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08-02-2006, 02:55 PM
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How to stop your plates being stolen??
Hi guys, I have just got some new personalized plates for the car, any ideas on how to stop them from being stolen????????
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08-02-2006, 03:00 PM
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not sure on this 1 but maybe you could neatly drill out the screwdriver thread on each screw
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08-02-2006, 03:07 PM
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theres no point protecting them as they cant be used if they are in your name
but you can always use bolts and loctite them then use chemset (glue for holding steel structures bolts into concre to hold them to your bumper
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08-02-2006, 03:14 PM
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just let them get nicked and report them asap, you might want to take them off sometime. if theyre personalised, then glue the suckers, do as everyone above has said.
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08-02-2006, 03:27 PM
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migweld them on making sure you get a full bead all the way around the plate, brace a solid bar around the edge with another bar through the middle. Make sure the numbers/letters are in full view at every angle. Chrome the metal may look great too.
Attach a large capacitor to the battery and ground it to the plate, first person who tries to take it off will never try it again.
Enclose them in clear acrylic embedded in the bumper...now there`s a great way.
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08-02-2006, 03:38 PM
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use security screws ( the weird ends you see in those magnetic screw driver sets that you never use)
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08-02-2006, 03:43 PM
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how often will you be taking the plates off. If rarely, i'd recomment riveting them in, thats what i did to all my cars. Better than paying the $50 or so to get em replaced.
and to whoever said somone else can't use them, its also illegal to 'steal' something, yet they'd be doing that...lol
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08-02-2006, 03:43 PM
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Sure, the plates cant be used once they are stolen, only problem is you have to fork out the cash for a new set to be pressed.
Try the security screws, but if someone really wants the plates they will only damage the bumper in the process.
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08-02-2006, 03:59 PM
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Thanks, some great ideas there, it a pain in the ass to replace them (more money I have to spend just cause some D**khead pinched one)
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08-02-2006, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by STEALTHY (purplemonkeydishwasher)
how often will you be taking the plates off. If rarely, i'd recomment riveting them in, thats what i did to all my cars. Better than paying the $50 or so to get em replaced.
and to whoever said somone else can't use them, its also illegal to 'steal' something, yet they'd be doing that...lol
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It would be funny the day that som1 tries to go register stolen plates on their car... thats what i ment not that they couldnt use them for illegal purposes
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08-02-2006, 04:25 PM
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It would be funny the day that som1 tries to go register stolen plates on their car... thats what i ment not that they couldnt use them for illegal purposes
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lol, 90% of the time your plates are stolen, there just sitting on some 14yo's wall, not going to be used on a car.
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08-02-2006, 04:35 PM
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lol i can picture it now
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08-02-2006, 07:59 PM
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Get some stainless pop rivets...
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