I deleted the side indicator repreates on my stanza using the following technique. I friend who is a spray painter recomennded it, and so far you cannot see the hole.
Rough up the inside of the hole with course sand paper. Make up an aluminuim panel with a out 25mm overlap all round the hole, rough this up too. Then get some Sikaflex and glue the panel in place on the inside of the door. Once its all set give it a lick of paint from behind so no moisture gets in (very important on guards, but you still get wter in your door i spose) Bog up the outside on your done. He said to use the aluminium cause it wont rust itself and spread it to the gaurd/door.
Have you thought of a plan for when your battery goes flat and you can get in?
Ross G
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From: Tony Bryant
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 14:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: removing door locks
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:41, you wrote:
> Has anyone tried removing/welding up the door locks on their 1600?
>
> I personally wouldnt' mind giving it a go as it would make the 16 a little
> harder to break into. It also looks alot neater, what are peoples thoughts
> on the idea?
I was thinking of doing the same thing - however I'm not welding up the hole,
the warpage would be a prick to deal with, and the irreversiblity of doing the
same thing is not good IMHO. Rust issues too...
I was thinking of cynoacrylating (superglue) or epoxying (araldite) a backing
plate inside the door, and bogging up the hole. Will look perfect and be a
hell of a lot quicker to do.
I was contemplating removing the inside knobs and relatied mechanisims too -
to make it harder to pick, but I thought better of it - you can lock the
doors by pushing the open lever down, but only unlock it using whatever dodgy
central locking you've got installed. Being locked out of you car is a
problem, being locked in could be downright dangerous.
None of this is a good theft deterent, round here, a hammer through the side
window is the usual technique.
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