Number Plate Theft

[Xizor]

Hi all

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.

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

[frankxinyu]

call the police and tell them what happened

[685]

use rivets..not that its 100% safe, but cannot be unscrewed with a screwdriver or plyers..

[jeffworld2]

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

[Xizor]

jeff that sounds good lets do it. i dont wanna take any chances. gonna try and park elsewhere for the next week. mate i might want to park at your place sometimes too if thats ok....

Edited March 20, 2007 by Xizor

[dangaz]

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.

[WPN-O33]

Dont know if all skylines have them but mine has allen key bolts and they were pretty hard to undo i remember... If they want your plates bad enough the dirty assholes will get em...somehow

[gdogzgtr]

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.

[sky-017]

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.

[ctjet]

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.

[ProphetR33]

Just fill the screw heads with solder....

They only use them for crime or a trophy plate on their bedroom wall.

Solder will annoy them enough that they'll just move onto the next car not trying to scrape it out.

[markimak]

.... 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...

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

[-_-StRyDeR-_-]

motion sensors on ur car alarm seems to work well

[Modena]

Call police. Its a crime.

[lastlineofdefence]

you can pm me if you like rob.

But try parking somewhere else. An idea is to park in front of someones house in a nicer looking area of the suburb and walk the 5mins to the station.

[pablo101]

actually there is a special screw you can use, i think a current affair did a special on it, but do a search on google

[DRD-00F]

loctite?

[ztuned]

use super glue....they'll never be able to get it off!! off ur front bar that is, prbally take ur front bar too

[gazza750]

torx head screws are the best cross between philips head screw and allen head

[frx026]

try your local Autobarn/repco

most of those stores sell a one way set of screws specifically made for number plates. The heads will only allow the screws to be tightened.