the back, and the front clip is completely intact
Old 02-09-2011, 10:47 AM
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mf's! whats next, stealing headlight and tail light assemblies?
Old 02-09-2011, 02:17 PM
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thats pretty weird someone was trying to steal the fog lights. maybe you hit something on the highway and never noticed?
Old 02-09-2011, 02:59 PM
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Nobody stole your chrome trim. Get real. Something hit, knocked it off and the foglight loose, and thats when you noticed it. No biggy, life goes on.
Old 02-09-2011, 05:08 PM
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I hate parking in DC, whenever I do I wonder if the car will still be there when I get back or if I got a parking ticket from the army of parking enforcement people wandering the streets at all hours. I usually try to stick it in a decent garage or take a cab.
Old 02-09-2011, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by roots4x
just steal it off the next one you see. It'll become a cycle and eventually someone will steal it from the original person.
lol I would but I also believe in Karma. It has kicked me in @ss befoe.
Old 02-09-2011, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tristan1334
Just don't take it from my white xS. I live close to DC area.
What part of DC did this happened?
lol Tristan...hey man i thought you had a coupe? So you traded for the xS too.

This happened in Adams Morgan. I went to District Lounge that night. When I left around 3am, I came back to the car and saw the car messed up. I parked on Columbia a block from the McDonalds.


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