attempted break-in

[TIMMMAYYY]

It's kinda his fault thou mel!

U gotta admit it! hehe

[Steve]

Sorry to see what the wankers did, and thanks for the warning -

with all the revenue they pull from import owners for speeding, you think the police would feel obliged to put more time into the investigation of crimes against the cars - after all its in their interest to keep us out there on the roads

But seriously, its a crying shame that vigilantes arent tollerated, would make life more satisfying to be able to punch living f#$k out of pricks like that.

[Turbo Tits]

I take it from the pics that for a theif to open the door unlawfully, they have to remove the door handle?

if you had the skills, or knew someone who does, a thought would be to install a grounding (push type) switch (the same kind as your door switch that turns your interior light on when you open your door) behind the door handle, so that if the handle was to OPEN, so to speak, as in come away from the car say 5mm... the alarm would go off, as you can connect the switch to the door switches, which are connected to your alarm.

if your skyline is an everyday car, this could be a wise modification to your alarm system. you could set it so the handle only has to move a fraction before the alarm goes off, making the theif boogy out of there, minimizing the damage to your door.

come on guys... you know this is a good idea

[Turbo Tits]

come to think of it, ill do it to my car, work out the cost, and offer my services to those less abled car enthusiasts

[memphis]

Supra's have one of these switched, as soon as the door handle is touched, the keyhole light in the door lights up, nice n pritty, prolly very easy to alarm also.

[skipppy]

total bummer

but i think you guys live on wrong side of town

ive never had prob with marion park there at least twice a week

erin

[boosted32]

just an update...

about $400 to repair it, that includes: weld up damage and paint entire door, rubber seal around handle, clean up door handle and replace lock (i probably wont get the lock replaced though - just plug it up - dont need 2 locks... one less lock for them to butcher with a screw driver)

I like the idea of the alarm switch on the door handle. So u could put it in series with the door switch/interior light switch??

Also, in the pic u can see an activation lever through the hole... this is from the door handle... there is another lever that should have been attached to the back of the lock mechanism... the twits knocked the lever off the lock while they were butchering the door... so there was no way they could have gotten in unless they made an even bigger hole right to the actual catch mechanism of the door... I am not planning on putting this lever back on either... i removed it on my previous car as well.

[hippy]

shiet .. 400 .. **** the pricks who did it ... can i ask who u got the quote from as well??

[darkhalf]

collegue at work used to live at modbury and was telling me of all the thefts she could see from her flat and then watch the cops rock up later when she called. its not a good place to park your car (esp near the hospital)

if you have central locking installed (or plan to cos its only $40 for a kit) then you wont need the door lock to be replaced. also using remote boot release, you can disconnect your boot latches from the key/inside release to protect things like amps

[GFXman]

i hate car theives... they need to be caught and taught a "lesson".

over the years ive had my car(s) broken into three times.

I have found alarms dont even do much... they usually just want to nick stuff from inside the car and then bugger off.

Tip 1

Never leave ANYTHING visible in the car.

Tip 2

If they are looking for an actualy car to steal, the club lock is the best deterrent, as well as an immobiliser obviously.

Why can't we be like south africa where they have shock systems or flame throwers hooked up to the car alarm system.

****ing theives... DIE!

[EnricoPalazzo]

Yeh i have an alarm and still use th Club lock. Plus on the other side, it doubles as a weapon if someone harrasses u.

Also in my first post, when i said they wer experts, i was bein sarcastic. Sorry for not makin it obvious.

[Steve]

A dry sense of humour seems to be hard to pass without tonal inflection (ie when written) - I've been caught out a couple of times too Enrico

[Guest Miss_Nismo]

Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

Yeh i have an alarm and still use th Club lock. Plus on the other side, it doubles as a weapon if someone harrasses u.

Yes I was let of with a warning from a pigger once, using the steering wheel lock as a weapon is illegal apparently.

[TIMMMAYYY]

Thats probably cos u threatened to hit the pig across the head with it mel

[boosted32]

hippy... I got the quote from beverly auto repair... near the basketball stadium... used them before, they are ok

[cyrius]

dam theives, I sympathise for you, as i had my car broken into a few weeks ago at Brighton railway station, lost the entire soundsystem, luckily the theif was caught by police with a little help from a witness, theif now owes me $900

Think its a good idea if we set up some cars around for theives then kick the S**T outta them wen they go near it. It may start to deter them a bit.

[Bl4cK32]

Who says we can't put a flame thrower on like they do in Africa?

At my work some B*stards have been breakn into ppls cars. Ive got the club, plus an alarm/imm. They've even got security, but they are never around when the C**** are at it!

[hippy]

if he owes u 900 ... then how are u going to get the money from him?? as my cousins car was broken into a while back .. a nice black 33 ... and hes pretty close to catching whoever did it by chance ...

[hippy]

and also .. since i've got an auto .. u can't put the car in gear unless u have the key in .. is there a way to bypass this??

[cyrius]

hippy - The police caught the theif, they then told me that he will be forced to pay me... I don't know how their system works but aslong as he's convicted its all good