![]() ![]() Spokesmen for BMW, Lexus and Mercedes said they were not aware of headlamp thefts involving their vehicles. But a police spokesman, Detective Walter Burns, said there had not been a large number of reported headlamp thefts. Johnson said a sergeant from a precinct near his dealership had contacted him about the thefts. Nearly all the thefts occurred around New York, he said, including several in the Bronx, but the trend seemed to be spreading to Los Angeles. lamps in recent months to replace stolen units. John Watts, a spokesman in New York for Honda, the parent of Acura, said the company had shipped as many as 75 H.I.D. Instead of producing light with a glowing filament, the units use high voltage to charge xenon gas inside a sealed vessel, which gives off an intense, distinctive light with an icy blue-white cast. High-intensity lamps, called H.I.D.'s, now come on many high-end cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and other premium makes, and are starting to appear on midrange luxury models like Mr. The body shop manager, Freddy Johnson, said Plaza had replaced stolen headlamps on more than 20 Acuras in the last two months. When he took his damaged car to Plaza Auto Mall, another customer came in with the same problem. ![]() ![]() Reznik said the police officers who responded to his call were as mystified as he was, but he soon found he was not alone. He has since spent $1,500 to replace the headlamps his total repair bill was $4,500. He awoke one morning last week to find two empty sockets in the face of his 2001 Acura 3.2CL, where high-intensity-discharge lights had resided the night before, and a fender bent by the efforts of the thief or thieves to pry them out. ADD this to the list of stylish accessories that people will steal for: your headlamps.īarry Reznik, an engineer who lives in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, is among a small but growing number of lighting fashion victims. ![]()
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