"horspowr1001" (horspowr1001)
08/14/2015 at 09:21 • Filed to: carcrime, oppositelock, s2000
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"horspowr1001" (horspowr1001)
08/14/2015 at 09:21 • Filed to: carcrime, oppositelock, s2000 | 6
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A good friend of mine saved up enough and JUST bought a 2005 S2000 two weeks ago. Last night his soft top was cut and his seats (BLACK, STOCK) were stolen near Portage Park in Chicago. We’d appreciate it if we could harness the power of the internets for help finding the seats and/or the assholes/wastes of our earth’s precious resources who stole them. Craigslist, JDM Slutlist, s2ki, reddit, anything you can think of. Any tips to help recover them are also appreciated. Please help!
Imgur album of seat pictures for reference, but they are in pretty great shape so identifying marks are scarce:
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PS9
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 09:23 |
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Honda S2000. Ladies, if this car is in your man’s life...you aren’t!
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 09:25 |
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The dickheads who did this should never be allowed seats again and be made to ride bicycles all the time.
Patrick Nichols
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
08/14/2015 at 09:26 |
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Bicycles without seats!
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Patrick Nichols
08/14/2015 at 09:27 |
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Exactly
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Patrick Nichols
08/14/2015 at 09:28 |
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But they still have to sit.
I Will Always Be The Honey Badger
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 09:34 |
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All right then, let’s go.
Sam
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 09:57 |
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And this, my friends, is why you shouldn’t lock a convertible. It’s better to let them open the doors rather than break a window/cut the top.
Archimedes2000
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 10:03 |
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Owner of said car. I have no words for how upset I am. The plates on the car aren’t even a week old. Any help is appreciated.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Sam
08/14/2015 at 10:44 |
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Really sad but I never actually thought of that...
StoneCold
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 11:21 |
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My friend and I are actually looking for seats for a simulator setup. We’ll definitely keep our eyes open.
GTI Sprinks
> Sam
08/14/2015 at 11:39 |
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Same logic could be said for owning nice things in Chicago in general.
Locks only keep the good people honest and slows down the rest.
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horspowr1001
> StoneCold
08/14/2015 at 12:49 |
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Thanks for keepin an eye out!
E92M3
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 13:52 |
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My buddy had the same thing happen a few years ago. He filed a claim with his insurance and they totalled the car. The cost of replacing the top and the seats was too high. He should of tried to buy it back.
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horspowr1001
> E92M3
08/14/2015 at 17:43 |
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We’re afraid of the same thing, hopefully his insurance will take care of him
TheOnelectronic
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 18:17 |
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When I did some cursory S2000 research last week, I saw several mentions of stolen seats. Are the seats really popular for M4d tyt3 JDM bros or something?
GhostZ
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 18:18 |
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> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/14/2015 at 18:30 |
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This would be acceptable.
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1111111111111111111111
> Archimedes2000
08/14/2015 at 18:34 |
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Sorry man. Pretty bullshit.
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horspowr1001
> TheOnelectronic
08/14/2015 at 19:03 |
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Yeah they apparently are pretty easy to remove (why that would be the design on a convertible is beyond me) and the bros like putting them in their riced out civics
Stef Schrader
> E92M3
08/14/2015 at 19:28 |
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Yeah—this is pretty common, sadly. :(
Chad Kirchner
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 19:34 |
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When I had mine one winter I popped mine out and put them in my living room. I thought it was cool. But yeah, super easy to pop out.
SonorousSpeedJoe
> horspowr1001
08/14/2015 at 19:42 |
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You probably already know this if you frequent S2KI, but your friend can get seat locks here if he gets his seats back and top repaired. I hope everything works out for him.
S2Konstantin
> Sam
08/14/2015 at 19:46 |
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Or put the top up.
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S2Konstantin
> TheOnelectronic
08/14/2015 at 19:49 |
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Yup, I have seen S2k seats in all kinds of cars from Subaru Brat to JDM madtyte stancenation civics. One time I bought an S2k seat to put in my S2k from a guy with a civic.
And don’t even get me started on antennae. Mine has been stolen at least twice.
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E92M3
> Stef Schrader
08/14/2015 at 21:10 |
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Really sad, they probably sold them on Craigslist for $300. They sell a lock kit to make it harder to get the seats out, but I’ve heard of theives slashing the seats in anger. If that happens you aren’t any better off, but at least the theives don’t make any money.
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TheOnelectronic
> S2Konstantin
08/14/2015 at 22:29 |
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Jesus.
whoapower
> horspowr1001
08/16/2015 at 18:16 |
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Unfortunately, not enough identifying marks to find the originals. Trust me, had mine stolen years ago. It was painful, and it was at an early time of the AP1’s where I knew everyone in a 300 mile radius who owned one. Police didn’t care about them, even when I found the people that were selling my own seats back to me. Insurance didn’t care either. So what happened? Insurance reimbursed me for the money that I spent buying my own seats back.
Doug DeMuro
> Archimedes2000
08/18/2015 at 11:54 |
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I’m very sorry this happened, and I’m sure you’re gutted. I sincerely hope you either find the seats or insurance makes you whole.
I’m curious — is this sort of thing common for the S2000?
B_dol
> Doug DeMuro
08/18/2015 at 12:44 |
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Super common. Seems like owners find a more secure way to bolt the seat down, run a hard top when leaving it on the street often...etc.
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Archimedes2000
> Doug DeMuro
09/14/2015 at 13:15 |
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I know this is sort of necroposting but I didn’t notice it until now. But yeah, it’s sort of common. The seat will bolt into just about any other honda/acura. Every few weeks I’ll see some ratty RSX or Civic hatch rolling about with s2k seats and you just get that feeling of “you didn’t get those legit.” There are two guys on s2ki.com that sell “seat locks” but those are just MacGaurd bolts that have now heads and crazy keys to turn them. There are reports of some people getting seat locks and then when the thieves come they cut the seats up out of anger. So is it super common, no, but does it still happen too often, yes.