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Hey guys, I'm not exactly the most involved member on the boards, nor does anyone really know who I am as I'm mainly a troll if anything. Anyways, I just wanted to share a pretty disheartening story with you all.

On Thursday, April 23rd I had my front lip stolen right off my car while parked at Yorkdale Mall. I was parked on P1 underground near the subway station. This happened approximately at 3:45pm and took the culprit 8-10 minutes to take it off. I know this because I was able to obtain CCTV video and pictures from security. I filled out a full report with security and Police that night.

I have attached pictures for you to see, but you will notice it is a first generation white A-Spec with a black roof that pulls around the lane. From the pictures we can only make out that it was a caucasian male, but no real description. He stops in front of my car which is at the top right of the picture by the last pillar, pops his trunk, then hunches behind his car while unscrewing my lip. He then gets up, throws something in the trunk quickly, then closes it.

He was somewhat smart by removing his license plate which also indicates this was a premeditated crime. So I asked security to go back and review a few days and even a couple weeks of tapes to see if they ever see a car similar to this one driving suspiciously around not only the underground parking lot, but all the lots. We were able to find one that was the same but without the black roof and got a license plate. So it's possible he got the roof done recently before coming again.

I passed all the information I received including the videos, bolts left on the ground from my lip, and the suspicious license plate to the Police Detective in 32 Division handling my case. Upon review he said unfortunately the evidence I have is only circumstantial which means it's pretty obvious they are the same, but there is no clear cut evidence since on the day of we have no definitive license plate or person description. I could try to charge or sue, but he said it would be a waste of time and money for me.

I ended up doing some digging around myself and through all my connections in the car industry, I'm pretty sure I found out who this guy is. I could confront him, but I'm pretty sure that will go nowhere as he could just straight up deny it. Hence I decided to post here on the boards with the information I have. I know some people here are pretty tight with each other and I'm sure new friendships have been made, but be careful you never know who is hiding behind their username. Not that I'm accusing anyone on the boards, because that would just suck if it was someone on here. I'm just saying that there are people out there who own TSXs who want to mod their cars, but are so cheap that they have to steal from others.

I hope with the information I have provided and the pictures posted, that you all can help me just keep an eye out for this car just as a precaution for yourselves. I posted a few pictures from the video and again, you can plainly see it is a first generation white A-Spec with the A-Spec badging on the passenger side and white painted rear oem lip. Also you can see from the side profile they are running A-Spec rims. It seems like there is no lip on the front which is odd. Plus my car is a 07 so why would a first gen want my second gen front lip. Did they put it on their car? I don't believe it's a straight swap. Finally, they have a black roof overlay. I'm sure with these detailed descriptions it's hard for there to be more than one car out there that looks just like this. Mind you it is possible they have the front lip on now, and maybe changed the rims or other things.

Again, just wanted to provide a FYI to everyone here.

Thanks for reading.
 

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I also just wanted to provide some pictures of the damage done to my car. I now have tons of scratches, black marks, double-sided tape marks left on my front bumper. Some of the clips holding on to the lip are now broken. And finally I have no cover around my foglights so they look pretty hideous now.

Please don't hate as the rest of my car is all done up except for a super ugly front end now.

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This was done in a covered parking lot located south of the mall. His vehicle was located against the wall. The wall obstructing visibility from the rear. The front obstructed with the suspect's vehicle parked in front of the victim's. If anyone suspected something, they would assume the subject was repairing something to his vehicle. Even if they would assume they were attempting to steal something, most people would not take any action. From the 3rd picture provided, you can tell the front bumper is a 06-08 from the shape and flares that is seen.
 
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This is was done in a covered parking lot located south of the mall. His vehicle was located against the wall. With the wall visibility is obstructed from the rear; the front was then obstructed with the suspect's vehicle being parked in front of the victim's. If anyone suspected something, they would assume the subject was repairing something to his vehicle. Even if they would assume they were attempting to steal something, most people would not take any action. From the 3rd picture provided, you can tell the front bumper is a 06-08 from the shape and flares that is seen.
this is why security guards patrol the area, i was stop the other weekend cuz my fog light bulbs didnt work and i was swapping out the ballast to check if it was a bulb or ballast problem.

he was making sure i wasn't just ripping apart someones car. I did leave the door and trunk open to let people know i at least own the car by signifying i opened the car without any physical signs of damage.


Sorry for your loss man, hope this gets solved.
 
#9 ·
Question though, if you found the guy, and he is the owner of the car, isn't the video enough for the cops to arrest him ? Got the relatively distinctive car and the driver on tape.....
 
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#11 ·
Sad to hear what happened to you man. =/ Good luck in finding the culprit and bringing justice to him!

Plus my car is a 07 so why would a first gen want my second gen front lip
You have a first gen tsx. Your front lip fits 06-08 first gen front bumpers but does not fit the 04-05 front bumper unless you convert the front bumper to a 06-08.
 
#14 ·
OH man that is really scary since I go to Yorkdale quite often, hope no1 pulls my whole front bumper off. Although, I'm not quite sure it helps, I usually park directly in the parking lot under the mall where my car is visible from the entrance that has elevators and stuff. The elevator goes straight up into a alley across Zara if I rmb correctly
 
#15 ·
I keep on hearing stories like this from Yorkdale!

Anyways yea that car has a distinct combo of colours. Not many people have the black roof.

I hope they find the person. Are the A-spec lips that hard to get ? I'm sure there are aftermarket ones out there, if you can't afford to mod a car then don't mod it!
 
#18 ·
As stated the subject's vehicle appeared to have done a 06-08 tsx bumper converison. The vehicle most likely changed his or her rims to aftermarket ones. The car may not appear quite the same as the pictures provided.
 
