Securing your number plate

["Z" UTE]

No one has mentioned this, ensure you get a copy of the loss report from the police station. Keep it in a safe place. Then you have the paperwork to back you up, when all the tickets turn up.

If your plates are marginally harder to steal than the plates on the car next to yours, you wont loose em. Anything that will slow the thief down, will deter them. They always go for the easy targets.

cheers Chuck.

[Dimmy]

On my previous car i had the plates stolen so i made a police report ASAP and ordered new ones. Luckily for that police report because a few weeks later i got a letter from caltex saying i owed the ~$12000 to repair a fuel bowser thing

Since then i've used screws that require allan keys and havent had a problem since *fingers crossed*

[maurice c]

I went for the tamper proof torx heads from specialty fasteners, they are only about 1.20 each. A guy on my street was watching me put them on and he called them anti cock-smoker bolts, I have no idea why anybody?

[PlacentaJuan]

maybe becuase you smoke the cock like a lollipop?

[c2888]

http://www.endeavourtools.com.au/onl...rity_fasteners

way super special bolts, i found them browsing a bearing wholesalers catalogue, i gather that bearing wholesalers can get them.

Dan

[joadja]

Weld them on? Liquid Nails lol

[o_man_ra23]

out of the ones C2888 has shown, the tri-circ or snake eyes heads would be the hardest to undo without the proper tool, IMHO. a lot of the others can quickly be defeated by flat head with or without hammer.

Cheers, Owen

[river]

Hi,

The thing about number plates is that every car has them - and anyone of them (so long as it's not your own) would perectly suit the needs of a petrol/ATM theif.

So, you don't really need to have your plates locked-down like Fort Knox. You just need your plates secured enough that a thief would go to the next car rather than waste time trying to get your plates.

However, let me play the devils advocate on this....... if your plates are hard to remove, a thief may cause some scratching and other damage to your vehicle before they move onto another car. Therefore, there is some merit in not having them secured - after all, they're just number plates - not an expensive sound system etc. Let them take the plates, 'cos you just tell the cops your plates were stolen. Furtheremore, you can always get new plates or the old set remade.

There, I've effectively argued against myself now!

seeyuzz
river

[Hydra]

I'd think a couple of torx screws and some loctite on the thread would be plenty

[clubagreenie]

Tamperproof torx (ones with pin in centre), pin can be broken off with screwdriver and ame driver will unscrew it. TRD screws = 12 point sockets.

There are specialty security screws available in bizare heads like semi circular fittings, wierd s shapes that wont accept anything but their correct bit. Bits are only sold with the screws. Check with fastener specialists. Generally available in S/steel only.

[o_man_ra23]

Tamperproof torx (ones with pin in centre), pin can be broken off with screwdriver and ame driver will unscrew it. TRD screws = 12 point sockets.

pliers, which are part of every theifs essential toolkit will make quick work of the flashy TRD ones.

Cheers, Owen

[joadja]

Stolen plates is a pain. A guy at work here has his plates stolen from his car at Canberra Hospital Car Park.

BUT, the considerate thief replaced them with the ones they had stolen from another vehicle.........

[clubagreenie]

Begs the question. If you had std plates, would you notice if they'd been switched at all?

You get pulled over and the cops like wrong plates son and you're like WTF????

[EldarO]

i know my plates, my friends all distinguish my car from other black supras by my plates.

theres nothing special about them, they're just standard plates.

so in answer to your question, if approaching my car, i would notice, unless the other plate (from the side of the car that i cant see) was taken, but i would notice very quickly, within a few hours.

Eldar.O.