LRO Defender

Saw on FB last night that the LRO silver Defender 110 with LRO signwriting has been a victim of theft. It’s had it’s LED lights, light bar, bumper and some other parts stolen whilst parked in a car park. They also broke in, presumably to try and get the doors off but the security hinges did their bit.

Some pic's stolen oft anther fred on ere. Originally copied from their face book.

https://www.facebook.com/LandRoverOwnerInternational

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/not-even-lro-is-safe-from-thieving-little-basta.361577/

And the text from face book asking for help to find the list of stuff nicked.

LRO said:

'B******s. Went to pick up the LRO Defender earlier to find it like this. All of the Wipac smoked LED lights, Wipac headlights, headlight leveling units, ORE steering guard plate (but not the side brackets...), Lazer Lamps Linear-18 Elite light bar, DRL bumper and Britpart grille and surrounds have been taken. The thieves also smashed the rear window, then one of the sides to gain access, rifling through the interior. If there is a bright side, they were after the doors, but the anti-theft bolts stopped them from getting them. Secure your motors people - and if you're offered any of our stuff, let us know...'

yep it's totaled. I'll give 'em 500 quid for it.

Same as this I spotted yesterday. Had doors bonnet lights removed.

Hicap phill said:

Same as this I spotted yesterday. Had doors bonnet lights removed.
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This one was done just over the border near Evesham. Doors and bonnet taken. It’s getting very common now.

Looking at the LRO Defender, they’ve cut the grille panel too!

These thieves seem to swagger around the country taking what they want.

Can’t suggest a solution. Would love to know where all these doors bonnets and parts disappear to.

l tried online and couldn’t find any for sale anywhere so they must be either going abroad or being fitted to vehicles by thieves.

Maybe they buy the stripped vehicles from auction and rebuild them with stolen parts lol

Just searched on ebay for 'defender doors' and a big list appeared. Ticked the box for 'used' and there's 258 results. Over 30 are doors.

No way, l didn’t find any, except for scabby old ones and brand new ones needing fitting up and painting

I don’t do FB. Did it say where it was parked and for how long. Any CCTV etc?
Would be nice to put another one there as a sting op, and then sit on it and wait to see if the thieving b.....ds do come back.
On what joy that would bring

Can any help by telling me what the anti theft bolts that were on doors are. As I have just had doors stolen looking to sort extra security once she is back from being repaired

Kitten said:

Can any help by telling me what the anti theft bolts that were on doors are. As I have just had doors stolen looking to sort extra security once she is back from being repaired

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Cheap fix is to hammer some tight fitting ball bearings into allen key headed bolts, then sikaflex around the bolt head and smooth it over to match the hinge body.

lynall said:

Cheap fix is to hammer some tight fitting ball bearings into allen key headed bolts, then sikaflex around the bolt head and smooth it over to match the hinge body.

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In reality I am looking for a better solution. Security hinges or security bolts.

Kitten said:

In reality I am looking for a better solution. Security hinges or security bolts.

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Problem with security bolts is, if there is a tool to fasten them, then that same tool can be used to undo them.

Used to look after prisoner vans years ago, lots of weird security fasteners, we always got them out with standard tools.

lynall said:

Problem with security bolts is, if there is a tool to fasten them, then that same tool can be used to undo them.

Used to look after prisoner vans years ago, lots of weird security fasteners, we always got them out with standard tools.

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We were told by police our vehicle was being targeted to be stolen and at least the extra security stopped that happening.
Need to slow them down, or make ours less of a target.

Kitten said:

In reality I am looking for a better solution. Security hinges or security bolts.

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It's as good a solution as any, the advantage being that there's no removal tool you can buy for ball bearings in the bolt heads, except an angle grinder.

And if the thieves have one of those it's going to get off any "security" hinges

And it's a cheap solution, under £5

I filled the Torx sockets in mine with epoxy filler. It will take hours to remove it with a dremmel in the event I need to unbolt the hinges, but it is reversible unlike using ball bearings.

Yes that's a good idea and even cheaper!