Tried to steel

Someone tried to steel my defender 90 on the Ryton area of Gateshead, they were unsuccessful but have broken my dash, locks, steering lock. The scum!!! Just watch out for the t**ts!! They left my tools, sunglasses etc in the car... I rang the police but don't have much faith!! Anyone else in the area had any problems??

Lucky escape for your 90 then. You got any security on it?

Yeah, but it was a secret kill sw saved her!! Going out this weekend to get myself more protection! Hopefully more visable security will make them not bother!!

Steal*. Good hear hear they didnt get it! pain in the back now you gotta fix all broken bits

Chrisbeer said:

Yeah, but it was a secret kill sw saved her!! Going out this weekend to get myself more protection! Hopefully more visable security will make them not bother!!

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(referring to another thread) see Bump. secret kill switch sort of helps :behindsofa:

soz to hear about your 90 though

LandyRover23 said:

(referring to another thread) see Bump. secret kill switch sort of helps :behindsofa:

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Get yourself a Disklok. (a proper one) by far the best first line defence in security for any Land Rover. Highly visible too. Always park on full lock (preferably towards the curb) before applying.

If you can weld you can modify it to make it even harder to get off.

Kill switches are an ok second or third line of defence. Clearly it saved your Defender for you this time but at the cost of your steering lock system... a DiskLok would have protected that too!

Don't bother with pedal boxes / clutch claws... they're just a waste of money.

Bump said:

Get yourself a Disklok. (a proper one)
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If you can weld you can modify it to make it even harder to get off.
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Don't bother with pedal boxes / clutch claws... they're just a waste of money.

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I'd argue the other way round.. Disklok far too easy to pry off, whereas a full cover pedal lock is much harder to defeat surely. By full cover I mean one that doesn't offer the opportunity to cut off the pedals and drive on the stalks, of jus locks the brake or clutch.

Iv just bought a disk lock last night so hopefull that will help stop them. I'm also fitting an alarm for noise to try and frighten them off if they do get in!! Thanks for all the advice!

Dobbs said:

I'd argue the other way round.. Disklok far too easy to pry off, whereas a full cover pedal lock is much harder to defeat surely. By full cover I mean one that doesn't offer the opportunity to cut off the pedals and drive on the stalks, of jus locks the brake or clutch.

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I have a genuine question for you? If I can make off with your vehicle with the pedal lock still in place and without using a recovery vehicle/crane would you give me £10?

Interested in how youd do that but have a theory. Only workzs on landy type vehicles tho

goonarmy said:

Interested in how youd do that but have a theory. Only workzs on landy type vehicles tho

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pm sent.

Now you know how the oiks do it, do you think you could win the tenner?

Big hammer ?

Dobbs said:

I'd argue the other way round.. Disklok far too easy to pry off, whereas a full cover pedal lock is much harder to defeat surely. By full cover I mean one that doesn't offer the opportunity to cut off the pedals and drive on the stalks, of jus locks the brake or clutch.

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A proper disklok especially with modifications is not easy to remove and would not allow a vehicle to be driven somewhere quieter to use power tools on it.

I'm not going to post on a public forum how but it would be very easy to drive away a vehicle with a full pedal box.

ratty said:

I have a genuine question for you? If I can make off with your vehicle with the pedal lock still in place and without using a recovery vehicle/crane would you give me £10?

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Can i play too??

bencorkill said:

Big hammer ?

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to do what? It doesn't need to be removed to take your landy

Bump said:

A proper disklok especially with modifications is not easy to remove and would not allow a vehicle to be driven somewhere quieter to use power tools on it.

correct

I'm not going to post on a public forum how but it would be very easy to drive away a vehicle with a full pedal box.

Yep

Can i play too??

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Yes. Pm sent

Now you know how the oiks do it. Do you think you could win the tenner?

Are we talking about one of these pedal boxes or just something that locks 3 pedals together?

Kizzeh said:

Are we talking about one of these pedal boxes or just something that locks 3 pedals together?

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Yes I could win the tenner with that fitted.

hmm....after thinking about i am pretty sure how. But i wont ask becuase i secret isnt a secret if you tell everyone

knew a lad who used to break into the cash boxes on payphones using the same method....til he got caught