Jump to content
SAU Community

The Sa Wasteland

heslo

By heslo,
in South Australia

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 14.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

Nightcrawler Grand Master

Nightcrawler

Posted
Posted

I take it you didn't have an alarm Mark? I am sure you will rectify that situation VERY, VERY soon.

If you did then I apologise, but my (outspoken) opinion is that any Skyline driver without an alarm deserves to have his car stolen. For the sake of a few hundred bucks it is not foolproof protection, but in this case where the car was close to the home you most certainly would have heard an alarm, or the more likely scenario is they wouldn't have even bothered trying.

All car thieves have a special place reserved in hell for them .... right next to Hitler.

BIT SUS Mentor

BIT SUS

Posted
Posted
ive got a guard dog who barks at anything suspicious at night but it was out the front of a mates house LITERALLY OUT THE FRONT DOOR 15 meters from the street.. i feel so blessed that it wasnt stolen.. the feeling of walking out of my mates house and my car not being there is one of the most SICKENING feelings ive felt in a long time.. theives with my bullet proofe love... f**k knows how i would have survived with it gone. no damamge to door locks !??!?! just ignition barrel.... :)

Know that feeling mate, your heart just sinks.

I'm glad to hear you have the car in one piece. My suggestions are next time you are worried about your car, take one of the ECCS relays out (big blue or green ones in engine bay), and put in your pocket when you leave the car. Even if they manage to break in, hotwire the car, bypass the immobiliser, and try and start the car, it simply will not run.

Having kill switches is simply no longer enough. Thieves are smart, and can bypass switches by cutting wires and splicing looms. However how many thieves do you know carry Nissan 4 pin relays in thier pockets???

Added with a decent clublock, I garantee your car will not leave the driveway without someone noticing!

I have worked in the car security scene for a while now, and I know some of the tricks of the trade, and the things thieves will go to to steal a car, or gain a few bux, is insane! Take sydney car thieves. They walk past parked cars in the dark with a portable xray scanner, scanning for laptops and ipods under seats and in centre consoles. They will mark the cars with chalk, and a second thief will go past behind them, smash the windows or unlock doors, and simply load up on electrical goods and valuables. I've also heard of thieves in Melbourne using magnets to unlocks doors on Nissan X-trails, and several other ridiculous methods.

Good luck repairing the ignition barrel, and getting the car cleaned up. PS: check the amount of play in your glass on your drivers door, and your interior light funtions.

Nigel.

Bl4cK32 Grand Master

Bl4cK32

Posted
Posted
Dont think his insurance would cover building the engine?

Insurance could be agreed value. If hes listed the skyline for a couple more than its worth to cover the small pieces then he could get some money back if something ever goes wrong.

With a car thats targeted you should have full comp insurance. Wont get everything back, but in the real world you wouldnt get all mod money back if you sold it either...

Krishy Grand Master

Krishy

Posted
Posted

holly shit mark......sorry to hear of your little misfortune but good to hear that your car wasnt taken away.....with all that $$ spent on it mate.....its just insane to think of someone taking that away.......

Carbon 34 Grand Master

Carbon 34

Posted
Posted
Know that feeling mate, your heart just sinks.

I'm glad to hear you have the car in one piece. My suggestions are next time you are worried about your car, take one of the ECCS relays out (big blue or green ones in engine bay), and put in your pocket when you leave the car. Even if they manage to break in, hotwire the car, bypass the immobiliser, and try and start the car, it simply will not run.

Having kill switches is simply no longer enough. Thieves are smart, and can bypass switches by cutting wires and splicing looms. However how many thieves do you know carry Nissan 4 pin relays in thier pockets???

Added with a decent clublock, I garantee your car will not leave the driveway without someone noticing!

I have worked in the car security scene for a while now, and I know some of the tricks of the trade, and the things thieves will go to to steal a car, or gain a few bux, is insane! Take sydney car thieves. They walk past parked cars in the dark with a portable xray scanner, scanning for laptops and ipods under seats and in centre consoles. They will mark the cars with chalk, and a second thief will go past behind them, smash the windows or unlock doors, and simply load up on electrical goods and valuables. I've also heard of thieves in Melbourne using magnets to unlocks doors on Nissan X-trails, and several other ridiculous methods.

Good luck repairing the ignition barrel, and getting the car cleaned up. PS: check the amount of play in your glass on your drivers door, and your interior light funtions.

Nigel.

