'BMW bandits' who steal (HID?) headlights and airbags in LA

'BMW bandits' spreading from Westside into Valley, LAPD says | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

Oh no... could it be that HID theft is spreading into California?

I posted about HID theft before at http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...stolen-hid-headlight-headache.html#post223778. 02 and 03 Maximas used to be VERY popular targets for this in NY, NJ and one other state. When I used to own an 02 Maxima (in CA and WA), I used to see at least a post a week on maxima.org of at least 1 user in those 3 states that got their headlights stolen, since they were standard on all 02s and 03s. Some had their lights stolen multiple times.