bob
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 posted on 27/7/06 at 01:01 PM |
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Number plate theft
Off to work this morning in the tin top 05.15 number plates gone screws and all
Bastards
A phone call produced a crime number, 20 quid at the factors produced some new plates.
Days holiday lost
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SeaBass
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:08 PM |
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Unfortunately your car has probably now been 'cloned'. Expect some speed camera fines soon - good job you reported it. You will probably
be stopped a few times over the next week lol...
Best move is to relocate to the Scottish Isles I'd say...
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bob
Off to work this morning in the tin top 05.15 number plates gone screws and all
Bastards
A phone call produced a crime number, 20 quid at the factors produced some new plates.
Days holiday lost
Bastards indeed. And to make matters worse you should probably expect a few speeding tickets/parking fines through the door over the following months
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balidey
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:12 PM |
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Beat them at their own game.
Go through as many speed traps as fast as possible. Then just claim it wasn't you, as you have a crime reference number.
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bob
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:17 PM |
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i'l report back on how many speeding tickets parking fines and unpaid congestion charges i get
Just about to pen a letter off to the DVLA which i was advised to do as well, giving them the crime number and time the car was last used.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:30 PM |
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Theres another word for people that do that and its not bastards.. Begins with c.
There will probably be some drive aways in fuel stations too.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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graememk
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 01:58 PM |
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i had mine nicked when the london charges came in and i got loads of fines in the post, i bought a £250 personal plate in the end.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:13 PM |
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There is a solution coming, but not until the autumn...
LINKY
David
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ned
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:42 PM |
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i have heard of (but not yet seen) the tamper proof/one way screws, sort of like security screws which you might be able to get where the drive
section of the head of the screw snaps off leaving a domed screw top. not going to stop them but they might do the car next door as it'd be
easier...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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bob
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:53 PM |
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screwfix sell security shear nuts (12099)
M6 M8 and M10 but i'm sure i have seen the tamperproof screws sommewhere.
They allow a flat head screwdriver to rotate clockwise but not anticlock.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:55 PM |
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Industrial-grade double-sided tape would also be useful...
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ned
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:56 PM |
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yeah i think they work something along the lines that the slot is wasted on one side (or half of each side opposing iyswim) so you can only do them
up, try to undo them and the screwdriver just falls off the screwhead...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 02:58 PM |
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You'd have to use steel screws instead of the current nylon jobs, otherwise you could just cut the head off with a knife.
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 04:14 PM |
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Or just something a bit more obscure.
The thiefs will go out with a Phillips or Flat screwdrive in their pocket because thats what they've all got.
Put an allen screw, or torques bit or even a bolt and then there highly unlikely to have the correct tool with them.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:07 PM |
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You can get tamperproof torx screws which have a pin up the middle. Nothing will undo unless u have the right tool.
I wonder how many people will buy the anti nick plates and fit them with phillips screws so they can just be unscrewed.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:43 PM |
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If you go down to a good fixing/screw supplier (Local to me is East Midland Fastners in Wellingborough), then you will find that they do a whole/large
range of anti tamper/tamper proof/use once fixings, with a variety of heads suitable for number plate use.
Best of all is they are relatively cheap.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:48 PM |
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ive got zillions of stainless allens,a squirt of black silicone on the back as well should make them pretty imovabubble
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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matt.c
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 07:43 PM |
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Buy metal number plates and wire them to your battery!!!!
Barst*ds
They should have there hands cut off when they get caught!
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caber
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 10:27 PM |
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Don't know why they bother you can still buy individual stick on numbers and reflective backgrounds from trailer suppliers! There are plenty
dodgy plate makers still around as well!
Caber
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ned
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 06:21 AM |
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not forgetting you can still buy 'show plates' from numerous suppliers and at shows...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Brooky
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 09:56 AM |
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There is no such thing as a tamper proof screw. I have seen a demo of a prisoner who got a tooth brush, melted the end with a lighter ( thats not the
bristle end by the way ) and forced the warm plastic onto the head of the screw. Once the plastic had cooled, he had the perfect tool to remove the
screw.
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ChrisJLW
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 10:41 AM |
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www.aplates.com Supply legal plates and you don't need any documentation. They're better quality compared to the crap I get from the
'legal' plate suppliers. Sealed edges, that make the plate last longer than 6 months.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway.
But more, much more than this,
I did it side-ah-ways.
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owelly
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| posted on 30/7/06 at 07:25 PM |
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But you have to pay for those plates. If you nick them, they are free!!
And I noticed a 'security screwdriver set' in the local chavvy £1 shop the other day. It had all the Torx/Allen keys with the hole up the
middle and a few I'd never seen!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Dazza
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 07:00 PM |
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yep, bastads
The best way, after reading all the comments, and having a little experience............. would be
Good quality bouble sided 1st, tamperproof screws, plastic caps, superglue the caps closed, and park it in a garage ....... Chain the
dog(bigger the better) to the car with a lead long enough to make it round the car, put CCTV with infa red night vision on front and back, with signs
to make it legal. The sit up all nite with a shotgun aimed in the general direction, loaded. A couple big security guards with some rather large Mag
Lights that are way to big to actually be torches, with attitudes to match, and finally, to finish it off, have all that behind a 10 foot wall with
anti climb grease, razor wire on top and flood lights that turn on when an ant wonders by........................................
That will show em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuckit
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 07:04 PM |
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you forgot the caltraps
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