I have just seen for sale in a Repco catalog
locking number plate screws - to stop Your number plate from being stolen...
packet of 24
thats a lot of number plates..
so, is someone out there waiting to grab My number plates????
and if so WHY ??
Lee
PS: I'm hoping its just a city thing/problem...? Lee
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Lee, number plates are going missing almost daily as the price of petrol rises.
Steal the plates, grab a full tank of fuel and then drive away.
Within a couple of hours police coming knocking on your door coz your plates were caught on the service station cctv.
Hence the governments move to have pay before you pump facilities installed in all service stations.
A mate of mine lived in a block of units and developed a run in with a neighbour over a really trivial matter
the neighbour responded by stealing my mates number plate every couple weeks.
It was obvious but could never be proved.
Costs $150 or so each time my mate had to get it remade
Futue te ipsum!!!
yeppo, happened to my wife's car. Make sure you report it as soon as their stolen so your clear of the stolen petrol.
Hi
Even with locking screws they will still get stolen, you need a pry bar under the plate to remove them and the crims dont care what condition that they are in.
I'm not sure about stolen plates but VW54 (Dave Birchall) car was stolen a long time ago which had personal plates on it and he lost the plates forever.
Steve
1303Steve wrote:Hi
Even with locking screws they will still get stolen, you need a pry bar under the plate to remove them and the crims dont care what condition that they are in.
I'm not sure about stolen plates but VW54 (Dave Birchall) car was stolen a long time ago which had personal plates on it and he lost the plates forever.
Steve
that doesn't sound right
if You pay the high price of personalized plates
You should be able to have them remade without giving the old ones back...
doesn't the RTA know cars get stolen??
usually with their plates..
the thin alloy plates can be just ripped off
and I never thought of the petrol side of it...
cheers
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
With stolen number plates, personalised or standard, unless recovered they will not be re-issued.
If you lose a plate you can advise the RTA of the lose and new plates will be re-ordered.
But once stolen it's gone forever unless recovered and then there is no guarentee that it will be re issued to you.
And yes the locking nuts are only as good as the person trying to rip them off.
If you wiggle a number plate back and forth you will create a hole where the nuts are and walk away with the plate that now has 2 bigger than normal holes. The crooks just drill in using the other mounting holes and off they go.
Life is way too short to be worrying about stolen number plates though.
Need more time to work out to get and then keep the beetles humming nicely..
I am glad our cars are only ever in our locked garage, in a friends driveway or within sight. Alternative for me is walk, or walk to the station and catch a train to the city.
Very true, once plates gone missing you cannot have again unless recovered. My mate hung onto his MRZED plates incase he ressurected his 240z. I drive past a Hilux everyday that has GMHA9X plates (worth a mint) and think how pissed he would be if taken.
1971 Type 3 Fasty - EJ20T
I love 242HP sleepers. 🤪
How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn? 😂 UPDATE: Cayman S, M3, B4 now added to the list.
Plates are worth nothing unless you sell them!!!!
helbus wrote:Plates are worth nothing unless you sell them!!!!
And yes I guess they would be for sale at one stage seeing they are driven on a Hilux or the guy is dreaming for the day he can find/afford one, but yes agree only have a $$$ value once someone wants them. I would say that if the price of muscle cars in Aust is any indication I would be quite happy to be holding these plates.
1971 Type 3 Fasty - EJ20T
I love 242HP sleepers. 🤪
How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn? 😂 UPDATE: Cayman S, M3, B4 now added to the list.
GTMac wrote:I drive past a Hilux everyday that has GMHA9X plates (worth a mint) and think how pissed he would be if taken.
Yes, those plates would be worth a lot to an A9X Torana
owner..
I wouldn't want them.... lol...
Anyone ever Araldited [twin epoxy] number plates on?
or used double sided tape.... lol..
Lee
PS: I believe in South Aust You can make your own plates..??
as i've seen many different ones..
letters & numbers thin or thick..
raised or flat... etc Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Hi
Losing my personal number plates would really upset me, they were a 21st birthday present from my parents almost 33 years ago. I might paint them onto my body work.
Steve
Hi Steve,
I know of a few people who have personalized plates they got for their birthday years ago..
so, they would have a lot of sentimental value
but unless you write that on them... no one knows..
but I'm sure a thief wouldn't take any notice of that.. anyway.. [He's a thief afterall...]
I have the steel black & yellow plates on My beetle
and they are very strong
If I used 4 or more screws on them, there is no way to remove them easily as they are too strong.
the thin alloy ones, can be ripped off very easily..
unless there were screws in all the holes...
using allen headed screws and filling the hole up with araldite epoxy or similar..
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
i wouldnt wanna loose mine either so my trick around this situation was to "loose" a plate in an "accident" and get a replacement set
i had to hand the ramaining one back in but ive now got a spare rear one safely tucked away
i wonder if anyone would ever pick that i had to rear plates on??
one of my pet hates is ppl with premium plates that put the small one on the back
Actually Joel
I have seen cars with two small plates on front and rear
and a small plate on the rear does look silly to Me..
Lee
PS: that was a brainy thing to do to get a spare plate
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
mate of mine was booked for having the small and large plates round the wrong way, thing is he had been driving the car that way for nearly 4 months and that's how he bought it from a dealer, didn't mean shit to the cop though
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
A mate of mine had their front number plate stolen. It was not until someone mentioned it that they noticed. I mean how often do you look at your front number plate (unless you are like the rest of us on this site). Had to report it to police and was reissued free of charge, otherwise had to pay for it. Coppers were not really concerned about it though.
'69 VW Beetle.
years ago
I think when the small plates first appeared
a local accountant had a toyota supra with only a rear number plate..
the police eventually told him to put it back on...
there are many badly faded plates in the country
and yet when You get your car passed for rego
they are supposed to check Your plates..
also many are covered in mud, along with the rest of the car
and these people could easily speed thru speed cameras
and I keep polishing My plates... lol
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
mine have been stolen b4... like a year or two ago ... the guy that used the plates was involved in a ram raid....
...the cops rang up "excuse me sir, are u *blah blah* with the plates on a VW Beetle *blah blah*..." "um yeah ..." "we recoverd ur plates of a Landrover 4WD last night involved in a ram raid, would u kno anyhting aoubt this?" "WTF!!! MY PLATES ARE GONE!!!"
the guy lol'd, but i got a completly new set of plates, like new numbers and everything. sigh at the tards that stole it ...
Nice looking colour scheme
on Your beetle..
any more pics
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
whos? mine??
Yes, sorry
I meant to use Your name...
nice colours
and standard looking, which I love....
cheers
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
yeah theres some in my intro page, and im trying to upload a few more but im capped atm so it might take a while!!