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#19 ·
It's unbelievable that someone would do that for a front lip, however I believe in karma.

I am sure if they saw this thread now, they would probably change the vinyl/painted roof. However, it was smart of you keep this to yourself for almost a month later. Hope everything works out.

+1 on if you can't afford to mod, don't go stealing other ppls.... especially if you have the money to buy a tsx in the first place, unless that's stolen too.
 
#20 ·
This was back in April so the person probably changed how their car looked by now. But looking at the pictures, here's what we can make out about the vehicle. I mean it's pretty distinctive when you look at the following.

- black roof overlay
- TSX Aspec rims
- Aspec badge in the lower right
- OEM Spoiler
- no tints in the window

The black roof overlay on it's own is pretty rare.

Edit: Not really looking to point fingers, but when I just remember a while back AspecKid posted a pic of his car, and his TSX looks pretty similar to the description above. Well before he swapped out the rims.
http://tsxclub.com/forums/canada-east/35102-newbie-hello.html#post520277
 
#21 ·
The black roof overlay on it's own is pretty rare.
The cops should get a list of customers from Shinzo that had black overlay done on a PWP and further narrow down that list by 04-05 PWP.

There can't be that many in GTA.

Of course, the overlay could have been applied through another retailer but it seems like they have worked on most of them in the GTA.
 
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why the **** is my pics on here spoons tsx? Did i give you permission to post pics of my car? NO, so please delete em. Anyways. i live in vaughan and work around Simcoe and front st and last time i been to yorkdale was ages ago. i dont have time and money to waste at malls, and thats the reason why i dont have any use to go there, and why the **** would i want to steal a measly front lip. i make good enough money rather than having to go steal somebody elses goods. I have too much too lose in life. PLEASE, dont go around saying i stole lip from your car dude. i did conversion from 05-06 because it looks better but i had my lip trying to sell for a long time now because i want the jdm front lip so dont even start this shit. i met some dudes at Speedstar looking at my car and saying thats his lip but it wasnt or else he/they wouldve done something. there was 3 asians dudes. my girl was crying and i was pretty upset at the whole situation, Frank and the other guy who works there could obviously see it, and also noticed my girl crying. anyways i explained to the 3 asian guys outside Speedstar that i had boughten the A-Spec front end (made sure it was the A-Spec front end, and he says it was) complete from my buddy and we had met up with in mississauga, and i dont think he believed me. so i hope this clarifies the situation and from looking at the pics, that tsx looks lowered?

anyways hope this clears my name from being brought up. look at the dates since you say sometime around late April...I remember i was looking to sell my oem front lip around the beginning of april, not only that, but almost all of my buddys/co-workers who i see frequently and see my car frequently know my car and know when i converted the front end, which was around end of march when weather was getting nicer, thus, being the reason why i kept my 05 front end on. i bought my front end around February and has been sitting in my moms garage up until i had it installed. here is the link of me trying to sell it on toronto.kijiji: i also think i was trying to sell it on tsxclub, but lemme double check that.
08 white A-Spec lip, rear bumper w/ a-spec lip. - Toronto Car Parts For Sale - Kijiji Toronto
http://tsxclub.com/forums/1st-gen-a...1st-gen-aerodynamics/34825-how-much-should-i-sell-my-08-pwp-spec-front-lip.html

anyways i just got back from work, tired, hungry, aching back/muscles but all i can say is that i didnt touch your lip, dont know wtf your car looks like, never seen you nor your car before (except for the Speedstar drama). i work, make an honest living, have a baby to take car of and dont need to get caught up in some drama bullshit dude. so hope you find the guy who took your lip because i certainly dont respect the fact that you and your "boys" are pointing the finger at me. i make almost $24.68/hr + 10% va. pay, come home with $800-$1100 cheques per week (depending on weather), + my wife's salary, FULL benefits, almost $20,000 in bank, visa's, line of credit for $10,000, baby girl, tsx payed off, baller wheels lol, Tein SS coming in, i could keep going on on how good i have it, so no use for me to wreck everything. so honestly dude, i hope you see you have the wrong guy man. Have a nice day.
 
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. i make almost $24.68/hr + 10% va. pay, come home with $800-$1100 cheques per week (depending on weather), + my wife's salary, FULL benefits, almost $20,000 in bank, visa's, line of credit for $10,000, baby girl, tsx payed off, baller wheels lol, Tein SS coming in, i could keep going on on how good i have it, .
Hey punk,

U make 24.68 per hour? Should we all say a collective WOW? Punk ass thief. I dont know which club your sister strips at kid...but I can bet you live of her ass, since you sound like a dumb ass fool who never even made it out of high school. You better make the most of "how good you have it" son, because you wont be around to enjoy it too much longer. Your ass is headed to jail where I hope they run a train on your ass...the same train people would be running on your sister...wait till I see your girl on the road...she gonna be satisfying a bunch of people while you gonna be touching your toes in the shower while in prison, scumbag.

To the OP: Let me know if you need any legal help - my brother can help you out.

Cheers.
 
#27 ·
Aspec kid, I don't think spoon was trying to call you out or anything, just trying to be helpful and suggest the culprit could have potentially been a member. Noone is pointing the finger at anyone here because even the OP isn't dead on for certain who took it. He has an idea, but not positively. The photos aren't that conclusive, save for the black roof overlay.

Spoon could have been a bit more tactful and not specifically used a members pictures to suggest that the member took it though.

But we're all members here trying to look out for one another.
 
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#28 ·
Yorkdale Mall is gay, I've heard more than 10 stories now on TSX/RSX/S2K being stolen there.

From the picture of the camera, it looks like the guy has the double-spoke A-Spec rims, A-Spec spoiler, black roof, and possibly A-Spec rear lip (not clear on that).

May I/others know who are you suspecting?
 
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