AndyBlackFRST

My mate at work seems to have his car marked as the other week he had the grill removed and ford badge removed with the bonnet lifted slightly.

Also, they had cut a hole in the rear qtr panel the opposite side to the filler cap about the size of a cig packet.

The car horn had been disconnected so assume they knew what they were doing.

Last night both headlights were stolen so this could be same people but unsure.

I've suggested a Disk Lock but anyone got any ideas how to stop this getting taken.

Thanks

Fudgey

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sounds like they fucked it mate, cutting a hole in the rear quarter!

if they were propper car theives they would have took the car the first time round, without chopping it up...

sounds odd to cut a hole in the car to nick it, as no one is gonna but it...

you sure its not some jealous neighbor?

AndyBlackFRST

Not with the detail they are taking.. Possibly got disturbed first time round.. Odd that someone would just come and steal the lights though.

Zetec Andy

The cars insured so use it as bait, set CCTV up and wait for the twats

Fudgey

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yeah but you wouldnt cut a hole in it unless you were totally thick...

pop a lock maybe, but to go chopping it up is a bit ott lol

as per andy, set up some cctv and plug it in to the mains

vroooom ptssssh

Maybe cut a hole in the rear quarter to get to the door pin to unbolt it to get the door open?

as above, they'll be back i'd assume so play the waiting game

Stavros

whyd they take THAT car?

i mean, its not an uncommon motor?

maybe its second hand and they was the 1st owner and left a kg of charlie stashed away in it somewhere

bigal1978

gotta go with that me thinks

paul16v

Im guessing the headlamps were the xenon ones yeh? probs stolen as they are a fortune to replace.

cozmeister

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Or maybe they're going to stash something in it, if they didn't already. Besides, wouldn't the alarm go off when the bonnet's lock is defeated or lifted?

RichieST

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it will be deadlocked so no chance of popping open one of the locks inside, they aren't door pins anyway. Maybe they are trying to access the cars electrics to open the boot, i know that by energising some wires on the mk1 focus the boot will pop open, this can be done very easily with only a screwdriver to get at the wiring needed

ivorbiggun

Never assume guy's if they really want it they'll just 'hiab' it away.
No amount of cctv disclok's etc will prevent it.

James

how strange!!

how can you cut a hole un a 1/4 pannel without being seeing, far too risky surely!? be better of chucking a brick through the window?

cozmeister

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They're obviously muppets

James

but breaking into the bonnet is an aquired skill which would need someone with atleast half a brain, especially in the dark.

col cos1

iTrader: (5)

thats unbelievable to go to all that for a diesel??????????

u got a stash of something you shouldnt have in the boot

as said mate set them up

dojj

iTrader: (3)

easy to remove, it's only held in with 2 bits of plastic
was it shrome? they go for millions on ebay

how?

thats eay as well, one wire

xenon? it may have been they were after the lights in the first place? it was a common trick round my way years ago to go round and find a set of alloys on a car that had shit tyres on and stab them
new tyres go on the car and the next night the car would get lifted

cctv and battery removal

welcome