pptom
Part of things
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Last week both my front and rear plates were stolen on my daily (05 A4) Pain in the Arris and cost me £30 for a new pair, but thought i'd put this out there in case it helps. Basically, the front was stick on and the rear stuck onto one of those flimsy plastic bracket things. Apparently theives love both of these as they can just rip them off without having to carry any tools around, this doesn't damage them, is quick and also if they get pulled with even a screwdriver they're under suspicion. I've reported it to the police as my old plates are no doubt being used for something illegal and properly fitted the new ones with bolts / nyloc nuts.no doubt I'll be on the ANPR radar for a while too. If you've got stick on plates then put some bolts or screws through them and save yourself the same aggro.
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Had a similar problem with stick on plates a couple of summers ago, hot sun the adhesive melts lost number plates, retraced my route no plate to be seen, weeks later I received a message from a friend " Is you plate "AB123ABC" ?", it had been found by the side of a busy roundabout by the grass cutters and stuck onto the armco. I was lucky and able to retrieve the plate.
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When I was in the garage last week I found a bag of screws with chrome screw on caps. I did have the idea of screwing my number plate on with them, and super gluing the caps in place, making them a complete pain to remove. Now that ive read this thread its given me a job for tomorrow.
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Put new plates on SWMBO's daily with tape following a reg transfer. If anyone tries getting them off they will have a job...i used 2 full width runs of 48mm body tape....they will just end up with a handful of smashed acrylic. I suppose an eye catchining reg isnt exactly what the low-lifes would want anyway?!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Trouble is they look sh1t with bolts in & always start with the moisture around that area because of the hole.
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Ive just been outside and noticed that the plastic covers on the screws are missing and one of the screws were loose. Either the plastic covers have fallen off and the screw has shaken loose (unlikely) or someone has had a go. Out came the screwdriver and a bag of chrome goodness. Genuine vintage chrome number plate security bolts. They are now anyway. Superglued in, not coming off in a hurry. Free security ~ CHECK Chrome goodness ~ CHECK Retrofied Cube ~ A bit.
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ferny
Club Retro Rides Member
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Stolen Numberplatesferny
@ferny
Club Retro Rides Member 13
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The herald ones are held on with rivets. To be fair, no-one is silly enough to steal a plate when its characters are 45mm high though...
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Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
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Stolen NumberplatesRich
@foxmcintyre
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License plates are usually stolen from cars that they have a more or less dead ringer for. I wouldn’t worry all that much if you drive a yellow 2CV for example as the people wanting to clone registrations for dubious activity will be using ‘blend in’ cars and as such will be on the lookout for a car that matches the one for the crime. No good having a grey 2015 Audi A4 avant and using the plates off a Green 1962 VW beetle. Looks pretty obvious that way. Usually anyway. No harm in making sure your plates are secure.
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I remember watching a programme years ago where they were looking at theft proof registration plates, ?Top Gear? They looked like regular number plates but they were very fragile and securely glued on. If you tried to pull them off they just disintegrated. Perhaps a niche market for these in a range of classic styled plates?
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License plates are usually stolen from cars that they have a more or less dead ringer for. I wouldn’t worry all that much if you drive a yellow 2CV for example as the people wanting to clone registrations for dubious activity will be using ‘blend in’ cars and as such will be on the lookout for a car that matches the one for the crime. No good having a grey 2015 Audi A4 avant and using the plates off a Green 1962 VW beetle. Looks pretty obvious that way. Usually anyway. No harm in making sure your plates are secure. oh I don’t know rich, I’ve seen a couple of those ‘fly on the wall’ police programmes where they’ve pulled a car which the plates bore absolutely NO relationship to the make/ model they were fitted to Still there’s no accounting for the stupidity of some of the criminal classes. Want to run a load of drugs from one end of the country to the other? Why not use a car with no MOT or insurance? 🤔
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