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Well tonight i return to my car at the train station and notice a few cars over some bogan scumbags are flogging the number plates off an old subaru wagon. It took a few seconds to realise it wasnt there car and by that point they saw me and i froze just thinking f**k, they have seen i have caught them doing it and they looked at my car. I know there number plate but they saw mine and my car so can easily come back and flog mine aswell or just vandalise it. :domokun:

Are there ways to keep your number plates safe? like special screws or something?

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i will rivet to your bracket thing if you want rob, but the allen keys are probably beyond those guys anyway. i dont think you will have any trouble, as thats when you will go to the police and say xyz, they wont draw attention to themselves tahts how crooks work

Couldn't help but read your from campbelltown....I've had my plates taken twice once in the car park at Ingleburn (woolies)

the second time from my front yard...rural west of Denham court.

It co-incided with the petrol prices.....haven't had a prob for a while...where did you see this happening??, alot of dead sh*ts out this way.

TBH as petrol prices rise the amount of theft of plates and the petrol drive off's (theft) have also gone through the roof probably 20 fold in last 2 years. I believe Neighbourhood watch had drive to hand out special screws to stop theft of plates.

plate theft is a common thing . if they are taking your plates , they arent targetting a "skyline" in general . it happenes to all different types of cars , and the reason it is done is to steal petrol. i know of some bad groups who would do the exact thing . so if your plates go missing - report it to the police , because for all you know your plates could of been in used in petrol theft or a robbery - who knows , but it does happen sadly . damn degenerates out there.

a good idea which i am thinking of doing , is bolting my plates , so that the bolt head - which is just a raw head with no fitting on it , is facing the front , and a bolt is on the back in the bar - that way no one can take it off unless they get the bar off . - bit extreme but i can access mine due to the fitment of my intercooler - little would they know. and would save your plates.

plate theft is a common thing . if they are taking your plates , they arent targetting a "skyline" in general . it happenes to all different types of cars , and the reason it is done is to steal petrol. i know of some bad groups who would do the exact thing . so if your plates go missing - report it to the police , because for all you know your plates could of been in used in petrol theft or a robbery - who knows , but it does happen sadly . damn degenerates out there.

:wave:

.... or keep an eye on ur car.. park in a well lit space.

dnt u have cameras at the station wher u guys live? we do..

bloody woodridge gangs... :dry:

best to report it to the police. if u dnt ur only saying to the vandals that its fine to do it. and u dnt care..

000 <== call them

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