Breaking Into Fd!
06-13-2005, 10:37 AM
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[quote name='Sivart_R1' date='Jun 13 2005, 07:21 AM']Sadly, after owning a FD for as long as I have, I still have no idea what problem we're even talking about here. Almost wish I did, would have saved me a bit of cash when I locked the keys in the car.
Just remember, locks are only there to keep honest people honest.
and from a thieves perspective:
Anything not nailed down is mine. Anything nailed down, I've got a crowbar.
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True, but a broken window or a stolen car is easy to get re-embursed for. A theft where it is damn near impossible to prove a break makes it hard to convince an isurance company to compensate. Especially something like a powerfc, and turbo timer and **** they think you don't need.
Just remember, locks are only there to keep honest people honest.
and from a thieves perspective:
Anything not nailed down is mine. Anything nailed down, I've got a crowbar.
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True, but a broken window or a stolen car is easy to get re-embursed for. A theft where it is damn near impossible to prove a break makes it hard to convince an isurance company to compensate. Especially something like a powerfc, and turbo timer and **** they think you don't need.
06-13-2005, 10:49 AM
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It's the risk you take with the aftermarket products you put on the car. We purposefully don't have insurance on our FD because it's going to be a dedicated track car and you just don't insure those. I'm not saying everyone should do that, just that you should expect the risk when you order the parts.
06-13-2005, 03:22 PM
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[quote name='Sivart_R1' date='Jun 13 2005, 07:21 AM']Sadly, after owning a FD for as long as I have, I still have no idea what problem we're even talking about here.
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The weather stripping on the window pulls back very easily. With that pulled bac k it leaves about a 2" gap bewteen the glass and the door frame. So then you take a coathanger bend one end into a hook. Run it down and lift up the hatch button. Viola! you just got in your Fd without keys.
My advice is get a loud car alarm or park indoors.
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The weather stripping on the window pulls back very easily. With that pulled bac k it leaves about a 2" gap bewteen the glass and the door frame. So then you take a coathanger bend one end into a hook. Run it down and lift up the hatch button. Viola! you just got in your Fd without keys.
My advice is get a loud car alarm or park indoors.
06-13-2005, 05:46 PM
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[quote name='Il RX8 lI' date='Jun 13 2005, 07:49 AM']It's the risk you take with the aftermarket products you put on the car. We purposefully don't have insurance on our FD because it's going to be a dedicated track car and you just don't insure those. I'm not saying everyone should do that, just that you should expect the risk when you order the parts.
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Everyone is missing the point!
We want to fix the problem not find out why you don't fix the actual physical problem. Insurance is not the issue, nor aftermarket parts, it's about making it so that the car is inaccessible to anyone with a spare minute...Please stay on topic of preventing wether stripping from being able to be lifted easily!
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Everyone is missing the point!
We want to fix the problem not find out why you don't fix the actual physical problem. Insurance is not the issue, nor aftermarket parts, it's about making it so that the car is inaccessible to anyone with a spare minute...Please stay on topic of preventing wether stripping from being able to be lifted easily!
06-14-2005, 02:34 PM
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do you know the carbon steel pins actuated with a cable from the cockpick, locked with a round key mostly used to lock the hood?? why not using something similar, one in every door, hood and trunk but with an electric remote controlled actuator!?
Now if we could make the windows unbreakable and the car untowable.......
Now if we could make the windows unbreakable and the car untowable.......
06-14-2005, 03:16 PM
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[quote name='bostwick' date='Jun 13 2005, 02:46 PM']Everyone is missing the point!
We want to fix the problem not find out why you don't fix the actual physical problem. Insurance is not the issue, nor aftermarket parts, it's about making it so that the car is inaccessible to anyone with a spare minute...Please stay on topic of preventing wether stripping from being able to be lifted easily!
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It's a simple fix. Glue the weather stripping in with Epoxy or Geosil. End of removable weather stripping.
We want to fix the problem not find out why you don't fix the actual physical problem. Insurance is not the issue, nor aftermarket parts, it's about making it so that the car is inaccessible to anyone with a spare minute...Please stay on topic of preventing wether stripping from being able to be lifted easily!
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It's a simple fix. Glue the weather stripping in with Epoxy or Geosil. End of removable weather stripping.
06-14-2005, 07:21 PM
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You can always make some kind of diverter that when something is pushed down between the window and the weather seal that it won't allow a rod any where near the actuating mechanisims. That will force a pried open door or broken window for entry. jack
06-15-2005, 03:49 AM
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[quote name='Battyboy' date='Jun 14 2005, 11:16 PM']Just glue it in.
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Yeh looks like the best choice is too epoxy that bitch down...Seems like not many people know about evading this...Epoxy it is.....but what do you do when you want to paint the doors??? Epoxy is hard to just "deal with"....
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Yeh looks like the best choice is too epoxy that bitch down...Seems like not many people know about evading this...Epoxy it is.....but what do you do when you want to paint the doors??? Epoxy is hard to just "deal with"....
06-15-2005, 06:26 AM
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Well I got the point and was amazed how easy a screw driver would open my FB...I wonderd about myFD. I guess maybe ..we have to look to see if a small metal strip could be tacked inside... it may be a bitch or impossible.