Didn't know you work in the car security Nigel? are you on "12volt insider" forums ?

easy to take a car without a relay, it's called a flatbed ! even GPS won't stop a car thief. they can thwart that as well , if they want your car consider it gone!!!! but a skyline doesn't draw that super hard core crim. like a prized priceless car

a alarm is only as good as the installer and must be used 100% of the time no exceptions, club lock added

you try to make the thief take too much time to be worth his/her time. if you leave loose items that can be turned for a quick buck it will get broken into

even when putting petrol in , 100% locked and no purses or crap/iphones on the seat, smash and grab thiefs don't care about camera's

if you read this forum on the car audio section we cover the gamut of questions for security options. the sky is the limit ! some extreme , but you can stop 95% of the car theft and about 80% of car breakins if your careful and vigilant.

you wouldn't leave your kids on a pedophiles street... but you will leave your prized car on the curbside waiting to be fondled by everyone ???

at least your car is in one piece, do not pass go, go straight over to get a proper alarm fitted !!!!

heslo Grand Master

heslo

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Anyone know of any other automotive engineers in Adelaide besides Rory Thompson?

Doug Potts...

And Jenkies, VERY lucky mate! I've had the same happen to me so I know the feeling, it isn't a good one!

craig R33 Grand Master

craig R33

Posted
Posted

Faarkk... theving scum! soo lucky!!

makes me glad i just picked up our new pup

didnt end up getting the mastiff cross staffy,

i saw the pure american staffys on ns.com for giveaway on sat..

went and checked him out sunday and couldnt leave without him!

still haven't decided on a name yet :)

help?

th_side1.jpg

th_GetAttachment-1.jpg

heslo Grand Master

heslo

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Faarkk... theving scum! soo lucky!!

makes me glad i just picked up our new pup

didnt end up getting the mastiff cross staffy,

i saw the pure american staffys on ns.com for giveaway on sat..

went and checked him out sunday and couldnt leave without him!

still haven't decided on a name yet :)

help?

th_side1.jpg

th_GetAttachment-1.jpg

Boris

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • brillo
      Leak from Tokico BM50 Brake Master Cylinder

      By brillo · Posted

      Hi, SteveL Thank you very much for your reply, you seem to be the only person on the net who has come up with a definitive answer for which I am grateful. The "Leak" was more by way of wet bubbles when the pedal was depressed hard by a buddy while trying to gey a decent pedal when bleeding the system having fitted the rebuilt BM50 back in the car, which now makes perfect sense. A bit of a shame having just rebuilt my BM50, I did not touch the proportioning valve side of things, the BM50 was leaking from the primary piston seal and fluid was running down the the Brake booster hence the need to rebuild, I had never noticed any fluid leaking from that hole previously it only started when I refitted it to the car. The brake lines in the photo are "Kunifer" which is a Copper/Nickel alloy brake pipe, but are only the ones I use to bench bleed Master cylinders, they are perfectly legal to use on vehicles here in the UK, however the lines on the car are PVF coated steel. Thanks again for clearing this up for me, a purchase of a new BMC appears to be on the cards, I have been looking at various options in case my BM50 was not repairable and have looked at the HFM BM57 which I understand is manufactured in Australia.  
    • Gantai
      R33 GTST Steering Rack (49001-19U05) Rebuild?

      By Gantai · Posted

      PXL_20250828_063541093.TS.mp4
    • Gantai
      R33 GTST Steering Rack (49001-19U05) Rebuild?

      By Gantai · Posted

      Well the install is officially done. Filled with fluid and bled it today, but didn't get a chance to take it on a test drive. I'll throw some final pics of the lines and whatnot but you can definitely install a DMAX rack in an R33 with pretty minor mods. I think the only other thing I had to do that isn't documented here is grind a bit of the larger banjo fitting to get it to clear since the banjos are grouped much tighter on the DMAX rack. Also the dust boots from a R33 do not fit either fyi, so if you end up doing this install for whatever reason you'll need to grab those too. One caveat with buying the S15 dust boots however is that the clamps are too small to fit on the R33 inner tie rod since they're much thicker so keep the old clamps around. The boots also twist a bit when adjusting toe but it's not a big deal. No issues or leaks so far, steering feels good and it looks like there's a bit more lock now than I had before. Getting an alignment on Saturday so I'll see how it feels then but seems like it'll be good to go       
    • PranK
      R35 GT-R production ends after 18 years

      By PranK · Posted

    • SteveL
      Leak from Tokico BM50 Brake Master Cylinder

      By SteveL · Posted

      I don't get in here much anymore but I can help you with this.   The hole is a vent (air relief) for the brake proportioning valve, which is built into the master cylinder.    The bad news is that if brake fluid is leaking from that hole then it's getting past the proportioning valve seals.   The really bad news is that no spare parts are available for the proportioning valve either from Nissan or after market.     It's a bit of a PITA getting the proportioning valve out of the master cylinder body anyway but, fortunately, leaks from that area are rare in my experience. BTW, if those are copper (as such) brake lines you should get rid of them.    Bundy (steel) tube is a far better choice (and legal  in Australia - if that's where you are).
×
×
  • Create New...