i would like to get a locking mechanism for the front hood on my baja as at the moment u can just unhook the rubber catches and its open. id like a secure place in my baja as its a 62 it has shite door looks and id like to put valubles in the font.
Anthiron this is a dificult one have trouble with the manx and used to have a suzuki sierra soft-top. If they think they can get in they will
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha HA! lock? ha ha ha! I don't have one. I just don't keep anything in there unless i'm camping or something.
just drill some holes in the dash and bolt on a safe!!! he he, ok maybe not.
I am in the process of glassing on a late beetle bonnet catch to my Baja (project). It will operate in the same way that the std late beetle bonnet
catches work (ie: I'm not going to change anything major). I also looked at using a type 3 bonnet catch as it also has a secondary catch, so should
the bonnet not be locked for some reason, it doesn't just fly up and distroy itself...just ask my Brother how that works!:puke
Will take a bit of work, but at least then the bonnet can be locked and only released from inside the car...
R
you can buy a small lock up box from some of the off road shops I have seen them ,you bolt it to the floor ect , very hard to open .
Don't lock it! Just try another security measure.
Maybe a self destruct device. Blow the thieves up!
Or maybe a tied up pitbull with an attitude? Oh no, It'll drown out the sound of your motor with its smelly farts.
Somebody mentioned a safe. Why not put a lightweight lockable strongbox in there?
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Wicked idea! Wouldn't it be great to store this sort of info in a database.
if the hood lock on my super bug wasnt wrecked i might be able to do this but alas......hmmm i wonder if i can source a small lock from a hardware store with a key. that i can fit to the hood and have the seperate key to open the front.
Don't you guys have wreckers up there on the sunny coast? It really sounds like the best option Nick.
My Son has little meatal catches similar to what the rubber ones used but instead of rubber bits they are syainless steel and adjustable , maybe
lockable too with a small padlock...
Lee
the wreckers near me has not a single Volkswagen of anykind....NOT ONE!!!!!
Yeah, that can be a problem!
Personally, I think 68AutoBug's idea of using the metal hold down catches that can be locked using a padlock are the best idea, if you are looking
for a cheap, easy fix. I have seen these latches in the past and they would almost be a direct replacement for the rubber latches that you have at
the moment. All the metal ones that I have seen can be locked with a padlock too.
R
[Edited on 2-7-2004 by ratty 63]
where can i get some?
hmmm, try a decent hardware - I'm fairly sure that my Dad has used them on a roofrack mounted storage box on his 4WD and he got them from
Bunnings....
R
hmmm, try a decent hardware - I'm fairly sure that my Dad has used them on a roofrack mounted storage box on his 4WD and he got them from
Bunnings....
R
Use the right ones mate. You could break those thin little dinky ones with your teeth, and a padlock is gonna do a lot of clanking and jingling all
over your nice bodywork.
Hey, why don't you just advertise for someone to get you the popup system out of an old bug on the forum? You could probably use one out of any pop
up hood and just shorten the cables. The latches just screw in on most modern vehicles. I reckon a Barina or Golf would probably do the trick. There
has to be something salvagable at your local wrecker. Think outside the square man (sorry, the padlock idea just sounds a bit primitive compared to
the other option).
i was thinking i could get a small tumbler lock from a hardware like what you would lock a wooden box with or something and use that.
I have an ex army ammunition case which i'm going to bolt under the bonnet, and have a lock on that.
not a boy, but have baja *sigh*.lol. I just pop riveted a crap aluminium
latch (not unlike the ones on lockable boxes) from hardware onto bonnet and nosecone bit, small padlock,, bewwdi moite. (mine was not really for
theft, more i didn't want the bonnet flying off in traffic again.. happened twice, and dented roof in.lol.those rubber latches have a nasty habit of
becoming brittle over time, plus 18mnth child at time thought they were great play things).
[Edited on 2-7-2004 by $2.63 homebrand baja]
a pic of the modified latch mechanism
I'll probably move this post to the offroad section soon...